"Ever think it might be getting them from someone else? That it might just be the messenger?" It might explain the frustrating elusiveness that it seemed to have, if it's bringing them from someone else. It might not want to communicate because it didn't have anything yet to say.

"Well, hunt it if you like, but you won't get any help from me." Indeed, the next time he saw the wolf, even if it was at a distance, he was likely to give it a warning. Tsume's inaction had cost the lives of wolves before and he won't do it again.