A three-year-old stag.
It had grown a small set of antlers, but compared with the exaggerated antlers possessed by older, stronger males, they still looked immature.
There was some panic hidden in its eyes, but also a fierce, courageous drive.
Even when faced with an even larger group of knights, it charged forward without the slightest fear! It would prove to this land that it would become the strongest stag here, the male who controlled the right to mate!
Yet in the next second, everything fell silent.
"What a shot!" the Small Earl exclaimed, beginning to applaud. The others also came to their senses.
It really had been an excellent shot, striking the stag's head with a single bullet.
The hunting rifles they used were all large-caliber rifles designed specifically for hunting.
These hunting rifles were different from the firearms used by ordinary soldiers. From the moment soldiers' firearms were designed and manufactured, their future purpose had been determined—to kill enemies, primarily people.
Thus, they required a higher rate of fire, greater power, stronger penetration, and greater destructive force. Even their bullets were designed to tumble.
High-end hunting rifles, however, were different. Their purpose was to kill animals.
Lin Qi had three hunting rifles tucked beside his saddle. One was used to hunt large animals, such as bears.
One was used to hunt medium-sized animals, such as the deer before them, or lions and leopards.
The last was used to hunt small animals, such as rabbits.
Using a rifle capable of killing a bear to shoot a rabbit would certainly pose no problem, but dealing with the aftermath would be troublesome.
The rabbit would most likely be blown into chunks of minced meat, with tiny fragments of bullets or scrape marks left in every piece. It would basically be inedible.