Su Wei slowed down his movements.
He minimized the noise of each step.
The golden band of light became exceptionally bright behind a giant rock.
arrive.
Su Wei held his breath, lay face down on the snow, and slowly crawled to the edge of the boulder.
He removed his goggles to avoid glare that might startle his prey.
Then he poked half his head out.
The next second.
Su Wei's pupils contracted sharply.
The valley in front of us was teeming with Roosevelt deer; a rough count revealed at least thirty of them!
This is a large herd of deer.
Some of them lowered their heads to nibble on tender branches, while others lay in snowdrifts regurgitating, constantly exhaling white breath from their mouths and noses.
In the center of the deer herd.
Several male deer, each the size of a tank, are butting each other with their antlers.
"Bang! Bang!"
The sound of the antlers colliding was as dull as thunder, echoing through the empty valley.
The lord stag was among them.
Its crown-like antlers stretched over 1.5 meters, its mane on its neck was all puffed up, and its muscles bulged like rocks.
But it is not the only adult male deer here.
There are at least five other challengers of similar size in the arena.
The intense visual impact caused Su Wei's adrenaline to surge.
He pulled his head back, leaned against the boulder, and tried to calm his breathing.
They've struck it rich.
What kind of herd of deer is this?
This is clearly an open-air vault!
Su Wei suddenly remembered.
Late October marks the end of the mating season for Roosevelt deer.
No wonder they gathered together.
This means that as long as they are not disturbed, this place will be his private ATM until the end of winter.
An adult male deer can fetch thousands of dollars for its antlers alone on the black market.
In addition, there are hundreds of pounds of fine venison and complete deer hides...
Su Wei's Adam's apple bobbed.
The total value of this herd of deer would be... if we could acquire them all.
Not to mention paying off the bank debt, it would be more than enough to buy the land next door!
Fifty thousand dollars?
more than!
It might cost two hundred thousand!
A surge of greed welled up inside Su Wei quickly calmed himself down.
There was only one person.
There was only one gun.
As soon as the gunshot rings out, the remaining deer herd will instantly scatter in all directions.
In these deep mountains and forests, once a herd of deer is scattered, it is extremely difficult to find them again.
Don't rush.
Now that their hideout has been located, the money is not going anywhere.
Su Wei poked his head out again.
He took out his phone, and even without a signal, the camera continued to record faithfully.
Increase the focal length.
"Click."
He took several pictures in a row.
This is firsthand information for future value assessment and hunting planning.
Just then...
A touch of coldness crept into the back of his neck.
Su Wei subconsciously looked up.
The sun, which had just been shining with a pale light, was gone.
The lead-gray clouds, like a tattered quilt, hung extremely low, as if you could reach out and touch them.
The wind is picking up.
In just a few seconds, the slight swaying of the treetops turned into a sharp whistling sound.
"Waaaaaah"
The sparse snowflakes suddenly became dense, as if someone had torn open a giant sack of flour and was pouring it down frantically.
Damn it.
The weather has changed.
Alaska weather is unpredictable; one moment it's sunny, the next it's harsh.
It seems the blizzard is still lingering.
That extratropical cyclone is still affecting the weather on Kodiak Island!
Inside the valley, the stags that had been fighting stopped, snorting uneasily, and began to squeeze towards the deeper rock walls.
Animals have far more sensitive intuition than humans.
A blizzard is coming.
withdraw!
We must evacuate immediately!
If you encounter a "whiteout" in such complex terrain, your vision will be completely blocked and the temperature will plummet. It's hard to say whether you can even make it back to the cabin alive.
The coordinates have been locked.
This moving money won't escape.
Su Wei put away her phone, remaining prone, and backed away like a crab.
Only after they were out of the boulder's sight and it was safe to do they dare to stand up.
The wind suddenly picked up.
Snowflakes lashed my face like sand.
Su Wei pulled his hood tighter and fastened his goggles.
He turned around and quickened his pace back, following the footprints he had come from.
He was still figuring out how to spend this windfall.
Pay off the loan, buy a snowmobile, install a solar panel on the cabin...
They even bought the best nutritional paste for the Cotton Candy.
Lost in thought, he unconsciously quickened his pace.
We walked around a clump of bushes covered in snow.
Su Wei stepped out with his right foot, habitually exerting force to firmly plant it.
"Click!"
Something feels wrong under my feet.
There was neither the softness of fluff nor the firmness of frozen soil.
A hard yet slippery sensation came from under my feet.
Those are ice-covered rocks hidden beneath the snow.
The snowshoes completely lost traction on the icy rocks and slid sharply to the side.