Will then learns who Rambo really is, but is unfazed that John is a former Green Beret, and furiously scolds Mitch when he suggests letting State Police handle the pursuit. Will becomes more determined to catch John Rambo and his other deputies are ready to back him. Rambo, however, has scouted the forest area and has set deadly traps using tree branches sharpened with his combat knife into pungi sticks. When the posse closes in they unleash their tracking dogs, but Rambo shoots two of them dead and then shoots their trainer; a third dog goes after him but Rambo stabs it to death. Teasle and the posse press their pursuit, but John's skill at evading capture and ambushing his quarry is too much; he brutally stabs each deputy, careful not to kill anyone but instead disable them, until only Teasle is left. John jumps Will, putting a knife to Will's throat, and telling Will to leave him alone once and for all. He then disappears into the forest , leaving Will crying in exhaustion and fear.