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The Judas Deer

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Ara D.:
So I just stumbled and a nice strategy. I was hunting a heard of reindeer on the edge of a nice mire. I was taking one or two at a time and tanning the hides and drying meat. When I was done or near to it I would track the heard and take a few more. Well I decided to check what traps would take a deer I set a bear dead fall, works, and a big deadfall, no luck, but I did have one go right next to the big dead fall so it may have been the push factor. But anyway I trapped a deer but instead of killing it I used it to attract the rest of the herd back to it. So I basically new where they were. I could actively hunt one or two and then come back later and hunt a few more. It turned the deer's herd instinct against them.

PALU:
I believe reindeer are too large for big deadfall (wolf) traps (I've never caught any in them, anyway), but pit traps work, in addition to the bear trap you mentioned.

Saiko Kila:
How long will it last? Long enough to catch the whole herd? Because the trapped reindeer should eventually die.

I wonder if wolf have herd mentality. Unfortunately I couldn't test it. When recently I found a pack of wolves on the frozen river, eating the elk I was tracking for some time, I chased them off and took care of the elk, but they were coming back now and then. Then I went to collect 3o stones to make three wolf-traps. The wolves were nuisance during this work. After baiting and coming to the village for sleep I returned, and the wolves were around. But finally not one of them was trapped, and after couple of days they disappeared from area.

Similarly I had trouble trapping a single pig, even if they were encountered a month later in the same tile.

I've got no trouble with trapping reindeer though, so can confirm that they seem to return to others, or keep close at least.

Ara D.:
I didn't track my days too closely but at least 4 days maybe 6. The deer died in the trap for sure. And yes wolves absolutely have pack mentality most of my fights with them are when I'm chasing the non trapped wolves away so I can safely kill the trapped ones. If it was a time of the year when meat didn't spoil or spoiled very slowly I think you could kill a herd in a day or two if you don't pause to process your kills

Ara D.:
Another deer lasted 5 days-6days depending on when it trigger the trap, set the trap in the even deer was there next morning, died in the afternoon some days later

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