I watched a lot of videos and understood nothing. Then, I came across a video from a guy who explained the HM process "mathematically." After that, I "just" needed to find someone who could explain it to me in practice, in-game, while linking it to the mechanical process. Thank you so much for your video-it’s very well explained, beautifully summarized, and surely one of the best for those who want to get started!
@@mr.shallow9893 thank you so much for the kind works and taking time out of your day to comment! Much appreciated and glad that I hit the nail on the head for you!
Really great and clear video I must say! ❤ I have two more things for beginners as a GO grinder myself. Deal with the solos from the start on! Its easier to manage them down that way. Second thing being; if you shoot a female by accident, it can happen that she might swap places with a male of another zone you've shot. That's where confusion sometimes comes up. The respawns cannot switch gender, but can swap places. I wish everyone good luck and a fast grind ❤
@@gamejane5193 you are very correct! 👍 I’ve touched on these points in my more advanced videos! I appreciate the comment and saying it’s simple! Glad I accomplished this! Good luck 🤞🏻 with your future grinds fellow hunter!
I’m a brand new player who bought the game during the recent black friday sale. I thought herd management was something I’d never touch but a couple of days ago I came across this video and decided to give it a try. Over the weekend I was able to harvest roughly 350 fallow deer, 11 diamonds, 2 piebald males, and just a couple of minutes ago a 243 scoring melanistic, by far my best trophy yet! I haven’t found a great one yet but have definitely found success in your methods. Thanks for such a well laid out guide!
That is an amazing melanistic! Huge dude! Thanks for the very nice comment and I’m glad it’s working and you are catching on! With fallows great ones spawn pretty quick so you are probably pretty close!
Sure, you aren't one of these other content creators. But this video is an underrated gem. Organization 10/10. Thanks for recapping your main points after each section! Also, you cleared up differences between console and PC versions. Very well done!
@@AlmostAYeti thank you! I have a small channel and make content for everyone! I wanted to fill a gap and make this as easily understandable for all players! Thanks for the comment and for noticing!
Im at over 10k fallow killed,7 great one and 2 super rare(still looking for a 270+)but still watched cause why not support our cotw youtuber? Very informative video for newer people,well done
@@RunescapeThePro awesome thank you! Yeah, I’ve grinded 5000+ kills of fallow and got 1 that was 270+, they are rarer than great ones! I unfortunately did not get any super rare’s, yet!
@JBizHunts yes, your canadianness showed through, just a little. Your statistical knowledge is jolly impressive my friend though. I try not to break down the game into numbers and systems myself, I prefer to immerse myself and play as if it's real life, consequently in over a years play I've only 15 diamonds and never seen neither hide nor hair of a great one but I do secretly hope that one day, out of the blue, one might occur. I'm going to go out on a limb here and say I think, perhaps, that you're like me and not a huge game player but just found that this game is a perfect blend, a diamond in the rough one might say, that becomes part of one's life. I absolutely adore the game, I enjoy just moving about the virtual environment as much as the accomplishments. I only just watched your breakdown of the best maps for instance (really enjoyed that one) and thought you should somehow vector in a "beauty factor" as New England Mountains just looks amazing and that in itself counts for something. My opinion of course, oh btw, thanks for replying, pleased to meet you buddy/ friend/ guy/ whichever South Park term for (Canadian) acquaintance you're happy to use. 😊🫱🫲👍
@@Buster_Piles hey! Yes you are right I only play this one game, nothing else! Thanks for noticing the numbers factor, in my career I deal with numbers and patterns so that has bled into my hobby. I tried to use a beauty factor in my initial rankings but beauty is in the eye of the beholder, you may think NEW is the most beautiful and I may disagree and say it’s hirshfelden… it’s not tangible unlike my other factors I ranked them on like # of great ones, animal score, etc.
@JBizHunts It's great to be able to discuss with an interesting and brilliant mind such as yourself. I should mention that your videos, the time and effort you've put into them, are appreciated. Actually there's so much I would like to chat about but I'm sure you have better things to do. BTW, I also really like Hirschfelden, in fact the North-West part of the map, the mountain and valley behind it are my favourite "virtual place". I'm glad to hear that we have in common the enjoyment of the game, it really is something special isn't it? A friend of mine persuaded me to get RDR2 last year and if you've not played through that I would recommend it as it is a different type of experience but nothing comes close to COTW in terms of being an absorbing virtual space. Have you played RDR2?
@@Buster_Piles I played a lot of RDR but not 2. My time to play is very limited which is why I herd manage. I love this game so much, it’s honestly given me so much joy in some of my biggest moments. That’s why I started the channel as a way to catalogue my hunts so I can revisit cool diamonds and rares but then it kinda took off and now I’m at 100k views and I love to teach. I’ve training videos at my day job so I have an insight in how to structure videos for learning so, put my love of hunting, teaching and math and strategy together it’s a beautiful symbiotic mixing of why I love this game and only play this game. The NW hirsch is beautiful, but I’m really partial to all the maps. I find beauty in them all… like recently I’ve been really into Mississippi acres! Love that map!
@@crash_course_gaming97 don’t shoot the 2’s! Even though they have the same estimate weight, they will weigh less! Weight is what here management is based on not trophy score!
@ yes, I only release HM videos when I have them down to a science or have a good pattern to really make it easy: so far only have moose, whitetail, fallow, pheasant, red deer… in the works: fox & black bear… tahr possibly. What I got in the works that’s going to help a lot of people is an in depth how respawns work and how they work in relation to grinding
Finally... a content creator that plays on console. That's what I liked about LadyLegend early in the life of her channel. I have set up a fallow grind on Xbox but haven't quite reached 200 kills yet. One diamond, one botched initial spawn diamond, one piebald male, two piebald females (one initial spawn, not sure how the second piebald female spawn so long after the first one though), and a troll so far. I started out by shooting both Red Deer and Fallow, but I have since cut it down to just fallow. I've also figured out the easiest way to make two kills per zone is to wait until at least one shooter deer is in its drinking animation before shooting your first deer. Awesome video, and it's music to my ears to hear you play on console. I'm glad I came across your channel 😎
@@outsider2984 hope I earned a sub! Check out my other content! Especially my great one conspiracy theory video! Yeah I noticed that about then drinking, but if you manage your herd correctly you will only have 1 shooter and 1 level 2 (level 1’s are rarer than great ones in my opinion)
Interesting video and very comfortable too watch/listen too as well! Kinda tempted to give this a go, not really my thing, but I need something new to do in this game.. New sub for you!
@@Andre-Meyer thanks! Give it a try! I got 9 great ones by accident because I wanted to make money and found I enjoy grinding. I also enjoy trophy hunting? So as one gets boring I switch! I have a video about grinding and how I started
@@moreno7862 that is very lucky! But honestly the best comment I’ve had! This is exactly why I made this video to help and it worked! What did you get?
I’ve heard different levels which are shooters. I’ve heard don’t shoot anything less than a 150 score minimum while others say 120. Which have you had more success with?
@@callmefrog76 I go for weight, I don’t look at trophy score. I have a how respawns work 2 part videos in my channel that explains why… it’s weight that factors into levels
Yeah, that's a good guide. Beside that, I noticed shooting a solo buck sharing a zone with another, or even a heard straight up deletes the zone. Also, what do you think about keeping guaranteed diamonds? Those should be the heaviest bucks in the end. Keeping the biggest to force more 2's to spawn?
@@demoncore5342 yes keeping more big boys on the map should force more 2’s to spawn. Any max level fallow will weigh 95-100kg regardless of troll rack or guaranteed diamond… a diamond 4 will weigh around 92kg so 3kg less, which can mean a lot. I would stack a troll 5 over a diamond 4 any day.
Saw you on Reddit and had to give ya a thumbs up. Great video but still confused on the facts about white tail herd mgmt if you could do a video sometime!
@@splinteredglass8983 I have a whitetail herd management guide video! Go look through my videos it’s one of my Older ones! Thanks for the comment and checking out my channel!
@@brandonstrickland1685 yes! Sometimes two zones share a zone or two solos share a zone and give the impression you have less zones. It’s just they are doubled up on you. If you find you have inconsistent respawns maybe go look, but if they are working good then keep going
@JBizHunts ok I got solos and then like 2 zones but only showing 1 zone on map 4 bucks no doe so that makes sense. I haven't even started my grind yet I was trying to find that zone. But man if I ain't having some luck just running around so the 1st day I got the map I got to play for like 2 hrs. Looking for zones I found shot a rare turkey then I got a lvl3 mela gold fallow buck then a piebald mallard then 2 mela doe fallow back to back at 2 different zones then a Dimond mallard and after I shot him I just randomly shot another male and it was another piebald and then I spooked off a lvl5 hog he got away but I'll get him I got a good feeling about this grind
@@ericknel1 not shooting the 1’s and 2’s just skip them all together even if they are in a main zone as long as you have 1 shooter (3,4,5) in the main zone as well to keep harvesting for a respawn
@@BananaaLord if it’s a blind it will work the same as any blind. The key difference is tripods are higher and you can look over grass. Tree stands you can fit on trees so don’t have to worry about level ground. And the ground blinds can’t see over tall grasses
I’m having issues with my respawns because I will come back to the zone with there only being one buck when before it was 2 and after multiple rotations the same zones still only have one buck I also am only set up on 14 zones what are my issues?
Sometimes respawns can be slow. Especially if you have two shooters per zone. One will come back one rotation the other comes back the next, it’s like they are off sync. Almost have to skip that zone for a couple rotations for both to be back. That’s why I usually only have 1 shooter and 1 low level per zone. Shooting 16 animals per rotation ( your set up would be 14)
@@Joe-sw2te I used to, you can probably have 1 or two zones that should have pickup tents because they are across a river or a very large lake… but since the update for respawns you can’t just main menu to force them anymore, you have to play 15+ minute on the map. So, instead of having 8 tents with 8 pickup, and multiple shooters per zone… I managed the zones better so there was only 1 shooter and 1 low level per tent. So, actually running or ATV to a zone takes up a little extra time so my respawns work as expected. I currently have 2 zones that have pickups and 12 zones that do not. It takes 1.5 in game hr to do a full rotation which is 22.5 mins IRL… so by the time I get back to the first zone I started at my shooter is back.
@@JBizHunts that explains why my rotation for my red deer is not working like it used to. Thank you so much. Do you still stack diamonds in your main zones? For the purpose of shooting down solos?
@@Joe-sw2te yes, but didn’t want to touch to much on stacking in this video, I have other more advanced HM videos on my channel. I just wanted to be simple and not put tooo much info to get people started.
How do you know if you have found all you zones bc I seen a vid it said shoot one then exit to main menu and a new one should be there but idk if that’s true
I have 12 5-medium fallow on my map I’m stacking should I just kill them all my fallow are just small mostly and I have like 5 of them solos on the big lake that as like four drink zones
@@yungg0bl1n56 the cool thing about the big lake solos is they normally just jump around the big lake or the ocean just below. I would blast them! I reset my fallow grind and I’m at 4 level 5’s and once I hit 10 I’m blasting my snd rotating and seeing how often I get a max level spawn in between spawns… you want to get to under 20 harvests
Hi! Thanks for the video it was very helpful.😊 I have just began my fallow deer herd management and I am at over 200 kills right now. But only one diamond spawnd yet, I don’t know why. I do everything as you said. I want to stack diamonds because of the shooting of solo zones later. But I think there should be more diamond on the map in this phase, than one. Could you help me?😊
@@adam43168 each HM grind is different, my current HM grind I’m almost identical with your stats… 257 harvest, 2 stacked (1 was an initial spawn).. just focus on creating as many 2’s as you can and then the max levels will start flowing
@@derikfiggins6965 yes, any hunting blind or structure reduces pressure! Use them to not blow out your zones! Or keep an eye on the hunting pressure. You can relieve pressure by shooting animals at a different part of the map.
Hmmmm so rn Im sittin on like 4 level 5 bucks in my main shooting zone and Im half tempted to go back through and see if I cant clean up some of my other zones of the smaller level 3s to see if they'll come back as 2s but I dont wanna screw it up and start having 4s and stuff spawn where I had only 2s and low estimate 3s. Any suggestions or do you think Im clear to start taking my dimes? Also abother question say I got basically the majority of the map to level 2s and low 3s besides like 4 zones would that increase my chances of a Great One or hinder it cause Im not shooting as many bucks?
@@raditz1101 yes and no, the more managed your map is (at the height of my fallow grind a max level fallow was spawning every 12-15 harvests). So, being down to 4 zones would definetly be managed! However, with the new respawn rules and 15minute rough respawn time… I would be rotating on 10-12 herds with 1 huge male and a shot down herd otherwise. That way you are killing 10-12 per rotation and playing enough time that the first zone has respawned. If not what will take forever is you shoot 4 deer and wait 15 mins to shoot another 4… which essential lowers the amount of respanws that could be a go
Hi I’m on a 2380 on a fallow grind and just only getting level 2 with low level 3 just not many 4/5 I’ve got 30 diamonds and 5 rares I’m doing herd management just any help would be great
@@noddybasher3785 make sure you are recheck your map for solo’s sometimes they respawn without your knowing anywhere on the map that fallow deer exist! So I always recheck their home range every 500 harvests for stragglers… a few big solo males can slow down your HM
@@kaws2 I don’t have main zones anymore since the July update, even scarecrow has added more zones to his main rotation in follow up videos to “fix” his grind. Because respawns take 15 irl minutes of playing on the map to occur. So, make 16 main zones, but you still want to choose 10 to begin with and use the 6 other tents to shoot down the rest of your zones until you are left with 6 and the original 10 main you choose.
@ Yes, using pickup tents makes this faster which you will be waiting for respawns. So by adding a few extra zones to your rotation adds IRL time and by the time you go back to the start the respawns should be in their zone! Good luck!
Hi just tried the strategy and I went through and found all my zones shot 3 and ups now all my single zone are 3 or up and ones in herds are 2 is there something I did wrong and do you have any suggestions I’m on xbox
@@darter475 you have to shoot solos and your herds at the same time. They can swap zones. Think of it this way: you shoot a big solo and a small herd male they both go into the respawn machine. When the respawn machine goes to put them back on the map there’s a 50/50 chance they put the small herd male respawn as a solo and the big solo respawn in the herd.
The only difference that i see between you and the others is that you shot all 3s but others leave low lvl 3.Why do you shot low lvl 3 who are basically high lvl 2?
@@jake-kim889 because there’s a clear weight difference if they were big enough to be level 3. My great one conspiracy theory video lays out the reasoning. 5kg weight difference let’s say for fallow deer is 5% for max weight as an example. Max weight for fallow is 100kg so every 1kg is equal to 1%. So, for more efficiency shoot the small 3s that look like 2s. My goal was to simplify the process for new players to go may be confused by HM videos by my self or other popular creators
Also which wasn’t stated in the video but some cool information, a stacked max level troll does more for HM than as Stacked Diamond 4… I’ve killed 4 Diamond 4’s and none weighed more than 92kg but all my troll 5’s did not weigh less than 95kg. Cool eh?
@@JBizHuntsthat is very interesting i should look more at the weight of the animals thank you for the information,keep uploading the videos you have a new sub here
@@jake-kim889 yes, because it’s weight that decides level of animal… level 5 fallow will be 95-100kg… level 5 moose will never weigh less than 590kg… what is the great one? A level 10, what dictates level again? Weight… so that’s the correlation between HM and short grinds. If the weight of the herd is less a great one has a better chance to spawn (there is still RNG) of course. Also, great ones have weight ranges too for what antler they get! Go check out the video to see the data! 📊
Your the first person I’ve heard say you have to wait 15 mins I’m pretty sure everything that is killed will respawn when you leave the map and load back in then go to drink zones all over again
@@colonelschwartz3578 that used to be the case until the July update that pissed off a lot of grinders. Respawns take 15minutes more or less now. This is just a newer herd management video compared to some others
@@JBizHunts oh wow I’ve been trying to find the “nerf” on RUclips but not very many people have made videos about it thank you also did they change the harvesting thing? I’m asking bc I’ve grinded over 2500 red deer myself with a cabin full of diamonds albinos and melas but still no great one or super rare
@@colonelschwartz3578 you have to harvest your animals to get a great one. Not harvesting them = no great one. That’s considered “dirty” grinding and it has actually broken peoples maps before forcing them to press new game. What’s this “nerf” thing?
@@JBizHunts the nerf to grinding you were just saying and that could have been what messed my grind up I got discouraged and pretty much just quit for a while but I think I’m gonna try this new one out thank you for the responses
@@colonelschwartz3578 your welcome check out scarecrow, or lady legend vids from July of this year they talk about it too. I have a video with a thumbnail that said grinding is not dead where I detail the whole update
@@cobbler2001 You can leave very small 3’s with a level 2 antlers. They look like 2’s but probably weigh 5kg more… they won’t hurt your grind but big 3’s hurt your grind.
@ oh ok so just kill the high 3 and leave the low 3s ok… sucks I started hunting them on emerald ( my way not the correct way lol ) ima switch to this map and start over
@ yeah I know I might later in the future but that’s what all the videos I watch said is that te awaroa is easier, also I’m playing right now and I just got my first piebald!! Literally zero drinking zones found and on the like 8th one it was just a 75kg lvl 3 male but oh well lol
@@JBizHuntsYes, I started at 2000 kills and did most of my herd zones, I am now just stacking diamond to try and do my solos to see if it will finally help!
This was the most helpful tutorial i have found it actually tells you what to do
@@BraydenMully Thank you! That’s what I’ve been trying to do is make guides a bit more simple for the everyday player!
Me to buddy
I watched a lot of videos and understood nothing. Then, I came across a video from a guy who explained the HM process "mathematically." After that, I "just" needed to find someone who could explain it to me in practice, in-game, while linking it to the mechanical process. Thank you so much for your video-it’s very well explained, beautifully summarized, and surely one of the best for those who want to get started!
@@mr.shallow9893 thank you so much for the kind works and taking time out of your day to comment! Much appreciated and glad that I hit the nail on the head for you!
Really great and clear video I must say! ❤
I have two more things for beginners as a GO grinder myself.
Deal with the solos from the start on! Its easier to manage them down that way.
Second thing being; if you shoot a female by accident, it can happen that she might swap places with a male of another zone you've shot. That's where confusion sometimes comes up. The respawns cannot switch gender, but can swap places.
I wish everyone good luck and a fast grind ❤
@@gamejane5193 you are very correct! 👍 I’ve touched on these points in my more advanced videos! I appreciate the comment and saying it’s simple! Glad I accomplished this! Good luck 🤞🏻 with your future grinds fellow hunter!
I’m a brand new player who bought the game during the recent black friday sale. I thought herd management was something I’d never touch but a couple of days ago I came across this video and decided to give it a try. Over the weekend I was able to harvest roughly 350 fallow deer, 11 diamonds, 2 piebald males, and just a couple of minutes ago a 243 scoring melanistic, by far my best trophy yet! I haven’t found a great one yet but have definitely found success in your methods. Thanks for such a well laid out guide!
That is an amazing melanistic! Huge dude! Thanks for the very nice comment and I’m glad it’s working and you are catching on! With fallows great ones spawn pretty quick so you are probably pretty close!
Did you end up getting the G1
@@michaelcody6169 I have 9, I currently have a 6th great one fallow grind and a pheasant grind on the go!
Sure, you aren't one of these other content creators. But this video is an underrated gem.
Organization 10/10. Thanks for recapping your main points after each section!
Also, you cleared up differences between console and PC versions. Very well done!
@@AlmostAYeti thank you! I have a small channel and make content for everyone! I wanted to fill a gap and make this as easily understandable for all players! Thanks for the comment and for noticing!
Thanks bro , There's almost no one showing how easy it is to grind without some ancient Chinese techniques so I'm glad you made this video
@@Fasalot thanks for the comment! I just wanted to make a video for the average player and hope they get their first great one someday!
@@JBizHunts I'm just about to start my first great one grind because I've only ever grinded crocodiles
@@Fasalot man! The feeling of seeing a great one after putting in the work is something I can’t even describe
@@JBizHunts I think so too, so I can't wait to get back from vacation and find my first great one
@@Fasalot good luck brother! Let me know when he shows up! Love to hear it
Im at over 10k fallow killed,7 great one and 2 super rare(still looking for a 270+)but still watched cause why not support our cotw youtuber? Very informative video for newer people,well done
@@RunescapeThePro awesome thank you! Yeah, I’ve grinded 5000+ kills of fallow and got 1 that was 270+, they are rarer than great ones! I unfortunately did not get any super rare’s, yet!
Just 10k kills and 2 supers? Lucky! Congrats! Just started my grind, haven’t found any trophies besides a piebald female while setting up
Finally a guide that i can understand on getting a great one.
Well done! It's all "aboot" keeping it simple for me.
@@Buster_Piles did ya catch the “aboot?” Did my Canadian slip though hahaha
@JBizHunts yes, your canadianness showed through, just a little. Your statistical knowledge is jolly impressive my friend though. I try not to break down the game into numbers and systems myself, I prefer to immerse myself and play as if it's real life, consequently in over a years play I've only 15 diamonds and never seen neither hide nor hair of a great one but I do secretly hope that one day, out of the blue, one might occur.
I'm going to go out on a limb here and say I think, perhaps, that you're like me and not a huge game player but just found that this game is a perfect blend, a diamond in the rough one might say, that becomes part of one's life. I absolutely adore the game, I enjoy just moving about the virtual environment as much as the accomplishments. I only just watched your breakdown of the best maps for instance (really enjoyed that one) and thought you should somehow vector in a "beauty factor" as New England Mountains just looks amazing and that in itself counts for something. My opinion of course, oh btw, thanks for replying, pleased to meet you buddy/ friend/ guy/ whichever South Park term for (Canadian) acquaintance you're happy to use. 😊🫱🫲👍
@@Buster_Piles hey! Yes you are right I only play this one game, nothing else! Thanks for noticing the numbers factor, in my career I deal with numbers and patterns so that has bled into my hobby. I tried to use a beauty factor in my initial rankings but beauty is in the eye of the beholder, you may think NEW is the most beautiful and I may disagree and say it’s hirshfelden… it’s not tangible unlike my other factors I ranked them on like # of great ones, animal score, etc.
@JBizHunts It's great to be able to discuss with an interesting and brilliant mind such as yourself. I should mention that your videos, the time and effort you've put into them, are appreciated.
Actually there's so much I would like to chat about but I'm sure you have better things to do.
BTW, I also really like Hirschfelden, in fact the North-West part of the map, the mountain and valley behind it are my favourite "virtual place".
I'm glad to hear that we have in common the enjoyment of the game, it really is something special isn't it?
A friend of mine persuaded me to get RDR2 last year and if you've not played through that I would recommend it as it is a different type of experience but nothing comes close to COTW in terms of being an absorbing virtual space. Have you played RDR2?
@@Buster_Piles I played a lot of RDR but not 2. My time to play is very limited which is why I herd manage. I love this game so much, it’s honestly given me so much joy in some of my biggest moments. That’s why I started the channel as a way to catalogue my hunts so I can revisit cool diamonds and rares but then it kinda took off and now I’m at 100k views and I love to teach. I’ve training videos at my day job so I have an insight in how to structure videos for learning so, put my love of hunting, teaching and math and strategy together it’s a beautiful symbiotic mixing of why I love this game and only play this game. The NW hirsch is beautiful, but I’m really partial to all the maps. I find beauty in them all… like recently I’ve been really into Mississippi acres! Love that map!
this answers so many questions i had.. my main issue was what lvs to shoot as 2s can also have the 62-85kg tag... thanks for dumbing it down
@@crash_course_gaming97 don’t shoot the 2’s! Even though they have the same estimate weight, they will weigh less! Weight is what here management is based on not trophy score!
@JBizHunts that makes so much sense. I'm new to GO grinds.. and a little behind.. so glad I found ur vids.
@ go check out my “great one conspiracy theory” video… that will explain more about weight and it’s a fun quirky video
@JBizHunts def will. got alot to catch up one.. u got a fox management vid in works?
@ yes, I only release HM videos when I have them down to a science or have a good pattern to really make it easy: so far only have moose, whitetail, fallow, pheasant, red deer… in the works: fox & black bear… tahr possibly. What I got in the works that’s going to help a lot of people is an in depth how respawns work and how they work in relation to grinding
Thanks! This one really was helpful.
Glad you liked it! It’s helpful to hear from you!
Awesome videos with amazing quality and content, really cool channel!
@@jxkeditzs thank you so much for the kind words! It’s comments like this that makes me committed to making more content!
Finally... a content creator that plays on console. That's what I liked about LadyLegend early in the life of her channel.
I have set up a fallow grind on Xbox but haven't quite reached 200 kills yet. One diamond, one botched initial spawn diamond, one piebald male, two piebald females (one initial spawn, not sure how the second piebald female spawn so long after the first one though), and a troll so far. I started out by shooting both Red Deer and Fallow, but I have since cut it down to just fallow.
I've also figured out the easiest way to make two kills per zone is to wait until at least one shooter deer is in its drinking animation before shooting your first deer.
Awesome video, and it's music to my ears to hear you play on console. I'm glad I came across your channel 😎
@@outsider2984 hope I earned a sub! Check out my other content! Especially my great one conspiracy theory video! Yeah I noticed that about then drinking, but if you manage your herd correctly you will only have 1 shooter and 1 level 2 (level 1’s are rarer than great ones in my opinion)
Also forgot to mention theirs another COTW console creator: @willthehunter
@@JBizHunts yes I subbed right after I commented. I'm number 680
@@outsider2984 thank you! Good luck on the rest of your fallow grind! It shouldn’t take too long! Hopefully not as long as my first!
Console players are the best.
It's a well-known fact that playing on PC makes you gae.
Very good video it help me a lot today cause I want to start a fallow deer grind
@@jandusza4224 good luck! Come back for more questions
thank you bro great guide this morning I got three diamonds melanistic albino and piebald
@@danielbaa9462 damn! All three rare types! Too bad one of those dimes didn’t have a rare fur coat 🧥
Interesting video and very comfortable too watch/listen too as well! Kinda tempted to give this a go, not really my thing, but I need something new to do in this game.. New sub for you!
@@Andre-Meyer thanks! Give it a try! I got 9 great ones by accident because I wanted to make money and found I enjoy grinding. I also enjoy trophy hunting? So as one gets boring I switch! I have a video about grinding and how I started
This video just help me get my first ever great one ! at an unbelievable 23 harvests extremely lucky
@@moreno7862 that is very lucky! But honestly the best comment I’ve had! This is exactly why I made this video to help and it worked! What did you get?
@@JBizHunts a fabled painted , i didn’t finish finding all the zones and the G1 was already in the zone.
@ ah! You got really lucky that one of your early respawns was a great one! Now you need 2 more to finish the huddle fallow multimount
@@JBizHunts yes it was a lucky one , haven’t found another . but i’m a after 9-5 playing so don’t have all the time to play
@ that’s my schedule as well! Makes it hard, that’s why I use HM
For my solo I shoot anything that has a score above 150 so far it’s working really well got G1 in 546 kills
@@michaelcody6169 that’s awesome! Yeah, keep doing what works!
I’ve heard different levels which are shooters. I’ve heard don’t shoot anything less than a 150 score minimum while others say 120. Which have you had more success with?
@@callmefrog76 I go for weight, I don’t look at trophy score. I have a how respawns work 2 part videos in my channel that explains why… it’s weight that factors into levels
Yeah, that's a good guide. Beside that, I noticed shooting a solo buck sharing a zone with another, or even a heard straight up deletes the zone. Also, what do you think about keeping guaranteed diamonds? Those should be the heaviest bucks in the end. Keeping the biggest to force more 2's to spawn?
@@demoncore5342 yes keeping more big boys on the map should force more 2’s to spawn. Any max level fallow will weigh 95-100kg regardless of troll rack or guaranteed diamond… a diamond 4 will weigh around 92kg so 3kg less, which can mean a lot. I would stack a troll 5 over a diamond 4 any day.
Saw you on Reddit and had to give ya a thumbs up. Great video but still confused on the facts about white tail herd mgmt if you could do a video sometime!
@@splinteredglass8983 I have a whitetail herd management guide video! Go look through my videos it’s one of my
Older ones! Thanks for the comment and checking out my channel!
Can i grind with 34 zones i cant find anymore i been all over the map area for fallow multiple times like you said at different times without any luck
@@brandonstrickland1685 yes! Sometimes two zones share a zone or two solos share a zone and give the impression you have less zones. It’s just they are doubled up on you. If you find you have inconsistent respawns maybe go look, but if they are working good then keep going
@JBizHunts ok I got solos and then like 2 zones but only showing 1 zone on map 4 bucks no doe so that makes sense. I haven't even started my grind yet I was trying to find that zone. But man if I ain't having some luck just running around so the 1st day I got the map I got to play for like 2 hrs. Looking for zones I found shot a rare turkey then I got a lvl3 mela gold fallow buck then a piebald mallard then 2 mela doe fallow back to back at 2 different zones then a Dimond mallard and after I shot him I just randomly shot another male and it was another piebald and then I spooked off a lvl5 hog he got away but I'll get him I got a good feeling about this grind
@@brandonstrickland1685 oh man! Your RNG is popping! That’s amazing luck!
@@JBizHunts right idk why bc it's normally not like that lol
@@brandonstrickland1685 I would be checking the whole map for more trophies! I bet there’s a dime sika or feral goat too
So shooting the level 1's and 2's will make your grind easier
@@ericknel1 not shooting the 1’s and 2’s just skip them all together even if they are in a main zone as long as you have 1 shooter (3,4,5) in the main zone as well to keep harvesting for a respawn
found this on reddit and am surprised how good it was! is the non dlc blind that you can buy at outposts the same as the tripods and dlc blinds?
@@BananaaLord if it’s a blind it will work the same as any blind. The key difference is tripods are higher and you can look over grass. Tree stands you can fit on trees so don’t have to worry about level ground. And the ground blinds can’t see over tall grasses
I’m having issues with my respawns because I will come back to the zone with there only being one buck when before it was 2 and after multiple rotations the same zones still only have one buck I also am only set up on 14 zones what are my issues?
Sometimes respawns can be slow. Especially if you have two shooters per zone. One will come back one rotation the other comes back the next, it’s like they are off sync. Almost have to skip that zone for a couple rotations for both to be back. That’s why I usually only have 1 shooter and 1 low level per zone. Shooting 16 animals per rotation ( your set up would be 14)
Great video!
Do you always keep 16 zones? Or do you eventually eliminate a zone or two for pickup tents on the favorite zones?
@@Joe-sw2te I used to, you can probably have 1 or two zones that should have pickup tents because they are across a river or a very large lake… but since the update for respawns you can’t just main menu to force them anymore, you have to play 15+ minute on the map. So, instead of having 8 tents with 8 pickup, and multiple shooters per zone… I managed the zones better so there was only 1 shooter and 1 low level per tent. So, actually running or ATV to a zone takes up a little extra time so my respawns work as expected. I currently have 2 zones that have pickups and 12 zones that do not. It takes 1.5 in game hr to do a full rotation which is 22.5 mins IRL… so by the time I get back to the first zone I started at my shooter is back.
@@JBizHunts that explains why my rotation for my red deer is not working like it used to. Thank you so much.
Do you still stack diamonds in your main zones? For the purpose of shooting down solos?
@@Joe-sw2te yes, but didn’t want to touch to much on stacking in this video, I have other more advanced HM videos on my channel. I just wanted to be simple and not put tooo much info to get people started.
How do you know if you have found all you zones bc I seen a vid it said shoot one then exit to main menu and a new one should be there but idk if that’s true
Do you have any suggestions
Could i technically load up a map put diwn 16 tents at 16 lakes and just start shooting and get one?
@@Sclb_tricky yes, that’s a non-herd management guide. That can work almost as good but may take a little more harvests. It’s still random!
Man, is there a way to use a keyboard and mouse on console? You're missing out. I hammer 2-3 at a time, no problem. Can usually hit a 4th on the run.
@@Hartwig870 you can get two maybe three with a specialized controller. Which I have. But Xbox doesn’t support keyboard and mouse for this game
I have 12 5-medium fallow on my map I’m stacking should I just kill them all my fallow are just small mostly and I have like 5 of them solos on the big lake that as like four drink zones
@@yungg0bl1n56 the cool thing about the big lake solos is they normally just jump around the big lake or the ocean just below. I would blast them! I reset my fallow grind and I’m at 4 level 5’s and once I hit 10 I’m blasting my snd rotating and seeing how often I get a max level spawn in between spawns… you want to get to under 20 harvests
Hi! Thanks for the video it was very helpful.😊
I have just began my fallow deer herd management and I am at over 200 kills right now. But only one diamond spawnd yet, I don’t know why. I do everything as you said. I want to stack diamonds because of the shooting of solo zones later. But I think there should be more diamond on the map in this phase, than one. Could you help me?😊
@@adam43168 each HM grind is different, my current HM grind I’m almost identical with your stats… 257 harvest, 2 stacked (1 was an initial spawn).. just focus on creating as many 2’s as you can and then the max levels will start flowing
@ thank you❤️
I am new to this grind if you use shorting stand and blinds does it effect hunting pressure
@@derikfiggins6965 yes, any hunting blind or structure reduces pressure! Use them to not blow out your zones! Or keep an eye on the hunting pressure. You can relieve pressure by shooting animals at a different part of the map.
Question. So I shouldn’t stack diamonds?
@@BeauxNuitez you should! But any max weight four will help with stacking as well! But diamonds and trolls work best! Any max level
Hmmmm so rn Im sittin on like 4 level 5 bucks in my main shooting zone and Im half tempted to go back through and see if I cant clean up some of my other zones of the smaller level 3s to see if they'll come back as 2s but I dont wanna screw it up and start having 4s and stuff spawn where I had only 2s and low estimate 3s. Any suggestions or do you think Im clear to start taking my dimes? Also abother question say I got basically the majority of the map to level 2s and low 3s besides like 4 zones would that increase my chances of a Great One or hinder it cause Im not shooting as many bucks?
@@raditz1101 yes and no, the more managed your map is (at the height of my fallow grind a max level fallow was spawning every 12-15 harvests). So, being down to 4 zones would definetly be managed! However, with the new respawn rules and 15minute rough respawn time… I would be rotating on 10-12 herds with 1 huge male and a shot down herd otherwise. That way you are killing 10-12 per rotation and playing enough time that the first zone has respawned. If not what will take forever is you shoot 4 deer and wait 15 mins to shoot another 4… which essential lowers the amount of respanws that could be a go
Hi I’m on a 2380 on a fallow grind and just only getting level 2 with low level 3 just not many 4/5 I’ve got 30 diamonds and 5 rares I’m doing herd management just any help would be great
@@noddybasher3785 make sure you are recheck your map for solo’s sometimes they respawn without your knowing anywhere on the map that fallow deer exist! So I always recheck their home range every 500 harvests for stragglers… a few big solo males can slow down your HM
@@JBizHunts so if I find higher ones just swap them with regular zones
If i have a level 4 which is very likely diamond potential do i shoot it?
@@32ws depends you technically can stack it because it will be a decent weight, but me I shoot it and only stack max levels
Ok thankyou
@@32ws ask me a question anytime!
Thank you 🙏
Your welcome! I really appreciate the comment! Good luck on your future hunts!
Other RUclipsrs say stack up the lv5 in the main zone. But you say kill all the lv3,4,5
I’ll try your HM guide, hope I get first GO fallow soon 😢
@@kaws2 I don’t have main zones anymore since the July update, even scarecrow has added more zones to his main rotation in follow up videos to “fix” his grind. Because respawns take 15 irl minutes of playing on the map to occur. So, make 16 main zones, but you still want to choose 10 to begin with and use the 6 other tents to shoot down the rest of your zones until you are left with 6 and the original 10 main you choose.
@ Didn’t notice the July update. So it became way harder to use pick-up tents. Thank you for your explanation.
@ Yes, using pickup tents makes this faster which you will be waiting for respawns. So by adding a few extra zones to your rotation adds IRL time and by the time you go back to the start the respawns should be in their zone! Good luck!
Hi just tried the strategy and I went through and found all my zones shot 3 and ups now all my single zone are 3 or up and ones in herds are 2 is there something I did wrong and do you have any suggestions I’m on xbox
@@darter475 you have to shoot solos and your herds at the same time. They can swap zones. Think of it this way: you shoot a big solo and a small herd male they both go into the respawn machine. When the respawn machine goes to put them back on the map there’s a 50/50 chance they put the small herd male respawn as a solo and the big solo respawn in the herd.
@@JBizHunts thanks only thing is I didn’t shoot the solos had me confused thinking I did something wrong
@@darter475 no, nothing wrong, but practice and getting your hands dirty is how you learn! Good luck! And happy hunting!
Yo do you think you could give me a little guide on my map any time I’m on Xbox and kinda need help
@@alexplumbyt3470 my playtime is very sporadic!
@ just any time for like 15-30 minutes to help me out a little bit
@ you can add me
The only difference that i see between you and the others is that you shot all 3s but others leave low lvl 3.Why do you shot low lvl 3 who are basically high lvl 2?
@@jake-kim889 because there’s a clear weight difference if they were big enough to be level 3. My great one conspiracy theory video lays out the reasoning. 5kg weight difference let’s say for fallow deer is 5% for max weight as an example. Max weight for fallow is 100kg so every 1kg is equal to 1%. So, for more efficiency shoot the small 3s that look like 2s. My goal was to simplify the process for new players to go may be confused by HM videos by my self or other popular creators
Also which wasn’t stated in the video but some cool information, a stacked max level troll does more for HM than as Stacked Diamond 4… I’ve killed 4 Diamond 4’s and none weighed more than 92kg but all my troll 5’s did not weigh less than 95kg. Cool eh?
@@JBizHunts oh ok so you go for weight difference rather than the trophy score
@@JBizHuntsthat is very interesting i should look more at the weight of the animals thank you for the information,keep uploading the videos you have a new sub here
@@jake-kim889 yes, because it’s weight that decides level of animal… level 5 fallow will be 95-100kg… level 5 moose will never weigh less than 590kg… what is the great one? A level 10, what dictates level again? Weight… so that’s the correlation between HM and short grinds. If the weight of the herd is less a great one has a better chance to spawn (there is still RNG) of course. Also, great ones have weight ranges too for what antler they get! Go check out the video to see the data! 📊
So should I stack diamonds or no?
@@alexplumbyt3470 stacking can help herd manage quicker… but you don’t have to. I do it only on my main zones as I shoot the others
@@JBizHunts ok thanks
Your the first person I’ve heard say you have to wait 15 mins I’m pretty sure everything that is killed will respawn when you leave the map and load back in then go to drink zones all over again
@@colonelschwartz3578 that used to be the case until the July update that pissed off a lot of grinders. Respawns take 15minutes more or less now. This is just a newer herd management video compared to some others
@@JBizHunts oh wow I’ve been trying to find the “nerf” on RUclips but not very many people have made videos about it thank you also did they change the harvesting thing? I’m asking bc I’ve grinded over 2500 red deer myself with a cabin full of diamonds albinos and melas but still no great one or super rare
@@colonelschwartz3578 you have to harvest your animals to get a great one. Not harvesting them = no great one. That’s considered “dirty” grinding and it has actually broken peoples maps before forcing them to press new game. What’s this “nerf” thing?
@@JBizHunts the nerf to grinding you were just saying and that could have been what messed my grind up I got discouraged and pretty much just quit for a while but I think I’m gonna try this new one out thank you for the responses
@@colonelschwartz3578 your welcome check out scarecrow, or lady legend vids from July of this year they talk about it too. I have a video with a thumbnail that said grinding is not dead where I detail the whole update
Can you still do this but leave 1,2,3 alone?
@@cobbler2001 You can leave very small 3’s with a level 2 antlers. They look like 2’s but probably weigh 5kg more… they won’t hurt your grind but big 3’s hurt your grind.
@ oh ok so just kill the high 3 and leave the low 3s ok… sucks I started hunting them on emerald ( my way not the correct way lol ) ima switch to this map and start over
@ you can always fix a grind but te Awaroa is much easier to manage
@ yeah I know I might later in the future but that’s what all the videos I watch said is that te awaroa is easier, also I’m playing right now and I just got my first piebald!! Literally zero drinking zones found and on the like 8th one it was just a 75kg lvl 3 male but oh well lol
@ Initial spawn! But hey! If you like Emerald coast keep with it!
Nice
@@theindoorhunter coming from you! I’ll take the compliment! Thanks for checking out my channel buddy!
@@JBizHunts It's good stuff!!!
@@theindoorhunter thanks buddy! I appreciate it! You may enjoy the conspiracy theory video! If you enjoyed unsolved mysteries as a kid
@@JBizHunts will do!
5000 kills medium hm no great ones or super rare
@@fabs1032 long grinds do happen. Are you using HM? I know Flinter’s g1 fallow was 6500 harvests and KC planet was 7500
@@JBizHuntsYes, I started at 2000 kills and did most of my herd zones, I am now just stacking diamond to try and do my solos to see if it will finally help!
@ that should help speed up the process!
Hank u some much
@@bakedyokerezzer You are welcome my friend!