It is a good indicator that you should track the animal to find the body though, he died far away and you'd need to track it to find it. :D

You're a legend dude, you got me from being so frustrated and about to return the game and give up... to absolutely loving it. Thank you.

@@whiskeyneat97 Good to hear!

What stupid is I’ve spent over 45min tracking one deer then I got so confused because I kept following the wrong tracks also how do you unblock perks?

Wear headsets , crank up volume to the max - crouch as soon as you hear some footsteps or brushing sounds chances are animal is very close. Rain / winds brushing on tree sounds you can make a little bit of noise and get away with it. Not sure if its helpful but all the best.

i feel you on this. Ive learned to just explore and take in the game how beautiful it looks n stuff. which is weird for me cuz i usually play hack n slash games , or games like warzone, GTA, Fifa, nba and games like that but this one has been my go to game lately. i just love how relaxing it is. ill throw on some headphones and just chillout. but yes it does get frustrating at times. specially when you keep shooting and hitting an animal and none of them go down. im only 2 weeks in so well see how far this goes lol

When I make a bad shot I will wait a couple of minutes for the animal to calm down.

If you have spotted it the basic rule of thumb is you can get to 150 running 100 walking 75 crouched and from there you gotta crawl. And too be honest I have no clue how to tell just how close you are if you haven't seen it yet.

I’m still getting the hang of it, but this is what works for me, since I don’t like rotating between need zones and farming kills, just feels like gaming the AI to me, I prefer roaming and stalking. I usually run to what looks like an area nearby id like to hunt, then start walking it, checking my surroundings with binoculars. Eventually I will hear a mating or warning call, and if it’s close by, I’ll crouch, if it’s far I’ll walk a bit then crouch, and investigate the area for tracks/droppings to see how long ago they were there and where they went. From that point I’m stalking it crouching, and it usually doesn’t take long to find it. If it’s taking too long I’ll give up and move on. Since you’ve been moving quietly while tracking, there’s a good chance you’ll hear other animals too. This tends to work well for me, I get enough action to satisfy me. I will say, these are tips for beginners like me. You won’t find diamond animals like this, because they rarely call and are a lot more skittish. You probably have to farm need zones for that. As for always getting a “very low” blood trail and never dropping the animal quickly, I had this problem too and quit for years before giving it another go. The key was the polymer tip ammo for better penetration, or a larger caliber. Every animal has a class rating that you can see when tracking it, and every ammo type has an acceptable class. For soft point ammunition, assume the ammo is more underpowered than it says. The starter rifle and ammo says it should be able to drop deer but you need a really good shot for that, especially for larger species of deer. I recommend going for a few smaller animals until you can buy the 270, then you can get some larger animals and you will quickly unlock the polymer tips. At that point, as long as you’re getting good shots and using the proper ammo, animals will drop a lot quicker and sometimes even immediately. It’s tough at first since they give you an underpowered rifle and don’t do a good job teaching you the mechanics of the game. But after a couple hours you’ll start getting the hang of it. Avoid sprinting and using the atv unless you’re unlocking waypoints or placing tents. Lakes at sunrise and sunset tend to have a good amount of activity around them if you’re really itching for some action. Hope this helps someone

He left out tons of useful information as well. I think the video would have been better served if he would have started a new account and was like a noob. You can totally have a low bleed rate and still take down the animal. The best way for me to tell if an animal has gone down is to keep track of the hunting pressure. If you see a new hunting pressure then you have a kill. In his video the second time he went to the map it looked as if he actually killed that deer but I wasn’t paying that close attention. Another useful bit he left out was at the center of your hinting pressure is where you took your shot. So if you can’t find that first bleed mark that will help you find it. Tracking can be very straight forward but many times it’s not. So critters like to go right back to the ver their tracks and really confuse the hell out of you when tracking. Yes one set is on way and the other is the other but time to time critters stop and spin around and really throw you for a loop. If you lose your track make a large box search pattern around where you last track it and you can normally pick the trail back up. I have had animals that were 0-25% left and the trail went stone cold. Spent an hour searching and could not find it or sign of it.

That's what I'm saying I'm watching this video because I don't have the tracking efects

OOOOOOOOOh that explains it xD just had that happen to me 2h ago and was confused, thought its a bug xD

do the DLC dog help you find the wounded animal.

Kill it instead of wounding it then xD

@@Hoshino_Channel ikr

Never run when tracking, press G and you can auto walk, the relax while you wait to find your deer

@@Hoshino_Channel Yeah but what if you're trying to track something you didn't shoot

@@darkdragonsoul99 That has nothing to do with what I said tho ;o

In this case, it is for a guide. However there are videos of other players that used the .22 on a Waterbuffalo to see how many shots it would take to "kill it". Even laughing the entire time. In that case, they are really twisted. The game is very realistic looking.

@@apointtomake1517 dosent matter its a game 🤣🤙

@@apointtomake1517 its a game bro if I saw people running around shooting cows with 22 rifles I would shoot them just bc me and my friends mess around sometimes dosent mean were gonna go massacre animals irl chill out

@iaminevitable ree lol ur 1 of those kids

@@apointtomake1517 this is where society dies. When these are issues... smh

Check the map to see if hunting pressure shows up. Hunting Pressure shows up on the map the moment an animal dies from being shot. And since the Hunting Pressure is centered where the animal was when it was shot, you know that blood trail leads to a dead animal.

Its the same thing lol

Noob means New-be

Well that’s what you do wrong, headshots aren’t where you want to shoot them. I have a shot placement guide in my noob guides playlist if you’d like to check that out. Headshots are only effective if you hit in the brain but some calibers aren’t powerful enough to penetrate the skull.

Their skulls are too thick and the bullet doesn't penetrate unless you're close. Lung shots are better.

just think, alot of these animals fight for dominance by smacking their heads together..... really bloody hard. i think they got some pretty tough skulls

Make sure the sound bar doesn't show red ( avoid branches , dry leaves bushes ) , stay close to some trees so that you can quickly crouch to cover and the animal can't see you. Crouch down when you get close. If animal gives out warning calls, but if you're sure it couldn't have seen you much , crouch down take cover and use animal calls. Make sure you walk against the wind

@@ghost381 bro helped me so much with just this one comment I've been searching through tons of videos and they never really say too much about the sound bars

@@bubba271 All the best, enjoy 😊

It’s called the particle effect in the game settings, I have mine one right now but it’s not working. I think it’s currently bugged out

What exactly do the “bubble” animations do!?

Same

I did the same

Exactly

That would make the game a little too easy since tracking is an essential part of the game.

@@megamathew7579 True, but as I said and completely admit it . IM THE WORST TRACKER !! LOL Its all good, I've gotten much better since

@@anzalone626 It would definitely be a useful feature and I'm glad to hear you've gotten better!

I mean i do feel bad for the animals in the game because I shoot one most likely to a non vital organ or just flesh and they end up running off and after like 15mins i give up and leave them suffering, it's cruel I know

@Emily MacMillan Normally you would get a dozen replies, but it seems people have moved on from this video. If you haven't found the answer yet: Go to - "SYSTEM" _ "settings", and there you'll find a list of options to fine-tune the game to your likes. You can add a favorite color for active tracks, another color for inactive tracks. You should be able to find all you need there. Good luck & good hunting. [I don't know everything yet, but I've player over 1500 hours, and am a hard-core player. Feel free to throw an issue my way, if you get stuck]

I dont have the glow.. i lost it somehow, i try to reset all my settings, delete the game and downlode it agein, and still no treaking, i can find blood and footsteps but not the glowing thing, i cant see where the animal headed

You have to buy the range finder Bino’s. I believe they are the most expensive ones

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Yeah 2 hours of tracking is a long time. Should take you 5 mins at tops. If it’s not a nice animal then just give up if it’s taking to long. Better off moving on to something else ahah

It's a glitch mostly happens when there are many animals nearby.