animal smells and porcupine quills

Hmm, short of them trying to give the animals chase, maybe Sitri could suggest they scout them out somehow? Up to you! :D

Comfortable in knowing that Sitri was watching their backs, he continued closing in the gap between them and whatever it was that lurked just beyond. But Mordecai did not have to go much further to realize what it was; the wind shifted into their favor, as did the warning call of an elk. His ears perked significantly then, and the Ostrega halted his approach, listening. Where there was one elk, there were often more, and he didn't want to be the one to go and spook the entire herd off from their hunting grounds.

Looking to Sitri, he stepped back to stand side by side with the scarred hunter. “I think we've found what we should've been looking for,” he whispered, smiling faintly. If there was truly a herd of elk lingering in the forests beyond, there would most definitely have to be a hunt in order. Surely. It was an opportunity that none of them could pass up.