Best bow?

[Thorgal1996]

hello all,

I have played the hunter a decent amount and mostley have hunted with the Parker Python and I was wandering what you all tink is the best bow and way?
can someone also tel me the difference between the Parker and the Pulsar?

Sorry for bad english (i'm dutch)

Have a great hunt all

[dgeesio & ronMctube]

its a personal preference really.i am a avid bow hunter in the game.have all and my fav is the snake bite bow. previously the python was great for like turkey hunting because you could just shoot turkey after turkey wouldnt scare.then animals started to scare after shooting so it made the quieter python no real advantage over the better all round bow which is the snakebite.its simplistic nature and power make it in my opinion the best bow to use.

pulsar is a great looking bow but as pointed out the snakebite just is better.

so i would in your case if you want something different to your gameplay probably try a natural bow like the recurve bow.which is more challenging to use but enjoyable once you learned it.

[Thorgal1996]

Originally posted by dgeesio & ronMctube:

its a personal preference really.i am a avid bow hunter in the game.have all and my fav is the snake bite bow. previously the python was great for like turkey hunting because you could just shoot turkey after turkey wouldnt scare.then animals started to scare after shooting so it made the quieter python no real advantage over the better all round bow which is the snakebite.its simplistic nature and power make it in my opinion the best bow to use.

pulsar is a great looking bow but as pointed out the snakebite just is better.

so i would in your case if you want something different to your gameplay probably try a natural bow like the recurve bow.which is more challenging to use but enjoyable once you learned it.

Tank you ronMCtube for your opinion and advice. and i would like you to keep up you good work on YouTube I really enjoy watching your video's

[dgeesio & ronMctube]

cheers!.

[Harkon[DGA]]

unlike Ron I like the plusar over the snakebite , but like Ron said it all comes down to personal play style . how ever if you want to try something diffrent Im a fan of the RD Xbow ( without scope ) . though I wish they would bring in a traditional type xbow.

[Zig-Zag-Man]

i would also say the snakebite is the best bow ingame

[ᗷᑌᒪᗩᗰᗩTᗩRI]

For everybody who's still interested in the differences between the three compound bows: it's simply weight, noise, power, additional sights.

With the Snakebite - the one I use from the very beginning because it always came with the membership packages - being the heaviest (2 units instead of 1.5), the strongest (80lbs instead of 70lb = Pulsar and 60lbs = Python) and the loudest, thus only "quiet" and not "very quiet" - and don't get fooled by "quiet", compared to the other two it's loud, means, you can spook animals at close distances.

Another thing with the Snakebite is: no fancy pin-sight for various distances like the other two.

Only one pin for about 20 m distances. The rest is mere guesswork. After almost 500 kills with this bad boy it's safe to say that you can still hold dead centre up to 25 m. At 30 m a tad higher, below 20 m a tad lower. How much... is up to you to figure it out.

I favour this manual aiming style and never wasted a second thought to buy one of the other two, especially not with this aiming crutches included.

I shot a Snowshoe Hare right in his head at 85.20 m, another few in the neck at about 60 m. So, it's manageable to hit something with this boy - even when it's almost invisible :) - and also without the 3-pin stuff (3-pin sight = 20 m, 40 m, 60 m) or even worse (another difference):

An additional, so called "5 Pin Compound Bow Sight" for the Pulsar, helps you to aim at 20 m, 30 m, 40 m, 50 and 60 m if you need this and wouldn't know how to hit your target otherwise,

and for the Python it's a 5-Pin-Sight, in fact with integrated rangefinder (called "5-Pin Range Finder Bow Sight" for the same additional $3.50) for those who are either too lazy to use a proper rangefinder to measure some landmarks in their immediate vicinity and remember the distances (which is what real hunters do beforehand) or who are really too inept to aim with a single pin. Or both.

Conclusion?

Want the opportunity of an integrated rangefinder for your bow (it's a costy extra gimmick)? Then there's only one choice: Python. In addition the weakest bow of the three, and yet 1.5 capacity cost, just like his 10lbs stronger, stabilized brother, the Pulsar.

Want three pins for more convenience while guesstimating distances and having two extra holding points plus a fairly strong (70lbs) but also more quiet bow, which comes with a stabilizer, which makes the bow, guess what, more stable than other bows? That's the Pulsar!

Want a high-power, not so quiet epitome of a puristic compound bow which requires to build some skills before you safely hit and kill at 50+ m? Or do you want to do some long-range bow shooting for a change and kill at - lets say 341 m distance? I saw this distance been shot by ronMctube, dunno if there's more possible and if you could make it with weaker bows, but, yeah, THIS is it, the Snakebite. It's a beast.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=KTqWM54EMgM

But you gotta be aware of its noise. Especially on Whiterime Ridge the Bisons will still spook as if you had fired a gun. Which is hopefully only a bug. Hence I reported it to the support, for it happened during a stream and was fortunately recorded. And last but not least it's heavier than all handguns including ammunition. A Snakebite with 30 arrows cost you 3.5 of your capacity (instead of 3 for handguns or other bows. Only crossbows are yet heavier than a Snakebite (2.25).

But its power has to come with a price, fair enough. And this power is tremendous. It sinks arrows completely into a Bison when shot at the Bisons skull. I investigated where the arrows had ended up by glitching into the animals body using the trophy shot cam... and what can I say: through the skulls till the very rear end of a Bison when shot from close distances (below 20 m). And shot at his side from normal bow distance ... the arrow runs through the Bison and sticks out on the opposite side, that's how strong the Snakebite is. No problem whatsoever with any animal in the game.

And yet I'm about to buy a Pulsar now (it's on sale for $4 now - Summer Fiesta), after years, because I want a quieter bow, because before the Devs will fix respective bugs - like on Whiterime Ridge - I'll be probably dead myself, so, I hope the Pulsar gives me the opportunity to get charging Bisons out of my way without spooking the rest of the herd. But will have to do more research first if it's maybe the same nuisance with the Pulsar. This would be ridiculous then.

https://clips.twitch.tv/DullTsunderePotatoMau5

But other than that there are no further issues with this bow. It's a tad more challenging for beginners but in return also more satisfying, especially in the long run.

Hope that answered all your and everybody else's questions. Good hunting!