Deer Hunt
Y?skelkal wrinkled his nose, sniffed the air and concentrated on the faint scents floating on the breath of wind. Food, he thought after a moment. That way. He opened his eyes and moved across the rocky ground without a sound.
Thick stands of trees lined both sides of the valley and Y?skelkal trotted toward the nearest one and slunk deep within the shade. After several minutes his pace slowed to a crawl and he crept up to a small pond. A huge buck stood motionless nearby while several smaller deer grazed nearby under his watchful protection. Y?skelkal studied the deer and tried to figure how much meat each one would provide. As he made his final calculation and decided on a target, the buck turned his head, looked directly at him and sounded a loud warning. The deer scattered and fled into the forest in all directions.
Y?skelkal leapt out of hiding, shoved the buck out of the way and sprinted after the doe he'd chosen. He gained rapidly and caught her within a few seconds, grabbed her by the tail, yanked her from the ground and swung her around. Her head slammed into the trunk of a tree and exploded. Bits of brain splattered the underbrush and crimson blood gushed out of the end of her neck. Y?skelkal held the carcass upside down by the tail and let it bleed, then slung it over his shoulder and strode out of the woods.
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