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the Wolves- Chapter 3  Chapter 3 Most of our wolf hunts were
divided into sections. We would begin with the Search, finding
the scent of prey, and then escalate to the Tracking, where we
would follow the selected target until we came in contact with
it. Finally, we would begin the Naíre, which translates to ‘the
Killing’ in Modern Wolf. The patrol howled in agreement and
darted out of the cave. Bright sunlight hit my eyes as we
streaked onto the flat tundra plain in search of a reindeer or
caribou herd. The grass whipped around my legs as it had the
previous night and I willed the reindeer herds to come quickly
to graze and shorten the grass. Too bad we were out to kill some
of them. The pack needs food, and they are worthy to fulfill our
needs, I thought.  All day we traveled, walking sometimes with a
bit of friendly chatting, or bounding along after a scent trail.
Most of the scent trails we found ended in a frustrating
nothing, an old scent t