One thing I do before taking a shot is marking the spot where the animal is, if it managed to run away i also make a marker of where it went after 50-100 meters. This way you won't lose a deer you shot yet can't find. Comparing it to real life, you could say you "memorise" where you shot it and where it went.
@@Howtopaintstuff You can use a golfpro styled rangefinder with a GPS parser medium IRL for under $200 bucks. So it is possible IRL. it's been used that way IRL for almost a decade now, maybe longer. Surely a hunting game in modern times using modern equipment should accomidate that.
On the aging portion of the video, not sure if the devs didn't take this in consideration or if someone told you wrong but longer sun exposure to antlers would not be a determining factor on "aging" the deer. Mule deer and whitetail shed their antlers every year so it is not like older bucks antlers are exposed to the sun longer than younger bucks. Where I hunt it is mainly the time of year when the bucks rub their velvet off that determines the white vs dark coloring of the antlers. Early season freshly rubbed antlers are white, later season they are darker. Great video though!!
Roe Deer caller definitely works. I'm at the beginning, haven't killed the 6lbs of pheasants for that mission yet but got the caller. Roes will come right up to you for easy kills. Don't call too soon, wait until the bar on the screen gets to the thick part of the bar, 15 to 20 seconds before calling again.
Technically, if you enable the slow walking mode you can walk with the hunter sense on before getting the perk. It is a bit slow but workable. The perk allows you to use it while walking at normal speed.
@@rumuelnathanael8043 everyone should know how to eat an animal they kill. Lack of knowledge doesn't prevent psychopaths from being psychopaths. Just look at the tents outside everywhere.
Dude this was very helpful! After 4 days playing, I was still having trouble understanding the genetics and aging of the animals (which animals/when to cull in a heard/pack). Thankfully I finally found your video which is the only one I've seen that goes into the genetics system in depth. Thanks Scarecrow!
I agree mostly. I will counter with get the calls and start calling early. You need to level them up and you might as well get started. Deer, fox, and Elk are easy to call.
Brilliant video. I have been a Hunter COTW for years and bought this as an alternative. It was so different so having these basics has made it so much easier now. As always spot on
It is sooo cool to see they made a very good job with the antlers and trophies, so you can see in the field which bucks are the best to kill. I wanna see a bigger magnification spotting scope like in the Hunter Classic. I use it all the time. 40x spotting scope or something like that....it would be very useful here too. One thing what we really need yet (maybe the creators will put in the game later) is the BOW. I looooooooooove the bowhunting in the Classic and in the COTW as well. And treestands, feeders... it`s a beautiful and so realistic hunting game.
It's been my experience that callers work when you can see or hear the animal. Like in real life, you gotta know when and how often to use it. Using it wrong will drive them away or they'll just ignore you altogether.
looks like im going to love this game once im done building my new pc next week love to do missions so will be a blast thanks for lots of great info on game scarecrow your vids are awesome
I love this game, though one thing that bugs the heck out of me is that you HAVE to use the binoculars to get info on the animals, whereas in Hunter: COTW you can get the info using rifle scopes as well. It's odd. "Hey, I can zoom in MUCH better with this scope, but I have no clue WTF I am looking at because I am not using the crappy Binos that do not show anything really at all due to poor zoom." LOL. Anyway, thanks for the video. Liking and Subbing.
I got the game in the Epic store. I play on PC. My issue: when I leave the game and want to play on later, it always starts from the very beginning instead of where I left off. Any ideas?
Hey man! Great video but could you share your video settings? I have a pretty high end pc but just can’t get settings right, if something is more than 50feet away, I can’t see em unless I have binoculars out
Something i think i really cool but i dont know if its a bug or not is that some animals ive shot then ran up on have lied down to die but then gotten scared when i came close and then running a little more before actually dying
I shot a black beat 6 times with that 2nd rifle u get. First shot hit the spine, it charged me from 250 ft. I hit it again in the lungs, but that last shot #6 hit the intestine, that stopped it. This game is awesome! Do they have Grizz??
Dunno if the headshot tip is correct. I've been headshotting stuff left right and center and the trophies haven't been ruined in most cases. (only ones that do get ruined are the ones where the trophy is the skull itself, likes foxes, bears, and wolves)
i think it would be interesting if previous shots would affect how a deer develops if it doesn’t kill it, like make the antlers grow abnormally next time it grows
12:27 Not just sad, it is not realistic. If he survived first shot and continue to grow, trophy rating should be at the time you actually killed him. Some veterans came from war with a bullet in their head or body, doctors can't take it out, and when they die, they die as old persons, not as 20yr old boy when they took the shoot.
I understand the genetics stuff. But how long does it take for them to make babies and grow into 5 stars? Can you skip time in this game to let them grow?
Hey scarecrow question have you done the mission discover all animal species living in the swamped habitat through their static sign if you have what do you have to do with that I'm confused
I have a question. Hope you know to clarify for me. Gray Wolf is tier 5, I shot two of them with a Remington 783 (.243) which is for tier 5 animals, and got one star Hunt Rating, and the meat was almost all ruined, like it was overpowered. Shots were between 50 - 100 meters. Do you know why?
@@vladanzervanov4146 30-30 doesn't have much ballistic energy. It goes off of the tier system but also goes off of the ballistic energy of the guns as well.
I'm playing on console and I'm able to use keyboard and mouse, but the problem is you can't move the map and it doesn't show me the buttons to press on the HUD
@wolf harrington I am on the Xbox series s and Im using keyboard and mouse, and not with an adapter. I'm just able to plug my keyboard and mouse in and use it in game. And there is no way to change keybinds in settings that I can see
How i configure my graphics for a better detail on gameplay i have an amazing details in the hunter call of the wild but in this game its pretty badly my cofiguration i have 16ram 970 Nvidia GeForce and a ssd for system... Can you share us how you do it to a better quality gameplay. Best regards
Why were ppl complaining about not being able to change ammo from SP to BT? There are so many more guns here i get wanting to change ammo but if you use the proper firearm seems like a small complaint also there are more then 2 after market scopes COTW has been out for 5 plus years with only 2 scopes i mean come on. I hope this game gets regular updates it could be something big
anyone have info/tips on on the caller thing works? i see what looks like a progress bar but, no info on it atm. still going thru tutorial etc etc also.... :D
From what I see your limited on the amount of ammo you can carry. I believe and could be wrong someone correct me if I’m wrong but I think the ammo is free
I find it really hard to find animals when starting. Is anyone else having this issue or am I just inpatient and not waiting around long enough? Feel like I’m walking miles and seeing nothing
Try to find some animal zones like feeding zones or drinking zones. Then can check in the encyclopaedia on what time they feed etc. Go to the hut and sleep till that time then go and check the feeding zones ,lights out deer 🦌 🫡🫠
I think the developers of the game should add a thing where you can view the age of the animal when you're looking through your binoculars with hunting sense and at the Harvest screen:
@@eduardofreitas8336 actually you can't be too sure. You can just give a range because you won't always be right. When Whitetail deer get to be between 5-9 years old it's hard to tell exactly how old they are unless you know for a fact their age and have been tracking them for that long
One thing I do before taking a shot is marking the spot where the animal is, if it managed to run away i also make a marker of where it went after 50-100 meters. This way you won't lose a deer you shot yet can't find. Comparing it to real life, you could say you "memorise" where you shot it and where it went.
@@Howtopaintstuff You can use a golfpro styled rangefinder with a GPS parser medium IRL for under $200 bucks. So it is possible IRL. it's been used that way IRL for almost a decade now, maybe longer. Surely a hunting game in modern times using modern equipment should accomidate that.
I'm sure you could whip out a drone in real life too
Yes I always find a landmark to locate the shot and where I lose sight of the animal.
5:57 WOW has anyone notice the top of the scope when your setting your zero the nobs are moving, that is amazing detail right there
The detail is what sold me in this game. It is by far the most realistic hunting game i personally been waiting for.
@@Toothless369 I think we all been waiting for this
Amazing detail but they cant make the game load textures the texture poping is awful on this so far, hope it gets patched fast
It don’t take much to wow gamers man
On the aging portion of the video, not sure if the devs didn't take this in consideration or if someone told you wrong but longer sun exposure to antlers would not be a determining factor on "aging" the deer. Mule deer and whitetail shed their antlers every year so it is not like older bucks antlers are exposed to the sun longer than younger bucks. Where I hunt it is mainly the time of year when the bucks rub their velvet off that determines the white vs dark coloring of the antlers. Early season freshly rubbed antlers are white, later season they are darker. Great video though!!
Actually it does inr due to blood flow
I find it depends on what kind of tree the deer rubs on.
Older deer can grow darker antlers ime.
Roe Deer caller definitely works. I'm at the beginning, haven't killed the 6lbs of pheasants for that mission yet but got the caller. Roes will come right up to you for easy kills. Don't call too soon, wait until the bar on the screen gets to the thick part of the bar, 15 to 20 seconds before calling again.
Technically, if you enable the slow walking mode you can walk with the hunter sense on before getting the perk. It is a bit slow but workable. The perk allows you to use it while walking at normal speed.
How do I enable slow walk?
@@adamrogers9169 On console you click right stick, not sure what the button on PC is.
@@Riyame on pc its left ctrl
@@Riyame so there is a slow crouch walk and a regular crouch walk? All turned on and off by using the right stick?
@@Ruhmove Yes, same as with walking.
i wish these hunting games would have a butchering mini-game people can do..it would help non-hunters learn how to butch the animal for meat and skin.
Nah I'm afraid it might become a inspiration for any future serial killer to do those to human. Gotta be careful.
It’ll get really repetitive and boring if ur grinding
@@rumuelnathanael8043 everyone should know how to eat an animal they kill. Lack of knowledge doesn't prevent psychopaths from being psychopaths. Just look at the tents outside everywhere.
@@Frothop it would make a great simulator instead of just a game
@@Angelwrites yes but should have an option to disable, at the end of the day it’s a hater you want it to be
Dude this was very helpful! After 4 days playing, I was still having trouble understanding the genetics and aging of the animals (which animals/when to cull in a heard/pack). Thankfully I finally found your video which is the only one I've seen that goes into the genetics system in depth. Thanks Scarecrow!
I agree mostly. I will counter with get the calls and start calling early. You need to level them up and you might as well get started. Deer, fox, and Elk are easy to call.
Brilliant video. I have been a Hunter COTW for years and bought this as an alternative. It was so different so having these basics has made it so much easier now. As always spot on
First deer ,lung and heart from 160m.
The bullet cam is awesome 😎
It is sooo cool to see they made a very good job with the antlers and trophies, so you can see in the field which bucks are the best to kill. I wanna see a bigger magnification spotting scope like in the Hunter Classic. I use it all the time. 40x spotting scope or something like that....it would be very useful here too. One thing what we really need yet (maybe the creators will put in the game later) is the BOW. I looooooooooove the bowhunting in the Classic and in the COTW as well. And treestands, feeders... it`s a beautiful and so realistic hunting game.
So there are no blinds/stands that you can put up? Bummer.
I would really like a color blind mode. It's really hard for me to see blood even in the hunter sense
@@tennesseefox263 they have it!
Just started playing a couple of days ago, came from call of the wild to this. I love it. Got straight into it.
Awesome video, I feel prepared for the hunt tonight now. Thank you!
12:30 I hope a future patch shows the animal's appearance when it died and not when it was first shot and survived.
Little tip: With you hold down the shoot button the scope don‘t turn black and you can see where your deer or whatever is running so yeah
Yoo I just shot a whitetail on this game, it was a full pass through and the bullet hit the deer behind it. that's so cool..
It's been my experience that callers work when you can see or hear the animal. Like in real life, you gotta know when and how often to use it. Using it wrong will drive them away or they'll just ignore you altogether.
Would be interested to know how old deer can get more sun fading on antlers than young since they both grow new antlers every year....?
Yea not a thing haha
This changed the game for me! I was playing it like a typical hunting game.
looks like im going to love this game once im done building my new pc next week love to do missions so will be a blast thanks for lots of great info on game scarecrow your vids are awesome
well not to bad of a game 12 hrs of play froze once and major error but game play is pretty good on ddr5 mobo and 32 gigs ddr5 rams
I love this game, though one thing that bugs the heck out of me is that you HAVE to use the binoculars to get info on the animals, whereas in Hunter: COTW you can get the info using rifle scopes as well. It's odd. "Hey, I can zoom in MUCH better with this scope, but I have no clue WTF I am looking at because I am not using the crappy Binos that do not show anything really at all due to poor zoom." LOL. Anyway, thanks for the video. Liking and Subbing.
Got a GO white tail deer on cotw scoring 404...i'm so happy
very informative and well explained ty for the vid you rock sir :)
Glad it helped!
Excellent video, extremely helpful... especially the info on genetics. Thanks for sharing.
No prob glad it helped!
I wish camping sights had a parking place where you can call for your vehicle so we can access out weapons storage
Thanks bud 🤜🏻🤛🏻
Very helpful video..
Big help - thanks for making this!
Amazing video bro so much detail 👍🏽
I got the game in the Epic store. I play on PC. My issue: when I leave the game and want to play on later, it always starts from the very beginning instead of where I left off. Any ideas?
The diffrent tone on the antlers is imo so small that u can hardly tell and good luck noticing that when u are out hunting the animal.
How does sun exposure on antlers show age? It ain’t like he’s had those antlers his whole life. He gets a new set every year
What I see with the mule deer antlers is your 99% has straighter tines on its rack. The other 2 seem "crooked".
This was just what i need.
I would love to have hanging wall mounts like on way of the hunter! That would be awesome!
I enjoyed this small intro series
Keep it up love the vids
Anyone know how to start a new game? Mine glitched when trying to harvest the Hollywood buck and now I can't proceed in the story anymore
Hey man! Great video but could you share your video settings? I have a pretty high end pc but just can’t get settings right, if something is more than 50feet away, I can’t see em unless I have binoculars out
Something i think i really cool but i dont know if its a bug or not is that some animals ive shot then ran up on have lied down to die but then gotten scared when i came close and then running a little more before actually dying
How do you use deer callers in this game cant seem to attract them
I shot a black beat 6 times with that 2nd rifle u get. First shot hit the spine, it charged me from 250 ft. I hit it again in the lungs, but that last shot #6 hit the intestine, that stopped it. This game is awesome! Do they have Grizz??
11:45 how this Mule Deer can still walk after getting hit by .338 in the spine?????
Dunno if the headshot tip is correct. I've been headshotting stuff left right and center and the trophies haven't been ruined in most cases. (only ones that do get ruined are the ones where the trophy is the skull itself, likes foxes, bears, and wolves)
Nice Thank you!
Great guide mate, Thanks
so cool how the animal grows if you don’t kill it
will they bee adding things like bears and mountain lions? love your review
Thanks for the video.
I got a Way of the Hunter ad while watching this.
You do realize that deer shed their antlers every year.
The unit of measure for hit energy (j) is for Jules
great guide to get started with to watch while waiting this dreadful hour for the drop
Awesome guide,thank you so much!
Why does my lodge not have a bathroom... WHERE AM I SUPPOSE TO SH!T
They need to add tripods and treestands
How do you change the difficulty?
Can you hunt out of a tree climber like on cotw??
Ranger difficulty all the way!!
if i get this game for my PS4, this vid will help me
Just shot a 4 star mature muley. Games really fun
They need to fix the animals running animations. It is so weird how everything hops around like rabbits
i think it would be interesting if previous shots would affect how a deer develops if it doesn’t kill it, like make the antlers grow abnormally next time it grows
That’s how they run in real life
Not to "uhm ackshually" but deer shed their antlers every year, the amount of fading doesn't determine the age of deer. Otherwise a great video!
12:27 Not just sad, it is not realistic. If he survived first shot and continue to grow, trophy rating should be at the time you actually killed him. Some veterans came from war with a bullet in their head or body, doctors can't take it out, and when they die, they die as old persons, not as 20yr old boy when they took the shoot.
Do they have different camo or character models to choose from?
Nope
I wonder what would happen if you just wiped the whole herd from an area?
I understand the genetics stuff. But how long does it take for them to make babies and grow into 5 stars? Can you skip time in this game to let them grow?
hey scarecrow i found auto walk completely by accident, just press F
So if you want to move a trophy, you have to pay a second time? Nope, they gotta get rid of that.
How do I reload a gun after shooting it and emptying the magazine what do I push
Wish I could play when it releases but I’ll have to wait until after work to play it
Deer shed antlers every year. Sun exposure foesnt mean anything
Im stuck on killing a badger. Ive been tring 3 days LOL. cant move on in the objectives
How long does it take for animals to age?
Been wandering for 5 hours, not a single deer, plz help I’m about to snap my disc in half
Hey scarecrow question have you done the mission discover all animal species living in the swamped habitat through their static sign if you have what do you have to do with that I'm confused
I wish this was on PS4
It would crawl and jitter more than any animal in the game and would probably not be enjoyable. It’s definitely a next generation game.
How do I connect my Xbox controller to my pc??? I’ve tried with a usb to usb-c cord worked for 10 seconds then could never get it back
I have a question. Hope you know to clarify for me. Gray Wolf is tier 5, I shot two of them with a Remington 783 (.243) which is for tier 5 animals, and got one star Hunt Rating, and the meat was almost all ruined, like it was overpowered. Shots were between 50 - 100 meters. Do you know why?
@MostMajesticWaffle Thank you very much. But why they put them in tier 5?
@MostMajesticWaffle And how you can hunt Badgers tier 3 with tier 4 gun (grandpa's 30-30) without penalty?
@@vladanzervanov4146 30-30 doesn't have much ballistic energy. It goes off of the tier system but also goes off of the ballistic energy of the guns as well.
@@tylergovero8551 Thank you very much. Finally learned that energy is more important than tier system.
I found 12 level 5 plains bison in the same 20 minutes
if its that easy to find 5star its kinda boring.,...
its hsould be harder like finding a diamond in Cotw
@@NForceTV1 he’s talking about cotw
@@masonc9163 i dont see that in his comment.
@@NForceTV1 bison aren’t in way of the hunter
@@NForceTV1 He is joking there arent bison in this game lol
First animal was a 5 star pheasant 😭😭
Me too ,try the shot gun and look at the bullet cam .
Looks wild and keeps all the meat on them.
🫡
I'm playing on console and I'm able to use keyboard and mouse, but the problem is you can't move the map and it doesn't show me the buttons to press on the HUD
@wolf harrington I am on the Xbox series s and Im using keyboard and mouse, and not with an adapter. I'm just able to plug my keyboard and mouse in and use it in game. And there is no way to change keybinds in settings that I can see
do you plan on streaming release?
Do all the five stars have the Sam e antlers
I wish this game was on ps4
Is the 300 Win Mag not worth it? That's what I hunt with irl and I'll be sad if it isn't any better than 308 😮💨
How i configure my graphics for a better detail on gameplay i have an amazing details in the hunter call of the wild but in this game its pretty badly my cofiguration i have 16ram 970 Nvidia GeForce and a ssd for system... Can you share us how you do it to a better quality gameplay. Best regards
so no rifle score bs like the other hunter game. thank god
Why were ppl complaining about not being able to change ammo from SP to BT? There are so many more guns here i get wanting to change ammo but if you use the proper firearm seems like a small complaint also there are more then 2 after market scopes COTW has been out for 5 plus years with only 2 scopes i mean come on. I hope this game gets regular updates it could be something big
anyone have info/tips on on the caller thing works? i see what looks like a progress bar but, no info on it atm. still going thru tutorial etc etc also.... :D
I am so sad that I can’t get it on Xbox one x or s
i find it weird i hunt moose in real life with a 7mm
I bought a deer grunt caller and I can’t figure out how to switch settings to buck on Xbox, what do I do?
You need to level up a perk to level three, I think you need to kill 10 called animals to get it to level 2 so I imagine it’s 30odd for level 3
Do they have 7mm rem mag?
is their a way of Re-Zeroing the sights mine goes : 109.36 , 164.04 ect instead of 150 like yours
Yards / meters
No Bows = No Go.
@@evilways961 they have bows also
How does buying ammo work/ where do you buy it
From what I see your limited on the amount of ammo you can carry. I believe and could be wrong someone correct me if I’m wrong but I think the ammo is free
Ammo is free. You can only carry a set amount tho.
I find it really hard to find animals when starting. Is anyone else having this issue or am I just inpatient and not waiting around long enough? Feel like I’m walking miles and seeing nothing
The game is hard
@@Default71677 yeah I am finding that but I like the challenge! Think it’s a great game looks amazing
Try to find some animal zones like feeding zones or drinking zones.
Then can check in the encyclopaedia on what time they feed etc.
Go to the hut and sleep till that time then go and check the feeding zones ,lights out deer 🦌 🫡🫠
I think the developers of the game should add a thing where you can view the age of the animal when you're looking through your binoculars with hunting sense and at the Harvest screen:
harvest screen maybe, but you really can't be too sure irl just looking at them and thai game's about realism
you can
A rough estimate of the age yes
@@eduardofreitas8336 actually you can't be too sure. You can just give a range because you won't always be right. When Whitetail deer get to be between 5-9 years old it's hard to tell exactly how old they are unless you know for a fact their age and have been tracking them for that long