Summary

Ben tried again to hunt something to carry them the rest of their journey. He set himself up beneath an evergreen tree, using the foliage as a blind. Over the period of a few days he hunted that same area. Eventually he came across a mother moose and her calf. Ben chose to shoot the calf. This way the mother could go on to produce more calves and he would hurt the environment less, but Ben's shot went wide and he only injured it. By nightfall the wounded calf attracted wolves and an angry mother attacked both them and Ben. He survived, and ended up with less meat than he had hoped by the end of it. The situation with the moose reminded him of Rachel, and it caused him a great deal of mental and spiritual suffering. But with enough food for...