Stone Circle Counting the numbers

Valette dipped her head with a nod. "Good question," she returned to her son. "There isn't a certain number. It all depends on many other factors. Like there should always be males left over, but I would pick a male over a female, as they give the young ones. So young bucks would do, or if a deer was really injured then we would take those."

Valette licked her lips. "With the earthquakes it was different. We had no big prey and when they returned I hunted the northern forest herd of deer more often since they were easier to catch than bison and we had mouths to feel. That is why that herd is far smaller now than the Eastern Deer herd that also roam the plains." The forested deer were smaller and easier to catch than the ones roaming the plains with the bison. "So I won't hunt them unless one is very sick and might die anyhow. You need to compare to other herds to see which one you can take from."