How many shots does it take to kill a deer?

[Snake Bit]

I found a hunting rifle. I shot at a deer once. Could've swore I hit it in the vitals. Standing next to a tree after tracking it down I shoot again.
Instead of hitting it the bullet splashes on a collision box on the tree. Same thing happens in DayZ SA when shooting near a tree. That's more to do with collision boxes though.

[bethany]

Moving this to our tech forum, just in case.

[Snake Bit]

Does the bullet hit at the tip of the aim point? I shoot when the tip of the middle sight is in the vital area.

[John Pileleaf]

Make sure your rifle is near 100%. Much less than 100% and the aim sucks.

That rifle is a fine-tuned, animal-and-other-threat-stopping machine. Best to keep it fine-tuned.

[Snake Bit]

Oh, now i get it. When I found it, it was at 33% I reparied it to 66% and I saw a little bit of an increase in usability. Still, I shot near a tree and got a DayZ style splash collision with an invisible box on the tree. Wasting a shot and scaring off the deer.

[Snake Bit]

It's not unique to DayZ or any other game in particular. It's just a collision problem. That problems been around as long as there has been games with shooting.

[76561198176212235]

Condition of the rifle doesn't affect the accuracy of it at this time. So a rifle at 15% and a rifle at 75% shoot the same.

to answer the OP's question, should take 1 - 2 shots to down a deer.

And because guns in almost all FPS games fire raycasts, shooting near a collision box like a tree will sometimes cause the raycast to think it hit the collision of that object and not fire to your target. Just got to make sure the rifle is 100% away from any potential collision and you'll be able to hit most targets.

Jeremy

[Snake Bit]

Thanks Jeremy! I could've swore I was missing, because I followed the deer, but saw no blood on the ground. I had it aimed right at its heart and lung area.