No worries James! Let's get this hunt started! 
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As he started to talk of their quarry, everyone listened to him attentively and someone new even joined the group. He recognized Ember and greeted her silently with his eyes, though not faltering in his speech for a moment. Once he finished speaking, Ralla jumped onto her horse and everyone, including the equines, looked excited and ready to go. There would be no more directions to give until they reached the herd and he got a look at where they were and how they were arranged. "Let us go then. If anyone needs to speak, speak quietly or use gestures if you can. We want to make sure not to alert them to our presence." It was something that they should all know instinctively, but he always felt better if it were said explicitly. Nuding Iye's sides with his heels, he lead the hunting party in the direction he assumed that the elk would be.
The group rode for a good distance at a slow pace, there was no need to tire the horses before the real work began. They had ridden a little ways past Grandfather's Tears when Nayati caught the scent of elk and lifted his hand up, signally a stop. Silently as he could, he slid from Iye's back and, crouching low to the ground, crept forward so that he could see the herd's position. Thankfully the hunting party was upwind of the beasts, and he stayed behind some brush cover to observe them. It wasn't as big a herd as they sometimes got, about sixteen animals. One buck, thirteen cows, and two adolescents. They were peacefully grazing and making their way west.
Sneaking back, Nayati walked to the center of the group so all could hear his quieted voice. "It is a herd of sixteen, one large buck. We should be able to get the horses close without them taking much notice. Moonfyre, you sneak ahead and get them running and then the rest of us will charge behind. Look for animals that are not able to keep up with the herd, sick or injured. We should focus on two, no more than three of them." One they could easily take down, two should be doable, but three would be stretching it with a party this size. Once he knew everyone understood their role, he remounted and nodded at Moonfyre, leading the rest of them to the edge of the clearing.
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