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[teenagebadboy]

Who: Vanyel Ashkevron
What: Hunting practise
When: Saturday morning
Where: Woods
Rating: Hardly higher than PG-13


Following his conversation with Vanyel he had decided to tag along and learn some hunting skills. He was severely lacking in that area. The most experience he had was finding traps in the woods back home. Normally he would probably not care to learn but the last nine months had taught him that everything could happen around here and so he better be prepared for anything. So he had decided to do this. Not knowing what to take along he had dressed in clothes he didn't mind getting dirty, put Clyde on a leash and head outside to wait for Vanyel to come by and teach him. he didn't know if more people would join and he had assumed it was today. All he could do was wait. To make time go by he had sat down next to Clyde and petted the German Shepard. Clyde enjoyed it and made happy noises as he strokes through its fur.

Comments

[teenagebadboy]

Aaron hunches down next to Vanyel and looks down at the paw prints. He's frowning slightly. The trail looked old but at least he learned something. He remembered that Zak used traps to catch rabbits. It seemed easier than following a trail. He then points at the first set of prints.

"Those should be the fore right?" he asked and squinted at Vanyel. He hopes he was right because honestly he had no clue.

[peacockherald]

Vanyel smiled, giving him credit for at least trying. It was not an easy thing to learn, to be honest, and tracks could easily get mixed between one another in similar size animals. "Correct. The back are slightly larger than the front," he pointed between them. "When they come together like this - smaller and slightly bigger, it is safe to bet it is something like a squirrel or a rabbit. Either make for a fine enough meal to catch with a snare, and if you are careful, you could sell the rabbit pelt for extra if you needed money."

[teenagebadboy]

"My uncle Zak used to catch rabbits for food when they were low on cash," Aaron comments and inspects the prints. He would have to try to remember those. "He used some kind of trap tho," he adds and looks up at the other man.

[peacockherald]

He nodded. "Those are common, and snares. Snares are easier to set up and travel with than traps, but traps have less chance of ruining a belt if that's what you're after." He stood and brought around one of the packs he had brought with him, pulling out a bit of thick wire. "This can be used to make a snare, along with some sticks. They're harder to bait though, so it's not as easy to draw something into them. You usually have to find their trail and set it up there."

[teenagebadboy]

"Alright," Aaron responds and watches what Vanyel picks out. He's not familiar with those but he does get the general gist of things. "I've heard of ant trails but I didn't know rabbits went along certain paths," he then admits.