November 18th, 2024, 06:33 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2019
Gender: Female
Bump Policy: 72 hours
Posts: 3,050
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Re: Sunset Grove
Dustbunny gave an excited little trill when Fleetpaw darted away to hunt his mouse. Her eyes followed Littlepaw as the apprentice padded away and dropped into a hunting crouch. It wasn't the best or the smoothest, but Dustbunny knew repetition would get that under control. Her hindquarters were too high. Huh? Dustbunny caught sight of the rabbit she found and frowned deeper as she watched the molly stalk it, butt lifting followed by her shoulders.
She appeared self-aware of the mistake as she dropped low again and tried correcting it. Someone must have trained her a bit in hunting as a kit, most apprentices weren't aware of their flaws otherwise. The rabbit she was hunting took off though it didn't get far before she caught it. Littlepaw would have to work on her kill bite, it was sloppy. Still, she caught it.
"You did a good job. It was a great catch, Littlepaw, you have got the paw position down and your crouch is great. But I think you practice a bit in the clearing. You lift your hindquarters too high, and when you take prey work on your bite. The neck is the best place to bite and it needs to be strong enough to get through all that muscle and fur." Dustbunny told her. Her blue eyes turned to Fleetpaw as the nervous apprentice returned with a mouse.
"Lovely, Fleetpaw. You're on the path to being one of WindClan's finest hunters." She complimented the apprentice. She could only hope he would take to tunneling as well as he did hunting.
"I've got to catch some prey of my own. I'll be right back, Littlepaw, you can leave your rabbit here. See if you can find a mouse to catch before I return." She purred. "Fleetpaw, you're on guard duty." She waved her tail to their tiny pile of prey. The she-cat padded off to find her prey, never straying from either apprentice's sight.
She found a squirrel with a nut in its mouth, gnawing on it. Her blue eyes focused on its bushy tail while she slipped into a hunting crouch. She slowly crept forward, careful not to disturb leaves underneath her paws, and pounced when the squirrel stiffened with surprise. She ended up missing its neck and ended up biting between its shoulders. It might have cost her the squirrel if she hadn't pressed her paw down on its tail. The next bite found its neck, she held on till it grew limp below her.
She left the squirrel near the tree with scratch marks and began hunting again. She found a blackbird but lost it when it flew off right after she pounced. Dustbunny ended up finding a young rabbit, which she barely caught before it ran its hole and a shrew she dug out of its' den.
"Okay, are we ready to head back?" Dustbunny asked after returning to Littlepaw and Fleetpaw with her prey.
[+1 rabbit, 1 squirrel, 1 shrew]
@Luna16 [Fleetpaw @SuspiciousMindz [Littlepaw]
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