Narime was busying herself with refilling the horribly thin stretched caches. She had been rationing the food from herself and trying to go out and find more for the rest of her pack. Her old hunting days with Willow Ridge came back to her like welcomed rainfall. Scouting around and searching for anything and everything to hunt. Most of the time deer was not on her menu for she had mostly gone out alone. So woodchucks, beaver, rabbit, frogs, anything she could find would end up somebodies snack or lunch.
For now she was alone, so the most Nari could hope to encounter were snowshoe hare or maybe animal carcasses encased in snow. Either would do of course to bring any source of food back to the pack. However even though she was alone today Nari was looking for deer. Any sign smell or hint of a herd would have her head up howling for her pack mates or whoever might be nearby to help her hunt.She wanted to fill at least two caches on deer meat for her hungry pups back at the den.
For now she had come across nothing.
Nothing...
No sign of mammal or bird alike on this overcast -15 degree weather day. It was almost silent enough to make her wonder if everything had died under the deep snow until a nuthatch sounded far to the northern end of the marsh within its cedar forest domain. She paused to pick her head up and look at the forest achingly. The deer will be bedded down in larger groups within the forest where the last bits of food will lay hidden for them. So either hunting within Drooping willows or Cedarwood forest would be the best bet. Even Sacred grove may have more tracks and deer sign than the marsh...Really Nari what were you thinking looking in the marsh of all places? It's far too open for them to be out here. She chided herself silently wishing to forget her forgetfulness.
Then again this kind of area plus the meadow itself would be a good area to find mice, voles, and rabbit or hare. She reminded herself softly while picking up her long legs and trotting high legged through the deep snow. This was one thing her tall amazon body had been perfectly built for. Deep dense snow. She pushed through it powerfully looking for a more windswept area to travel and expend less energy.
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