Swiftcurrent Creek Huntsman

Optional Pack hunt! January 4th, 2024. Please let @Sovereign post first! <3 @Akavir @Eshe @Arric @Arlette @Viinturuth @Cygnet.

Weeks of travel, scouting and tracking had finally paid off. The Creek pack was due for good hunt. Ensio would not go back on his word. But it took time, as he ventured out to scope out potential targets and narrow down his options. 

Some time ago, a little ways to the east, just beyond the range of Swiftcurrent, he had located a herd of thirteen Elk. All adults, composed of one mature bull, a yearling bull with high aspirations and ten does of varying ages. 

They were calmer, now that the rutting season was over. The Duskfire kept his distance all the same, posing as little more than a flickering gray shadow that appeared at random. He would wait until they came closer, to his ground, where the pack would have the advantage.

Come they did. Lured by the appeal of fresh water, while the river still flowed. He was not surprised. Watching from the opposite bank, as one by one, they emerged cautiously. He noted their numbers...their condition.

The young bull was not faring so well. An open gash on his hock, likely skewered in a disciplinary show of dominance by the mature male.

Perfect.

Ensio raised his head and called for the pack.