2. Would it be feasible to scare animals away just because giant predatory shadow appeared?

3. Yeah, just in the forest style things, this is just background "can I say there was" so he could have rooted up things and asked the locals what is/isn't edible. If any of the non-edible ones have interesting uses (as a poison, or as a medicine but not a foodsource) I'd love to know, because.

... We should always supply ourselves??? If it's from nature??? Dear goodness what's land ownership of the forests like, he'd have to ask.