Hunting Tier?

[Deadkold]

What exactly does that mean? am I supposed to use a shotgun or rifle to kill fox?

[Kashra Fall]

Suppose to use a smaller caliber rifle. Shotguns are Tier 1 only, but you can kill a fox with it, provided you can get close enough.

[Deadkold]

Originally posted by Kashra Fall:

Suppose to use a smaller caliber rifle. Shotguns are Tier 1 only, but you can kill a fox with it, provided you can get close enough.

I accidentally snuck up on one was at 45m... I choked the shot with rifle and hit through its face :( couldnt figure out what cal i needed for it

[Kashra Fall]

Originally posted by Deadkold:

Originally posted by Kashra Fall:

Suppose to use a smaller caliber rifle. Shotguns are Tier 1 only, but you can kill a fox with it, provided you can get close enough.

I accidentally snuck up on one was at 45m... I choked the shot with rifle and hit through its face :( couldnt figure out what cal i needed for it

Ironically, you'd figure grandpa's rifle, but that is tier 4, so you'd be technically in the overpowered range, but there is a smaller tier 3 caliber rifle in the store. The varmint rifle is tier 2, which I ASSUME is for rabbits, which I haven't seen yet.

[JerPaMi]

is it not that you need a tier 6 gun for a tier 6 animal for example?

[Deadkold]

Originally posted by JerPaMi:

is it not that you need a tier 6 gun for a tier 6 animal for example?

i guess so but like it works differently as well like a tier 2 can also be used for tier 3 but you cant use a tier 5 for a tier 1-2 I THINK

[kpshamino]

Way Of The Hunter, Ethical Hunting, Energy, What Gun To Use Tutorial

https://youtu.be/zKbIQHtlmuo

[JerPaMi]

thanks for the video this explains alot ... time to earn some big money

[Deadkold]

Originally posted by kpshamino:

Way Of The Hunter, Ethical Hunting, Energy, What Gun To Use Tutorial

https://youtu.be/zKbIQHtlmuo

thanks, very interesting, basically tier 4 is the most versatile rifle if I'm to understand that correctly

[kubanskiloewe]

attention; the game is biased towards the 30-30 for grinding ;-)
Its Tier 4 but there are no animals in this class.
You can shoot ingame "ethical" with the 30-30 from class 3 (perhaps 2) up to class5.
f.e. you can hunt a fox or badger ethical with the 30-30 but not anymore with the .243 because its ruins 90% of meat !

[Deadkold]

Originally posted by kubanskiloewe:

attention; the game is biased towards the 30-30 for grinding ;-)
Its Tier 4 but there are no animals in this class.
You can shoot ingame "ethical" with the 30-30 from class 3 (perhaps 2) up to class5.
f.e. you can hunt a fox or badger ethical with the 30-30 but not anymore with the .243 because its ruins 90% of meat !

ahh I will make note, good thing too I was still considering which rifle I will upgrade to so it's looking like the 30-30

[JerPaMi]

got the styer pro 2 that seems like a good gun for hunting deer ... but ye higher tier guns means more impact energy, the amount of energy for the bullet to be ethical is different per animal, if you looking through the scope with hunter sense on, on the top right you can see the impact of the bullet energy from your current position.. i think when it shows gold your having the right amount of impact energy for that shot

[Frank Drebin]

You should stop looking at Tier1-6 as the one and ONLY information you need.
The game tells you that it is recommended and ethical to shoot an Elk with 2900j+ that dosen't mean that a .308 that is classified as Tier5 ammunition isn't able to archive that. You don't get punished by some entitie for it using it, your punishment is a lower payment, trophy rating when using to big calibres and vice versa you will have a much longer distance to track down wounded animals if you use a smaller calibre for bigger game.
The key here is shot placement, angle of attak and kenetic energy delivered over distance.
The closer you get to your animal the more energy can be delivered, thus a smaller calibre can kill bigger animals. But you risk alot in doing so.

Also that energy requirements stated ingame are the bare minimum you should archieve to have a decent chance of getting leathal shot out of it.