Burnedbark nodded at Cicadapaw's attempt.
"Close." He mewed, his tone even though he was trying to encourage the young cat. He briefly rested his tail-tip on Cicadapaw's shoulder.
"Try not to be so tense. Breath into the stance." He instructed, smoothly moving into his hunting stance and stepping forward, parting his jaws to taste the air for prey.
-d20: roll 15-
As was expected of the cove, he quickly caught the scent of a mouse in the fields. Now that the flowers were in bloom, it was a little trickier to pick up the trail, but not impossible. The reddish-brown tom moved towards the target, pausing a moment as he neared to wait for the right moment.
-d20: roll 18-
The kill was swift and clean. As Burnedbark stood, carrying his mouse, he returned to the apprentices. As this was a patrol, the lesson wasn't quite as in-depth as he'd normally like. But this would have to do, they'd get practice through practical application for the purposes of this patrol.
"You two, try." He meowed with a nod, turning to Alpinemoon.
"We should hunt as well." He didn't want to potentially lose out on prey due to the lesson. They could keep an eye on the paws while they hunted.
"Stay on Beetlepaw." He mewed softly to his fellow warrior. The tom planned on keeping an eye on both of them, but if they split up that would be difficult. So this way, they'd have eyes on at least one of them at all times. He gave a nod to his patrol, flicking his tail.
"Let's go. You two, stay close." He added that final point for the -paws mostly, looking at them intentionally as he said it.
With that done, Burnedbark buried his mouse to retrieve it later, hoping that the apprentices would watch him do so and copy it with their catches, before moving on. Keeping Cicadapaw and Beetlepaw in his senses as he continued his hunt.
-d20: roll 6-
Nothing here.
-d20: roll 18-
There. This time, as Burnedbark sank into his hunting stance, he had his eyes on two squirrels. They likely came to these fields in search for seeds to eat after their stores from leaf-bare have depilated. He'd have to time this perfectly. Burnedbark moved forward carefully, positioning himself to catch both squirrels if possible...and pounced. His teeth closed around the neck of one squirrel, ending its life quickly. His claw landed on the other, and he moved swiftly to drop the one in his mouth and end the life of the other. Good, that made three. He promptly buried the squirrels and lifted his head to check on the positions of his patrolmates.
total: +1 mouse, +2 squirrels
[OOC: I'm sorry to skip, but out extension is for the 6th so I'm just trying to move this along! <3]
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Bob the Venomous Bird - Alpinemoon // @
Starfall - Beetlepaw // @
Zero - Cicadapaw