Blacktail Deer Plateau backseat freestyle

Hunting thread! First round will last until 10/5. No posting order. Roll if you want to, don't if you don't. This takes place a week or two from now, I guess. Dawn, you're still a bit ginger, I think, but Grayday will be glad to have her along. @Dawn @Pema @Moonstone @Spiritwalker @Aditya @Kieran Adrien @Sylvas Streiter. @Dauntless and @Lavender can come along, but should stay out of the way. (Pema, you're in charge of them if they show up.) @Starbelly, @Coq, and @Mirabella can also join in, if you so desire. Whew. Onto the thread.

The ranks had swelled once more, but Grayday didn't kid himself into thinking things would stay that way. The pack's numbers tended to ebb and flow like the tides, and he'd made his peace with that. As long as they had enough to eat, he tried not to concern himself with the size of the pack - he was more worried about how well they got along, these days. Winter was fast approaching, and the male didn't want to face it without someone standing by his side. The Morningsiders needed another leader, and Grayday hoped that a hunt would both strengthen their bonds and help him to weed out the sheep from the shepherds.

Of course, they also needed the meat. They'd been getting by on smaller kills thus far, but the energies they expended catching all those birds and rabbits kept from from gaining any extra fat from the meat. In the summer, this was a good thing. As the weather turned, however, it was unacceptable. Thus, when Grayday, Dawn, and a few others caught up to the little branch-off herd they'd been tracking, he threw back his head and called for the rest of the pack instead of taking it down with the assembled party, which would surely have been enough. The more wolves they had in this hunt, the less energy each individual would have to expend in it. They could get it over with quickly, and have a meal together when they were done.

The male turned to his daughter before the others arrived. "Think you're ready to lead a hunt?" he asked her, head cocking to the side.