Stag (animal)
Stags are perhaps the most popular and widespread type of game to be hunted, both for sport and subsistence, on Aeras. Almost entirely safe and unlikely to retalialte in the extreme, it tends to prefer temperate to boreal environments, but can generally be found across the world.
After spending the better part of the day tracking it across the woodlands, my party and I have finally caught on to the stag. The noble beast is browsing among tall grass in a sunlit glade as we approach, hiding behind a nearby tree / behind a nearby boulder / in a deep patch of grass / atop a nearby tree, just out of its vision.
I carefullyready long range weapon, aware that even the most subtle of movements may be enough to alert my quarry. For a brief moment, the hart / hind raises its head from the grass and looks around, but does not notice anything afoul and continues on with its carefree demeanor.