Hunting

[Dame]

I don't understand why they give hunting quests at the beginning of the game when it's almost impossible to succeed. Also, don't hunt boars. If you manage to kill one, they disappear and you get no meat or hide.

[Thane]

Try to get used to the aiming, and in the early game you can use wood spears (or better spears once possible) over the bow. (At least i do, i find the first bow to be rather underwhelming). It shouldnt take too long to get the longbow unlocked (or buy one) which makes it alot better=)
Take your time, sneak and lead the shot. Go for the head when possible, but a good center mass can bleed and slow them to help finish it.

There is something wrong with your boars if that happens, they work just fine for me at least, and ive never seen that happen. Unless you managed to get turned around and loose track of its corpse, thats quite a bug. If you're sure thats whats happening, you should report it in the bug section=)

Keep at it=D

Edit: You can also alter animal HP/DMG in the game customisation settings. You change this ingame by hitting escape and finding the option under "Customise Game".

[rattus]

Can't speak for boars but everything that is a herbivore is reasonably straightfoward even with an ordinary bow or a stock of spears to throw. Patience, stealth and some practice so you know where to aim - and if they leave bleeding you can follow and either shoot or hit them. Their movements are not too hard to follow if you keep cutting across the diagonals. Bears are very big targets but wolves can be tricky. You can actually run rabbits down and smack them with a club or axe.

[Willow Rivers]

I have killed numerous boars and was able to skin them no problems.

Hunting is easy, you can kill anything with wooden spears. I have killed herds of Wisecent near my village with wooden spears with no issue. Just have to be smart about it.

[Oskatat]

As the others said, I experience no problems with boars. Do you mean in ran away? Try to land another spear in it, that should finish it off.

After my initial hesitation and worry, I found boars to be rather easy kills. They're big and quite slow, plus they posture and scream at you before charging, which allows you to get at least one good hit in even if you didn't see them. At worst, you get to run away. Two thrown wooden spears to the face are generally enough to kill one. If it doesn't, you probably missed one of your throws. They're also fairly easy to dodge simply by sidestepping (or running, rather) at the last moment.

It helps to get your hunting to level 2 by killing birds and whatever you manage (like boars) by throwing spears at them so you can get the hunter vision perk.

Always carry a club with you in case things get hairy, or to smack a rabbit. Either I need more practice, or the spear is bad for stabbing things.

[CrazyMom]

Any one notice a difference now in the difference of hunting points being given by hunting deer or other animals vs emptying your rabbit trap?
The points are the same for a clubbed/axed rabbit and a trap rabbit.
Emptying the traps (rabbit and bird) as much as possible, my skill points rise better than when I hunted a large amount of deer, even with levelling up the % of points given.

[Dame]

I know another player in Oxbow who had the same problem. I did get credit for the kill in my journal but no boar.