Panthers not spawning??

[Rika]

Trying to get the legend of the east satchel, and i've been hunting for one of these for around 3 hours now. Doing all sorts of tricks like reloading, leaving areas, specifically planting the predator bait, making camp near Catfish Jacob's... they're just not spawning. Does chapter 6 mess with that in some way? I legit can't get them to spawn no matter what. Even doing a few laps around that whole area on horseback did nothing. Lots of boars tho.

[Suzaku]

Probably just bad luck. I had a panther spawn nice and quick when I needed it, but when it comes to cougars, it's like they go extinct the moment I go looking for 'em.

[Badjuju]

they are so elusive and hard to find, took me 1 hour looking around. and bait is so useless tbh. just make poison arrow. killed mine in bolber blade.

[F A B L E D]

Here is how i do it. And i have hunted many Panthers down there. but first, if you come down there, and you scare away the panther, it will be gone for days.

So this is how i always do it and i shoot a panther 80-90% of the time.

1. I come down the road that goes through the "W" in Meadows. And right before the road splits at the bottom i park my horse in a few trees on the left.

2. Then i cover myself in scent blocker and i sneak into the woods on the right side of the road. Always crouching. I usually see the panther at some point now, but if i don't, i go in a little bit, not far, just maybe 30-50 meters or so and i place predator bait.

3. Then i step maybe 15-25 meters back and i just sit completely still and wait. Once i see it i shoot it in the head with an improved arrow using deadeye just to be sure.

The only time this doesn't work for me is when the panther doesn't seem to have respawned yet which it needs a few days to do.