I can't find a definite answer for this, how many pelts can we put on horse?

[76561198055083273]

Some say one large pelt which is bs cause I stored 2 large pelts on my horse, some say 15 ot other made up number. Please tell me the exact number of pelts we can store on horse for single player

[Scrogdog]

No, only one large pelt is correct. If you kill an alligator, for example, you can't store the carcass but you can store the large pelt. There is simply no way to get another alligator pelt on there, sorry. Though you could replace the one on there with a higher quality one if you wanted to; but still only one at a time.

As for smaller pelts like deer, with the proper horse gear I think the max is 5. But don't quote me. :)

[76561198055083273]

Originally posted by Scrogdog:

No, only one large pelt is correct. If you kill an alligator, for example, you can't store the carcass but you can store the large pelt. There is simply no way to get another alligator pelt on there, sorry.

As for smaller pelts like deer, with the proper horse gear I think the max is 5. But don't quote me. :)

I am using that one popular spreadsheet on reddit that shows the animals and for deer they categorized it as large and I would store multiple deer pelts on my horse...is the spreadsheet wrong?

[Scrogdog]

Yes, deer are not large pelt animals. Pretty much anything that you can't carry the carcass is; like alligator, elk or bear. You will see pelts from such animals are different from small ones once you see it trust me. Also the largest fish are not put in your satchel but can be carried, one at a time, on the back of your horse.

[JuiceWSA]

large - 1
medium - more than 10 - unknown
small - 99, each animal. in a fully upgraded satchel

[camo-kiwi]

Get the hunting wagon and hunt alligators and throw skins in back of wagon

[JuiceWSA]

There is no hunting wagon in single player. We're talking about pelts stacked up on the back of the horse and I'm currently murdering Pronghorn/WhiteTails/Cougar(1 so far)/Any 3* Animal that moves to find out if there's a limit.. stand by...

[JuiceWSA]

OK... I got tired of hunting:

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2687224430

I never saw an end, never reached a limit - except I ran out of 3 star pronghorns and the Perfect Buck Cherry on top maxed out the carcass load, but it was supposed to be a Perfect Pronghorn Buck - had trouble finding one of those this time...
Took all this and the associated meats, horns, teeth, hearts, etc. to St. Denis.

$210

Everything taken with a Bow/Regular Arrows in the big blue meadow South of Hanging Dog. I did get one extra poor Cougar outside Beechers - dropped that pelt. The Trapper got the 2 perfect Cougars <---been eyeing a vest that's not too hateful. The Butcher around the corner got everything else.

I'll bet I can put 99 medium pelts on the horse.
I don't see myself testing that theory.
That was a LOT of hunting.

Hilarious Tidbit:
There were also 4 poor wolves. They were chasing a guy on a horse and he got surrounded. I peeled 2 off my side, he turned toward me and trampled me down like a dog - I got up and took the other 2 before they ate me. No thank you, get out of the way or kiss my ass - he just rode off... that's gratitude for ya...lol

[76561198055083273]

Originally posted by JuiceWSA:

OK... I got tired of hunting:

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2687224430

I never saw an end, never reached a limit - except I ran out of 3 star pronghorns and the Perfect Buck Cherry on top maxed out the carcass load, but it was supposed to be a Perfect Pronghorn Buck - had trouble finding one of those this time...
Took all this and the associated meats, horns, teeth, hearts, etc. to St. Denis.

$210

Everything taken with a Bow/Regular Arrows in the big blue meadow South of Hanging Dog. I did get one extra poor Cougar outside Beechers - dropped that pelt. The Trapper got the 2 perfect Cougars <---been eyeing a vest that's not too hateful. The Butcher around the corner got everything else.

I'll bet I can put 99 medium pelts on the horse.
I don't see myself testing that theory.
That was a LOT of hunting.

Hilarious Tidbit:
There were also 4 poor wolves. They were chasing a guy on a horse and he got surrounded. I peeled 2 off my side, he turned toward me and trampled me down like a dog - I got up and took the other 2 before they ate me. No thank you, get out of the way or kiss my ass - he just rode off... that's gratitude for ya...lol

Wait, you hunted all that and you only got $210 from it? I am still new to the game but that seems like a lot of work for very little pay

[Twitchey]

210 isn't bad pay, depends how long it took I suppose. If you are looking to cash up from hunting then bird hunting in the Lemoyne swamps/coast (for the feathers) might be the way to go.

When it comes to the large pelts, you can store one on horseback but you can also carry one on foot, while one is on your horse, and walk them both in. Or you can carry one large pelt on your horse and then rope a carcass (from horseback) and drag it in (dragging doesn't damage the pelt for some reason) but that depends on the size, you can't rope and drag a grizzly for example.

[JuiceWSA]

Originally posted by 76561198055083273:

Wait, you hunted all that and you only got $210 from it? I am still new to the game but that seems like a lot of work for very little pay

It took a couple of hours - I paused the clock just after dark. I was picking herbs on foot and encountering the various critters I put on the horse. I walked from one end to the other in the big valley there. Then turned and came back. It all had respawned except the plants.

$200 bucks in couple of hours isn't bad, but fishing and selling tonics is more lucrative. Much more.
A single Steelhead/Sockeye brings $5.31 at St. Denis. I know where I can catch 'em in rapid fire. A single Potent Snake Oil is about $2.50 I think. It takes a single Indian Tobacco. Potent Horse Simulant is $2.75, takes 2 easy to find and gather plants.

That hunting trip made $200 - and I picked enough plants while doing it to brew $400 worth of tonics. You can sell tonics - Potent, not Special - at the Doctor or General Store.

You can fish and brew tonics until you get a load, then cash those in for an easy thousand, pretty much at your leisure. You do have to pick herbs, get bit by snakes, fish, hunt and walk a lot. It's not a bad job if it wasn't for the snakes.

Try to make a little money all the time. It all adds up and it's not like we have anything else to do. I'm not in a hurry.

I hunt to feed the camp and myself. For me, I'll go get 99 big game from poor gators in about 40 minutes. I'll keep 50 to cook and give the rest to Pearson. On the way back in I'll grab a perfect animal and give him that as well. I keep camp stores in the gold.

I was curious myself how many medium pelts can stack. I guess the answer is - plenty. I hunt a lot and have never hit the limit.

[camo-kiwi]

Originally posted by JuiceWSA:

There is no hunting wagon in single player. We're talking about pelts stacked up on the back of the horse and I'm currently murdering Pronghorn/WhiteTails/Cougar(1 so far)/Any 3* Animal that moves to find out if there's a limit.. stand by...

I know the game as I play red dead redemption 2 on all platforms even played gun rush before rockstar removed it before allowing pc to have it as cowboys and cowgirls where making to much gold my cowboy 95 gold bars when rockstar removed it

[JuiceWSA]

See, I don't know what you're talking about. I've never been online. I'm never going online. EVER. Don't know, don't care what Gold Rush is. The only Gold Bars I know anything about are the ones you pick up in SINGLE PLAYER and if you have them ALL, you still can't buy everything there is to buy or fund everything you want to do. You need to make some money some way if you want all the toys. <---and Crime really doesn't pay.

The question was: How many pelts can you get on the horse.

The answer is: Plenty - but I don't really know how many.
I never got to a limit and had more than 20 on the horse.

Hunting is a lot of work - for not much pay. <---but everyone needs to eat.
Fishing is less work - for more pay - and you don't need to involve the horse to carry them.
I suppose you could feed the camp on fish, but it's easier feeding them with meat - and fish can be sold for good money - meat can't.

The big money goes in the satchel, not on the horse. The easiest fish with the best payouts go in the satchel.
Plants go in the satchel.
The Tonics you brew go in the satchel.

Life and growing your cash-flow (if you want to) is easier AFTER you upgrade the satchel.

Many people would rather eat 5 cans of potted meat (when they can only carry 3) to get their Dead Eye Core about half full. On the other hand I'd rather eat 1 Thyme Big Game to FILL my Dead Eye Core, and make it GOLD for a full day. You can't do that without hunting meat.

If people spent more time looking around them to see what's there - and less time sprinting their Arabian past it - they could make more money - if they wanted to...lol

[camo-kiwi]

You make more money online than story and the amount of meat and skins you can carry is a lot higher to

[JuiceWSA]

That's nice.

Unfortunately you have to go online - and that's right out.

[camo-kiwi]

Yeah you go online can get a trader table when you have the large delivery wagon you can make $500 in game credit per delivery