Daisypelts Guide to Warrior Cats

Hunting Techniques

Basic
Hunting a Mouse: Drop into a low crouch, putting all your weight into your haunches. This way, your paws have no impact on the forest floor. Pounce once your close enough to the mouse.

Hunting a vole: Drop into a low crouch, putting all your weight into your haunches. This way, your paws have no impact on the forest floor. Pounce once your close enough to the vole. (It's the same thing as hunting a mouse).

Hunting a rabbit: Since the rabbit smells you before they see you, Approach the rabbit in a low crouch with the wind blowing in front of you (in your face), not behind you (in your butt).

Hunting a bird: Climb a tree, leap up, and snag your claws in the birds' feathers. Bring it down with lots of pressure, and quickly bite it's neck. If you can't strike, disable it's wings.

Hunting a Fish: Sit beside the river, and make sure your reflection and shadow don't fall on the water. Once you spot a fish, dart your paw and swoop it out. Quickly bite it's neck and keep away from any water shore!

*Haunches: A cats' hind legs.

Detailed
Hunter's Crouch - Keep your body low with your tail sticking straight ahead. Hind legs must be ready to leap and front paws must be ready to pounce. Is also a good fighting techinique.

Fishing Catch - When fishing in a lake or river.keep your reflection away from the water. When the fish comes, quickly hook your paw into the water and scoop the fish onto the surface. Finish it off with a quick killing bit.

Squirrel Race - When the squirrel runs up a tree to escape, you quickly run up the trunk beside the squirrel until your fast enough to block it to the top of the tree. You chase it down next and hopefully catch it. Very complicated technique.

Bird Leap - When the bird is aware that it is being hunted and begins to fly up, you leap as high as you can and bat the bird back down. Recommended for older apprentices to learn.

Mouse Stalker - Keep your pawsteps light on the ground and try to slide them so the mouse won't feel your pawsteps.

Rabbit Fishing - A techinique when you are desperate for prey. Find a rabbit hole and make sure a rabbit's in there. Then, wait silently until rabbit's head pops out. Scoop it out like you are fishing, and hopefully catch it.