[ Uh oh, Clive got hit by the puppy eyes. Joshua stifles a soft laugh behind his hand, then turns back to regard the deer. None of them expected it to be this big, he thinks. They couldn't have truly prepared for this.

He taps his lips with his fingers. ]

What if we were to skin it and then carry meat back in the hide? With a deer this size, we could feasibly leave some of the meat for the woodland creatures while having plenty for ourselves. Or maybe gutting it will lighten the load?