No bird can catch using snare trap

[Kenny]

I don't know what I have done wrong or the game is bugged, but I tried to use several snare trap in jungle, deep jungle, western grassland and jungle highland, I still cannot catch any partridge in a season(30 days). All I can get is dead mouse or small lizard. I have used fish bait and a whole fish as bait, but no different at all. I also install the fence in several location.
I also heard the monitor lizard news so I have put cage trap in grassland, but doesn't help.

Any advice?

[Philtre]

For partridge, try using seeds as bait (such as snakegrass seeds or palm bush seeds). They do not like fish. If you have hunted a lot of partridges, the population may be low; it is even possible that they may have gone extinct, although that is not very likely.

[Kenny]

the snare tarp can only catch mouse and lizard as before even I use seed for all trap

[Philtre]

Originally posted by Kenny:

the snare tarp can only catch mouse and lizard as before even I use seed for all trap

If you are putting the traps in places where partridges can spawn, and you're not catching any even with seeds, the partridge population may be very low or extinct. You can check in the save file: find the save file location, open the .json file corresponding to the save slot with a text editor like Notepad, and search for "Pop_Partridge". Right after that there should be a "BaseValue" number that represents the current population in a point system (the max partridge population is around 40000 points), and a "BaseRate" number that expresses how fast the population is growing (if the population is at max, this will be 0). If the "BaseValue" is low (below 10000 or so), maybe stop trying to hunt them and give them some time to recover. If the "BaseValue" is 0, they are all extinct.

[Kenny]

(Pop_Partridge)","BaseValue":0.0,"BaseRate":0.0

But I really don't have any memory that I caught a partridge, as I live in bay and kill the seagull only, and the seagull even not in extinct.

[Philtre]

Originally posted by Kenny:

(Pop_Partridge)","BaseValue":0.0,"BaseRate":0.0

But I really don't have any memory that I caught a partridge, as I live in bay and kill the seagull only, and the seagull even not in extinct.

Well, that explains why you're not catching anything.... It could be that they all got eaten by monitor lizards, or it could be a bug.

If you are comfortable cheating a bit, you could edit the save file to replace that

"BaseValue":0.0

with

"BaseValue":40000.0

or something. Make a backup of the save file beforehand, just in case.

[maara.kai]

What is your trapping skill? Where are you placing the traps? How often are you checking them?

The higher your skill the more likely you are to catch something instead of the trap just going off. Partridges don't spawn in all areas of the island. If you are only places traps in the bay, there will be no birds there. I have caught them in the jungle trail just off the bay and the grassland areas. As was mentioned before the right bait must be used. Bugs or seeds work best. Finally, you must make sure to check the traps often. If something is caught and not harvested it may die and rot before you see it.