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I think you should give tips for those beginners with no $$$ and just the starting equipment and callers. It's easy to make $$$ once you have $$$ it seems, but very difficult if you have nothing and are starting out fresh.
Blind is important, but You can totally do it without one - 0 gm$. Tent - there's a good spot near the starting lodge, so not that important - 0 gm$. Decoys - important, but not needed for starters, buy them later on - 0 gm$. Better shotgun - I bought it last (12GA Pump'er), Single-Shot shotgun is more than enough for starters - 0 gm$. Short range caller - You can do without it - 0gm$. Long range caller - must have - 2900 gm$.
So in total, You need only 2900 gm$ to start. That kind of money is easy to get with whitetail deer missions. But I admit - it will be a hard start, but it will also get easier later. Actually I'm planning to start Snow Geese hunting with only a long range caller, because I only got like 4k gm$ - not really enough for some serious stuff.
Also how are you able to hunt without a blind? Even crouching won't the geese see you and not be called down? I've had to lie flat in dense brush on the outskirts of the fields for the geese to come down. Then I try to sneak up close enough to get a kill when they fly away after spotting me. I find that just hunting pheasant is much more lucrative and easier. So far, hunting pheasant is my top way to make $$$ besides the missions and so forth. But I'm stuck on some of the missions that require new guns or very time consuming setup. So I'm kinda stuck with no way to make $$$ by just hunting.
Pheasants aren't cautious birds, they don't spook if You walk behind them. Try to sneak behind his back, aim a bit upper then he is and whistle. He will fly directly where You're aiming, shoot him when he is a bit in the air. Easy kill.
About short range caller - easier, but not necessary. After flock breaks, it helps to control the direction of their landing. But actually I use it only if I have time. Other times I just wait for them to come and then shoot, no short range caller used there. This item WILL help with the gm$, but it's not important. First thing - go for the blind if You can, or go with the decoys (most important).
Hunting without a blind will decrease chances of flock-break and they won't try to land because of the spooky thing. However, crouching near the bale of hay in the middle of the field was helping me out. They didn't spook before my first shot. So, if they spook - You just waited for too long to shoot. You will learn when to shoot exactly, don't worry.
Another thing to keep in mind:
Canadian MALE goose → 20-40 gm$/kill
Canadian FEMALE goose → 5-10 gm$/kill
Magpie MALE goose → 40-80 gm$/kill
Magpie FEMALE goose → 10-20 gm$/kill
Snow MALE goose → 40-80 gm$/kill
Snow FEMALE goose → 10-20 gm$/kill
About the bow - I bought with cash that Parker Python bow. Now that was a game changer - You can hunt every animal in the game (don't try going after bison, banteng or buffalo - this weapon is permitted, but not strong enough → used 10 arrows just to kill it.), also it's very silent - good for tower/tree stand hunting. One of the best things I got, good item.
Hope this helps a bit :)
And then like some of you are mentioning, there are loads of missions that don't require special equipment, that will get you loads of gm's.
Ceri Cat, thank You for the info on rabbits, that's very useful indeed, will be trying that out myself. Would be great if You could post some pictures or useful links for others to learn a bit. F.E. - rabbit warren places and etc. Thanks again :)
If they retreat to the warrens waiting a while will see them come out again, staying low until then will allow for culling them fairly easily, usually on a rock a little distant so you can see them to react before they're close to holes again (they're not recoverable if they fall in).
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The best bit of advice I can give is relax and take it slow, any time you get bored go to another reserve and stick to what you know you can take legally with your free guns, don't waste ammo on female deer unless it's for a mission, females in a lot of cases are worth less outside of deer in the horned species but not always.
The right camo for a reserve goes a long way but that is definitely expensive, you can chew up a lot of GM for even a partial set, if you want to deer hunt mainly the Boone & Crockett or Army sets can be a good early investment as it works across the various deer species (including moose and elk) but only them.
I understand that its possible and some players want to progress fast, but best for cash is not what the game offers for me. Its about hunting, and I belive there are too much birds, that you can only shoot with the gear for it – that’s no beginner clue, that’s for pro’s.
When I started this game, I was very surprised how often I read “running around 3hours, didn’t find anything”. I liked the sneaky aproach and got to shoot my first deers soon. The starting gear is fine to learn how to move and how animals react to you, tracking wont lvl if you sit around waiting for them to come. The missions give propper income when you just have the patiance to complete them, especialy the later ones.
I even bought the backpack upgrade first and continued to sneak up on Elk’s with the slug loaded shotgun. Now I have spend some time and got a new gun, some callers and got good enough for me to enjoy “hunting”. I find several animals each hunt, different species, propper income, but have to admit, im not into an extinction event, just some population control and a fine piece of venison for the evening hopefully with fried mushrooms.
So basicaly I would say, don’t limmit yourself at the beginning and then be disapointed because you don’t find more or “better” gm$ animals. Just have some fun and enjoy the enviroment, the sound and light, animal behavior, well…. Just enyjoy the game.
Have fun all
PS: this is no offense to players who like to play it different than me. Just trying not to spook new players, that read great tipps and then still get bored fast. This is not a casual game, you have to like it and spend time playing it.
The first thing I'd suggest to newcomers is to consider starting over, with an invite, which will get you some freebies, (200 EM$, a 5x30mm Rangefinder, a Moose caller, and a scent eliminator).
if you create a profile from an invite link like this, and start a new account you can get some valuable freebies.
https://signup.thehunter.com?ref=jttoo
(that's me, but you can put whomever you want in the ref field)
I started over with a new email and was able to use the free EM to buy a turkey caller, and used the starter shotgun, with birdshot, to farm turkeys. I had to associate this new email with Steam in order to buy EM, so I now have two Steam logins. I contacted theHunter support, and had them delete my first account that was associated with my main email, and this main Steam account, so I can now move the new account over to my main email and steam login.
I got tired of seeing animals shrug off my wimpy .243 hits, so I broke down and bought enough EM to get a tent and a crossbow. The crossbow can be used on 99.9% of the animals in the game, and they die when hit (eventually). I would suggest the Tenpoint crossbow, as you can get the 3x scope. The Reverse Draw crossbow scope is only 2x, while the built-in sights are 3x. Its backwards, and I guess they never bothered to fix this.
Buy a turkey caller, as turkeys have good GM value, and its easy to call them in from stands on Whitehart island. I have found stands 6 and 12 to be good for turkeys.
Consider spending 10-20 dollars to buy EM, so that you can buy a Tent and a Tenpoint Crossbow and the 3x crossbow scope. Using the crossbow will insure that you kill whatever you shoot. Unlike bullets, crossbows/bows will eventually bleed-out the animal. Somehow the animals are magically able to heal gunshot wounds and trot away, but bows will get the job done, eventually. I found the starter .243 quite frustrating, as the scope doesn't give you enough zoom to accurately place the shots for a vital shot. I got very few harvests using that rifle, and most everything shrugged off the body shot and trotted away. With the crossbow I know I can harvest what I shoot. It may not be optimal harvest value due to bad shot placement, but at least it is not completely wasted time, because you WILL get the harvest with a bow/crossbow.
If you have a tent, you can park it near Tower 6 on Whitehart island, so that you can efficiently farm GM. Once you have enough GM, buy the crossbow pistol so that you can kill turkeys without spooking everything around you.