Big problem with foxes and wolves.

[kovu1]

The short time I've been playing and I can't stop seeing how the map is becoming depopulated of fauna due to foxes and wolves.

The only thing I can almost always do is hunt foxes or wolves because there are no rabbits or deer left because of them and I would like to at least be able to hunt some deer or see if the rabbit trap works because after a while in the game it will be useless due to lack of rabbits due to foxes.

I only set one rabbit trap in the entire game to prevent overhunting of rabbits.

What I notice is a brutal imbalance between prey and predator because even in summer when there are more animals they disappear and I barely have game.

The truth is that hunting the same animals until they are exterminated or until they leave due to excessive hunting of the same animal is exhausting.

This will be fixed in the future because I think it's a problem or I just don't fully understand how hunting works in this game.

And if it is a problem and it is not solved, when the bears appear in a supposed future update the problem will triple.

[Philtre]

Do you have the wildlife points turned up on the map? This will increase both predators and prey, and can make it harder to maintain a balance.

Deer herds will leave the map if too many of the individuals in the herd are killed (by people or by wolves), but rabbits will always slowly respawn so long as there are holes.

You can encourage wolf packs to leave the map by killing a few members of each pack as soon as you notice the pack. You don't have to kill the entire pack. IIRC, foxes and wildcats don't have the same mechanic.

In any case, the answer to "too many predators" is to have dogs, and set them to "guard". They are very efficient at killing foxes and wolves that come near your settlement.

[kovu1]

Not in my case I play with the world in standard mode everything at 0 by default so I don't understand why the world is almost empty of animals because deer are the least I see when there are wolves