Long Range Hunting?

[toddsdzl]

Respectfully...I have always ranked hunters by how close they get to the game before the shot. Then can they place the round where they intend, "Calling your shot". This is backwards in my opinion. I understand the game uses the wind as the diffuculty on the distance shot. But you can't figure your shot without a D.O.P.E Card. Knowing your velocity and over bore. Still a fun game though....guess all my trophies are going to ALL be one star. What do you think?

[leighton]

I think maybe you don't understand the game. The distance you shoot has nothing to do with star rating. And charts have been made that show the energy of every weapon's bullet at different ranges. What more do you need to know?

[toddsdzl]

Originally posted by leighton:

I think maybe you don't understand the game. The distance you shoot has nothing to do with star rating. And charts have been made that show the energy of every weapon's bullet at different ranges. What more do you need to know?

I found in the Encyclopedia on the game. There is a rating showing that distance shots give you higher ratings. Yes, using the correct caliber is a part of that. But you will find the range has something to do with it too. Generally distance shots where the wind will effect the shot.

[Razamanaz]

I wish I had known this before I shot that 5 star Whitetail a couple days ago from 60 yards.

[toddsdzl]

Originally posted by Razamanaz:

I wish I had known this before I shot that 5 star Whitetail a couple days ago from 60 yards.

Really....I have been trying to do that and all have been one star. None have been more than one star. I have been playing for several days now. What are you doing to achieve that? Very interested...please

[toddsdzl]

I need to add, I am playing on the hardest setting

[toddsdzl]

Yeah...go to "Encyclopedia", then go to "Animals" and pick ANY animal. Scroll down to the bottom and you will see the star ratings

[DC2Dixon]

I have never had issues with using the correct tier weapon even at 10M. As far as I'm aware you can get as close as you like, as long as its the correct tier for that animal it will be fine. Wolves are a tier 5 but they will lose rating if killed with a tier 5 weapon though. Not sure if a bug or design choice?

You can even use a higher tier on some animals without losing rating. I use a tier 6 on mule deer etc sometimes and if its over 100M I still get the 5 star rating. Different weapons vary but you can use a tier 4 on a badger also which are class 3.

I think you might be getting confused anyway?? You can kill a badger with a tier 6 weapon but the badger will still be a 5 star animal. Its only the hunt rating that gets affected, I assume it is a ethical rating.

You have 2 ratings, animal rating and hunt rating. If your just starting out and in the starting areas most genetics are poor hence the 1 star animals. You can manage the herds by taking out the lower genetic animals and leaving the better ones. Over time the genetics will improve.

All private land is where you will find the better genetics. Head to diamond drill and your basically guaranteed to find 4-5 star animals. Taking those out will lower the genetics of herds so its a balance of sorts. Herd management is a big part of this game.

[DC2Dixon]

Originally posted by toddsdzl:

Yeah...go to "Encyclopedia", then go to "Animals" and pick ANY animal. Scroll down to the bottom and you will see the star ratings

All animals can make 5 star.

[toddsdzl]

Thank you

[RedTide249]

Originally posted by toddsdzl:

Originally posted by leighton:

I think maybe you don't understand the game. The distance you shoot has nothing to do with star rating. And charts have been made that show the energy of every weapon's bullet at different ranges. What more do you need to know?

I found in the Encyclopedia on the game. There is a rating showing that distance shots give you higher ratings. Yes, using the correct caliber is a part of that. But you will find the range has something to do with it too. Generally distance shots where the wind will effect the shot.

Where you finding this range info? In the encyclopedia the only "range" info i can find is under "animal" and that range has NOTHING to do with shooting distance. It has to do with the animals trophy score. It says trophy range right above it to the left. Thats show the score range for each star. Like whitetail have to hit 460 score before they can be a 5 star. And the range for 5 star is a trophy score between 460 and 500. While a mouflon has a 5 star trophy range of 470-500. It has nothing to do with distance. If this isn't where your finding your info I'd like to know as I've scoured the encyclopedia and can't any info on distance having anything to do with affecting the rating of the animal..

[bear1442]

it's under ammo, gives you trajectory drop and energy at a 0-whatever range

[RedTide249]

Originally posted by bear1442:

it's under ammo, gives you trajectory drop and energy at a 0-whatever range

Yeah but that also has nothing to do with any of the ratings you get for the animal. It doesnt say anything there about it affecting the score of the animal which is what he was saying above. He said..

"I found in the Encyclopedia on the game. There is a rating showing that distance shots give you higher ratings. Yes, using the correct caliber is a part of that. But you will find the range has something to do with it too. Generally distance shots where the wind will effect the shot."

It shows trajectory of the ammo in that graph and what I can only assume is the power it hits at at a particular distance but that has nothing to do with how the animal scores!

[RedTide249]

If he is talking about ammo chart I think he's looking at the numbers on the bottom that go up to like 450 and is thinking maybe thats the score you'll get for the animal? But its not. It has nothing to do with the score of an animal... ive killed a 5 star bighorn at 900+ meters and killed a 5 star bighorn at less than 100 meters. Distance as far as I can tell has nothing to do with the rating of an animal. Even shooting am animal with the wrong tear rifle doesn't affect the trophy score. It just affects the hunt rating. You can have a hunt rating of zero and it doesn't really matter. Your trophy score is still the same. Maybe distance does affect your hunt rating? But it certainly doesn't affect the animals score which was the initial complaint. That far shots will only result in 1 star animals.. which just isn't true.

[bear1442]

I shot 5 STAR WHITETAIL at 628yds and there was no effect on animal score .270 and a 5 star at 11yds with the same gun... no difference

[toddsdzl]

Apologies to those who read this. I am a disabled combat vet. Had not slept in a few days and was delirious and having issues understanding this game.