Perfect rabbit pelt challenge?

[HellaSketch]

I dont know what im doing wrong. Are there different breeds of rabbit? ive shot a few with my bow and arrow, 3 stars, and the challenge never updates or changes. im confused. the only one i was able to record was off a random campsite, and it was hung up. I just stole it

[JuiceWSA]

https://www.ign.com/wikis/red-dead-redemption-2/How_to_Get_Three_Perfect-Quality_Rabbit_Pelts_for_Hunting_Challenge_2

Bow and Arrow destroys your 3* Rabbit pelt.
Varmint Rifle Does Not.

[HellaSketch]

Originally posted by JuiceWSA:

https://www.ign.com/wikis/red-dead-redemption-2/How_to_Get_Three_Perfect-Quality_Rabbit_Pelts_for_Hunting_Challenge_2

Bow and Arrow destroys your 3* Rabbit pelt.
Varmint Rifle Does Not.

oh god! ty!

[Zombits]

compendium is telling you to use a Vermint, why would you use a bow, that's good for squirrels and small game stuff

[JuiceWSA]

Originally posted by HellaSketch:

Originally posted by JuiceWSA:

https://www.ign.com/wikis/red-dead-redemption-2/How_to_Get_Three_Perfect-Quality_Rabbit_Pelts_for_Hunting_Challenge_2

Bow and Arrow destroys your 3* Rabbit pelt.
Varmint Rifle Does Not.

oh god! ty!

Here's a Weapon/Animal Guide:

https://www.xainesworld.com/perfect-pelt-weapon-table-red-dead-redemption-2/

Eventually you'll just know - until then consult the guide or check the Compendium before annihilating that 3* Moose... and boy, you don't want to do that (you'll also find out there aren't any Moose in this game - when you need one...lol).

[Zombits]

I've noticed after a while every prey deer size, ram, etc (and bigger) can be perfectly killed with a rifle and head shot. never failed me. Saves you trouble of using lasso if you don't like .

[JuiceWSA]

Originally posted by Zombits:

I've noticed after a while every prey deer size, ram, etc (and bigger) can be perfectly killed with a rifle and head shot. never failed me. Saves you trouble of using lasso if you don't like .

I've NEVER used a lasso to kill a deer or any animal except livestock. I mostly use a regular arrow, but if a 3* Buck is out at 200 yards I will give him the Rolling Block.

The elusive Moose gets an Improved Arrow to the Skull - goes clean through and out the other side. I want to make sure that one stays perfect. Elk and Grizzlies also get the Improved. Regulars drop clean every large animal on the map except Massives.

[Zombits]

Not a big fan of the bow, at all, preys are fast and running half the time. ill use a bow for small game (arrow) and on wolf/panther/cougars if looking for perfect pelts tho

[JuiceWSA]

Originally posted by Zombits:

Not a big fan of the bow, at all, preys are fast and running half the time

Yes, animals will flee from a galloping horse going flat out across the countryside.

"Hunting" on the other hand is done quietly - unless you steal that Gatling Gun Wagon and hunt from that.

Note: The Gatling Gun Wagon isn't on the list as a 'Preferred Weapon' for anything. It's gonna ruin pelts right and left. I hope that Buck Trinket is powered with high octane aviation fuel.

Note 2:
Did you know you can actually get close enough to a Squirrel to feed it a peanut?
(right before you smack it in the head with a SGA (Small Game Arrow - for those that never made any).

Note 3:
Ever notice that big tail on Squirrels? A clever evolutionary trick on their part. At 40MPH you can't tell the front from the back and a SGA shot at the back doesn't do anything, but ruin an otherwise perfect Squirrel.

[firestorm]

Originally posted by Zombits:

small game stuff

Technically rabbits are small game.
You'd never want to use a broadhead on one though.
judo point < you can better find those on a miss and misses you will make,
Don't exist in game.

Though they really did do a pretty decent job of a hunting simulator with RDR2,
Doubtful any on the dev team has ever really hunted.
Shotgun shell strapped to the end of a arrow? WTH they come up with that nonsense?
Be better off just removing the broadhead for small game.

[JuiceWSA]

Originally posted by firestorm:

Originally posted by Zombits:

small game stuff

Technically rabbits are small game.
You'd never want to use a broadhead on one though.
judo point < you can better find those on a miss and misses you will make,
Don't exist in game.

Though they really did do a pretty decent job of a hunting simulator with RDR2,
Doubtful any on the dev team has ever really hunted.
Shotgun shell strapped to the end of a arrow? WTH they come up with that nonsense?
Be better off just removing the broadhead for small game.

I guess 'Small Game' are small enough to go in the satch whole. A Rabbit has to hang on the side of the horse, but doesn't count as a Medium Animal when Cripps needs 7 of them on Daily Day. Annoyingly.

I imagine a 'stick' crossing the plate before Nolan Ryan's pitch got there would stick right in a juicy rabbit... here are some real life counterparts:

https://www.themeateater.com/gear/gear-hunt/basics-of-arrows-and-heads-for-small-game-hunting

Looks like at least someone googled something in the development trail... maybe.

[firestorm]

Originally posted by JuiceWSA:

I imagine a 'stick' would stick right in a juicy rabbit... here are some real life counterparts:

https://www.themeateater.com/gear/gear-hunt/basics-of-arrows-and-heads-for-small-game-hunting

Looks like at least someone googled something in the development trail... maybe.

2'nd one in on the left is a judo point, no shotgun shells with any.

[JuiceWSA]

Originally posted by firestorm:

Originally posted by JuiceWSA:

I imagine a 'stick' would stick right in a juicy rabbit... here are some real life counterparts:

https://www.themeateater.com/gear/gear-hunt/basics-of-arrows-and-heads-for-small-game-hunting

Looks like at least someone googled something in the development trail... maybe.

2'nd one in on the left is a judo point, no shotgun shells with any.

No, but a smart Native American could have probably come up with something similar then taught white guys how to do it before they herded him into a Casino.

I'll bet Arthur would have figured a shotgun shell would be perfect for spreading out the forces of an arrow so as not to break the skin on little critters, but I also imagine he'd have taken out the Primer, so it wouldn't shoot the arrow back into his eye...lol

[firestorm]

Originally posted by JuiceWSA:

No, but a smart Native American could have probably come up with something similar then taught white guys how to do it before they herded him into a Casino.

True, but would have been something closer to the one on the far right.
Native american's would have been hunting bug's bunnies long before they ever seen a great white hunter, or a shotgun shell for that matter.

[JuiceWSA]

Originally posted by firestorm:

Originally posted by JuiceWSA:

No, but a smart Native American could have probably come up with something similar then taught white guys how to do it before they herded him into a Casino.

True, but would have been something closer to the one on the far right.
Native american's would have been hunting bug's bunnies long before they ever seen a great white hunter, or a shotgun shell for that matter.

Well, it's 1899. Anything is possible.
I lived in the swampy regions of the Deep South - and if Gators were stacked up like cord wood they'd nuke the place and turn it into a parking lot...lol

Let's let the developers have this one, K?

:D

[Wulf]

Originally posted by firestorm:

Originally posted by Zombits:

small game stuff

Technically rabbits are small game.
You'd never want to use a broadhead on one though.
judo point < you can better find those on a miss and misses you will make,
Don't exist in game.

Though they really did do a pretty decent job of a hunting simulator with RDR2,
Doubtful any on the dev team has ever really hunted.
Shotgun shell strapped to the end of a arrow? WTH they come up with that nonsense?
Be better off just removing the broadhead for small game.

Some time ago, a young me, on a deer hunt with only broadheads in hand, seen a nice big cottontail. I learned the hard way that I could've harvested much more meat and pelt by using almost anything else. That broadhead destroyed a lot of the animal.
I've never been a fan of aiming for small heads with a bow so I started carrying combo tips. I also sometimes carry an air rifle if it's an area thick with rabbits and squirrels.
A .22 also works great for squirrel heads so I was a bit taken back when the game detracts quality when used on one.