Any gun better than the flare gun for hunting?

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It appears that the only gun reliably one hitting tigers and bears for me is the flare gun, so I wanna know, is anything better than it for hunting?

[Miyabi]

rocket launcher.

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Originally posted by MAGES.:

rocket launcher.

Thx

[AlexYs]

You could also try the signature shotgun

[✯ El Juancho]

bow

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Originally posted by ✪ Juancho:

bow

The bow genuinely lacks a purpose apart from being cool, since a sniper almost always is easier, and it's not exactly much faster. Also the flare gun one hits everything, and will instakill animals

[ҥӵриӧѕ]

Originally posted by Enyxk0:

Originally posted by ✪ Juancho:

bow

The bow genuinely lacks a purpose apart from being cool, since a sniper almost always is easier, and it's not exactly much faster.

Lacks a purpose? It's basically a silenced sniper rifle(but quieter) grenade launcher and a molotov launcher all in one inventory slot.

Personally I use the Z93 silenced sniper / Spas-12 for huge game. Smaller animals get the bow

[King1220]

Any Shotgun ofc. Kills bears and tigers in like 1-3 shots. The bow is good too

[PlasmaJedi]

Originally posted by EAGLESS SUPER BOWL CHAMPS!!!!:

Any Shotgun ofc. Kills bears and tigers in like 1-3 shots. The bow is good too

You call that good? They've usually eaten my face off right after the second blast. Shotguns suck for hunting.

Arrows are nice, but hard to aim, snipers aren't as deadly as they ought to be, so you need more shots, and ammo is expensive, and I havent tried submachineguns.

An assault rifle can do it, but you might spend the whole mag (get attachments mod! use an AK with extended mag! Does loads of damage if need be).

Machineguns are actually friggin overkill, but they feel so nice to use!

Flamethrowers will drop ANYTHING really fast, but using it in the forest tends to get you caught on fire too.

And the Flare Gun... I think it's the Noisy Cricket in disguise...

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Anything but flareguns..

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Originally posted by Enyxk0:

Originally posted by ✪ Juancho:

bow

The bow genuinely lacks a purpose apart from being cool, since a sniper almost always is easier, and it's not exactly much faster. Also the flare gun one hits everything, and will instakill animals

The bow has regular arrows that are retrievable (no wasting money on ammo), flame arrows and exploding arrows. It also has a better sight that disaplays distance, and it's quieter.

Originally posted by PlasmaJedi:

Originally posted by EAGLESS SUPER BOWL CHAMPS!!!!:

Any Shotgun ofc. Kills bears and tigers in like 1-3 shots. The bow is good too

You call that good? They've usually eaten my face off right after the second blast. Shotguns suck for hunting.

Arrows are nice, but hard to aim, snipers aren't as deadly as they ought to be, so you need more shots, and ammo is expensive, and I havent tried submachineguns.

An assault rifle can do it, but you might spend the whole mag (get attachments mod! use an AK with extended mag! Does loads of damage if need be).

Machineguns are actually friggin overkill, but they feel so nice to use!

Flamethrowers will drop ANYTHING really fast, but using it in the forest tends to get you caught on fire too.

And the Flare Gun... I think it's the Noisy Cricket in disguise...

I think it's more that you need more pratice. I can kill a bear with a 1911. On top of that, you don't need any gun as every animal can be killed with a knife.

[King1220]

Originally posted by PlasmaJedi:

Originally posted by EAGLESS SUPER BOWL CHAMPS!!!!:

Any Shotgun ofc. Kills bears and tigers in like 1-3 shots. The bow is good too

You call that good? They've usually eaten my face off right after the second blast. Shotguns suck for hunting.

Arrows are nice, but hard to aim, snipers aren't as deadly as they ought to be, so you need more shots, and ammo is expensive, and I havent tried submachineguns.

An assault rifle can do it, but you might spend the whole mag (get attachments mod! use an AK with extended mag! Does loads of damage if need be).

Machineguns are actually friggin overkill, but they feel so nice to use!

Flamethrowers will drop ANYTHING really fast, but using it in the forest tends to get you caught on fire too.

And the Flare Gun... I think it's the Noisy Cricket in disguise...

Clearly you cant aim. Shotguns are the best for hunting next to the bow and like i said it usually takes like 1-3 shots to kill bears and tigers, kills other animals in just one shot. Have either the tanto knife or the tribal knife as a backup incase you get attacked. You can also use the animal repellent syringe

[PlasmaJedi]

Originally posted by EAGLESS SUPER BOWL CHAMPS!!!!:

Clearly you cant aim. Shotguns are the best for hunting next to the bow and like i said it usually takes like 1-3 shots to kill bears and tigers, kills other animals in just one shot. Have either the tanto knife or the tribal knife as a backup incase you get attacked. You can also use the animal repellent syringe

Of course I can aim! I put 2 shots into the skull of a tiger and then he pounces me and proceeds to eat my face! If I fail the QTE, then I'm dead. What about a shotgun says "good" when hunting tigers and bears??

Everything else dies so easily, you don't need the kick of a shotgun, so of course 1 shot does it. But the big game? Shottys just aren't enough.

And even with the DLC "Predator" rifle, hunting these beasts just turns into another episode of the Benny Hill Show as they run around, taking hits, dodging others, wasting ammo, and maybe finally escpaing over a hillside and then you lost them. Great for deers, boars, cassowaries, but not the big game.

I think there's an explosive round sniper, right? I found one on top of a water tower but it hasn't shown up in the shop yet, so I guess it's a south island gun. Useless for any newbie who needs pelts to sell for money.

The only reliable, fool-proof, life-or-death dependable, way to kill these mammal-tanks I have found is with a LMG or the flamethower, or the "Noisey Cricket" Flaregun.

As for making a profit off hunting, you can use the expensive ammo to hunt, and then restock with ammo caches that spawn in world. There's a few, you can find them in the guides, and they can restock all bullets, and flame fuel, and basic arrows. There is one near the "rice paddy minefield", where buffalo and tigers spawn. Both have pricey pelts, and are easy pickings here.

Originally posted by Mason Hunter:

I think it's more that you need more pratice. I can kill a bear with a 1911. On top of that, you don't need any gun as every animal can be killed with a knife.

Yeah, you can run backward and chisel them down with a pistol, but it would suck. That is not a good hunting gun.

But I would like to know how you can melee a high-damage, high-health melee enemy without dying. Even when they don't pounce, they can take loads of health off with a swipe.

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Originally posted by EAGLESS SUPER BOWL CHAMPS!!!!:

Originally posted by PlasmaJedi:

You call that good? They've usually eaten my face off right after the second blast. Shotguns suck for hunting.

Arrows are nice, but hard to aim, snipers aren't as deadly as they ought to be, so you need more shots, and ammo is expensive, and I havent tried submachineguns.

An assault rifle can do it, but you might spend the whole mag (get attachments mod! use an AK with extended mag! Does loads of damage if need be).

Machineguns are actually friggin overkill, but they feel so nice to use!

Flamethrowers will drop ANYTHING really fast, but using it in the forest tends to get you caught on fire too.

And the Flare Gun... I think it's the Noisy Cricket in disguise...

Clearly you cant aim. Shotguns are the best for hunting next to the bow and like i said it usually takes like 1-3 shots to kill bears and tigers, kills other animals in just one shot. Have either the tanto knife or the tribal knife as a backup incase you get attacked. You can also use the animal repellent syringe

Once again the shotgun fails in 1 hit potential, while the flare gun is both supressed and will one hit an animal

[PlasmaJedi]

After playing with some second-island toys, the SPAZ-12 does have a fast enough fire-rate to get off 3 shots before you become tiger chow, but you will take a long time to get it.

The second-island sniper and the signature weapon it's based off of are both one-shot kills, meaning you can pop tigers with just one bullet; use good aim and it's 30+ dead tigers and 60+ tiger skins. I think the signature sniper can be gotten before second island?

[King1220]

I didnt say that the shotgun is a guranteed one shot kill on bears and tigers, thats why i said it takes 1-3 shots, the average is mostly 2 shots. Ofc fire based weapons helps a lot because all animals are afraid of fire. You can also take advantage of the hunting syringes in the game to make hunting easier. The tanto knife and tribal knife helps a lot if you're in a bind