Not able to hit fatal lungs - wild boar

[memoric]

Hello

I have a problem with wild boars. Every time I try to hit the lungs from a wild boar, it's not fatal. Only red, light, clear bloodstains and the animal is far gone, so I cannot check what i hit. But mostly i aim above the front legs at about the middle of the body. I tried this at least 6 times now, and always light, clear red stains.

Somebody knows this? Is this a bug?

[DYEUZ]

Most deffinetely not a bug.
Hard to say what is the cause of those fails w/o seeing you play.

I have no problem with them so far.

- What weapon are you using?
- At what distance are you trying them?
- Where really are you aiming?
- Are they moving/walking when you shoot them?
- If the animal is far gone, do you still track him or are you after instant kills only?

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[memoric]

Originally posted by DYEUZ:

Most deffinetely not a bug.
Hard to say what is the cause of those fails w/o seeing you play.

I have no problem with them so far.

- What weapon are you using?
- At what distance are you trying them?
- Where really are you aiming?
- Are they moving/walking when you shoot them?
- If the animal is far gone, do you still track him or are you after instant kills only?

...

Thanks for helping!

- Im using the monobloc .308
- about 150m most shots
- I varied at aiming, but mostly as I said, above the front legs, in the middle of the body
- sometimes walking slowly, or standing completely still
- I follow the blood track, but only if its a medium blood stain, light I don't even bother to follow.

[DYEUZ]

Originally posted by memoric:

Thanks for helping!

- Im using the monobloc .308
- about 150m most shots
- I varied at aiming, but mostly as I said, above the front legs, in the middle of the body
- sometimes walking slowly, or standing completely still
- I follow the blood track, but only if its a medium blood stain, light I don't even bother to follow.

My pleasure.

- Weapon is good.
- Maybe try a bit closer if you can.
But the main thing, imo, not that I pretend to know perfectly how to play this game, it's your aiming.
- Don't aim ABOVE the front leg. Like I mentioned in another thread, above the front leg is a big leg bone attached to the shoulder blade. So the heart is well protected/hiden.

Try completely in the middle of the body, in the back, way back of the front leg. You will get 1 lung or maybe both, which is our objective besides the heart & you could hit the liver also, which is a vital organ too.
Also
if you can wait for the Pig to have his head down to eat/drink, his heart will back up a bit, being less protected because of pushing backwards his insides.

Again, I don't pretend to know the right way to this game. Just suggesting ideas based on my exps.

Good luck & keep me informed.


Take a look at this caption. It might help you.
https://postimg.cc/RNKYTtVz

[CONDOR V]

.308 works fine. 700m kill. Good luck and good hunting.
Edit: As always DYUEZ advice is spot on.
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2854400838

[Porkvendor]

I always shoot boars in the head, because you won't lose hunt rating stars if you do this with boars.

[memoric]

So, I was able to kill a boar with one shot, with the tipp from @DYEUZ. I was aiming in the middle of the body and hit the colon. But I could swear the shot landet way right of I was aiming. Very strange. I'm trying again and aim a little bit more left. I want that lung hit :).

Thanks for the tipp @DYEUZ!

[DYEUZ]

Originally posted by memoric:

So, I was able to kill a boar with one shot, with the tipp from @DYEUZ. I was aiming in the middle of the body and hit the colon. But I could swear the shot landet way right of I was aiming. Very strange. I'm trying again and aim a little bit more left. I want that lung hit :).

Thanks for the tipp @DYEUZ!

Glad it worked for you memoric.
Keep practicing & experiencing. You'll have them covered in no time.

[Geronimo]

Something to keep in mind....some animals have thicker hides, thus less penetration.

[MrChahk]

Originally posted by Prachtbursche:

I always shoot boars in the head, because you won't lose hunt rating stars if you do this with boars.

For real? lol. But don't you still lose more money that way?

[Porkvendor]

Originally posted by MrChahk:

Originally posted by Prachtbursche:

I always shoot boars in the head, because you won't lose hunt rating stars if you do this with boars.

For real? lol. But don't you still lose more money that way?

I don't know if you lose more money.

[DYEUZ]

Originally posted by Prachtbursche:

Originally posted by MrChahk:

For real? lol. But don't you still lose more money that way?

I don't know if you lose more money.

You will lose a bit or a lot of everything if you shoot the head of any species.
- You will lose '' trophy rating stars '' ( maybe even all of them if a wasted animal )
- You will lose some money. ( even all if a wasted animal ) To be checked further though.

About the '' hunt rating '', well, this is not very important for my kills & stats. So I don't care about it really.

Ty. My opinion only.

[Bjørn]

Originally posted by DYEUZ:

Originally posted by Prachtbursche:

I don't know if you lose more money.

You will lose a bit or a lot of everything if you shoot the head of any species.
- You will lose '' trophy rating stars '' ( maybe even all of them if a wasted animal )
- You will lose some money. ( even all if a wasted animal ) To be checked further though.

About the '' hunt rating '', well, this is not very important for my kills & stats. So I don't care about it really.

Ty. My opinion only.

This gives me a chance to post my headshot-screenshot... It's a bear, though. One that came directly towards me as I was calling it, and I panicked when it was like 15m away lol.

You loose all trophy stars as you say, but money seems ok. I'm not sure of the normal price for bears, though:

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2857693664

[DYEUZ]

Originally posted by Bjørn:

You loose all trophy stars as you say, but money seems ok. I'm not sure of the normal price for bears, though:

... Thx Bjørn. Yes, it would be good knowledge to have both stats sheet of a wasted animal vs. a '' normal'' killed one.
I'll try to work on that. We'll need to show both '' HUNT '' pages to compare money.

[Porkvendor]

Originally posted by DYEUZ:

Originally posted by Prachtbursche:

I don't know if you lose more money.

You will lose a bit or a lot of everything if you shoot the head of any species.
- You will lose '' trophy rating stars '' ( maybe even all of them if a wasted animal )
- You will lose some money. ( even all if a wasted animal ) To be checked further though.

About the '' hunt rating '', well, this is not very important for my kills & stats. So I don't care about it really.

Ty. My opinion only.

Boars are one of the spiecies which you can shot in the head without losing hunt rating stars

[DYEUZ]

Originally posted by Prachtbursche:

Boars are one of the spiecies which you can shot in the head without losing hunt rating stars

I understand that sir, but will you shoot a 5* male Boar in the head & lose all its '' trophy rating'' ?
I'm sure not!
Hunt rating & trophy ratings are two things.
To each his own of course.