In the hunting ritual each individual fullfilled a specific role within the pack, it was an endurance game in which the prey was being pursued for extended periods of time, sometimes even multiple days in a row, and slowly brought down due to exhaustion and injury.
The most experienced huntress was in charge of starting the ritual with the 'howling', an eerie call played with a wind instrument to attract preys.
Never I would have imagined what these elves were about to unearth, it was no regular hunting game they were going after, it was a nightmare beyond description.