Rawhide

With a bundle of hides strapped to her back Aerndis looked for a good place to settle down and work. Rudolph, her eagle, soared above her before landing a short ways ahead. He'd found a spot, excellent! She quickly trotted over to the bird and found herself standing at the edge of a lush prairie. This had to be the Algoma Prairie. She dipped her head a moment to take in the heady scent of the grass and the abundant scents of prey. What a lovely area.

Aerndis shrugged the bundle off her back. The hides were from fresh kills and so she was anxious to get to work while they were still pliable. There was also the chance that the remaining blood and flesh would attract predators and scavengers. Rudolph settled in one of the few trees that stood in the prairie to act as a look out.

Using her jaws she carefully unfolded a white tail deer hide. Bundled in the hide was a dead rabbit, part of the deer's scapula and the deer's brain. She'd need that to tan the hide. Setting aside the rabbit she eyed the deer hide, debating where best to start.