Harebrained Schemers [Hunt Circle?]

Her curiosity was piqued as a question came out. He was more than happy to give an answer though tail tapping the ground as he said, “A snare is a sort of hunting tool. It’s a long, strong rope or cord made from leather, like we’re doing here, fibrous plants worked together, which is way easier for primates to achieve than us with our paws, or metal wire, but that’s hard to come by. You hang it in a loop along a rabbit trail, or even a deer trail, and attach the tail end to the top of a sapling pole.”

He sketched out the concept in the dirt with a bear claw. The diagram was a little sloppy, but it was legible and understandable… or he at least hoped it was. “The sapling pole is bent downward and fastened with a toggle that will pop loose with very little pressure or effort. The loop of the snare is held open carefully, and sometimes you put something tasty to hares on one side to encourage them to stick their heads through. When they disturb the loop or push through it with their front end, it shakes the loop loose and they might startle enough to pull the snare tight, and that jolts the sapling and releases the toggle.

“The sapling snaps upright again and the rabbit or hare – or whatever prey animal you’re trying to catch – dangles. It snaps the neck of the smaller animals, but holds something larger, like a small deer, still until you can come to dispatch it.”

At least, that was what he’d learned from Red and observing some of the Heart’s traplines before. He’d just have to see if they managed the same.

At her next question he chuckled softly. “It’s a bracer. Armor, and on mine I attached bear claws to be able to deal damage as well as deflect a bit to the forelegs.” He rose enough to mime swiping at an opponent with the paw that still wore a bracer.

He nodded at her next question for answer, creating more strips as he answered with a grin, “Nice to meet you, too.” He paused and pressed his weight down on the far end of the hide to make her attempt at making her own strips more effective.

He studied the strips he’d made then looked around at the wooded hillock for likely saplings. Logic said that if he wanted the snares to be super effective, he’d have to find a way to set up the snares closer to the warrens. Maybe next time he tried the lazy way, he could make nets. Braiding them together had been his original thought, but… wolf toes. Hm.

Walk ---- "Speak" ---- "Hear" ---- Think