How to hunt with Bow?

[ElektroFCK]

So i bought the bow but i cant hit anything, even a roe on 20m fully aimed at side body is a miss shot wtf.
Got some expierence from the orignal Hunter, but it dont help here.

[Tellheim [GER]]

Sadly there is nor shooting range so you just have to practise. Female Roe Deer are pretty easy to hunt with the bow. They will come very close if you call them, just dont move and wait for them. Distances close to 10m are easily possible. The bow (without any sight) seems to be zeroed in around 30m. Males are a different story. Thats my experience at least.

[thundershaft30]

I did a few practice shots on a tree to see where the sight is zeroed then found it a lot easier.

[hegermeister]

wind is important in CotW

[Carrying A House]

Haven't had a problem with it, but everything I've killed has been within 50m.

[pookie]

without the sight youre not going to hit anything.

[MessedUpSmiley]

There's a random chance of offset as well it looks like judging from one of the unlockable perks in the bow-tree.

[Lenko]

Originally posted by MessedUpSmiley:

There's a random chance of offset as well it looks like judging from one of the unlockable perks in the bow-tree.

This. Your shot might be 100% on; but theres a random off-set which means the arrow could go slightly off.

It's quite annoying when trying to do the Fox Hunting mission. I've missed four in a row because of the offset! (I'm primarily a bow hunter in Classic so i keep expecting it to hit where I aim :p)

[Deximer]

Yep, it's unfortunate and a ridiculous decision to have the offset work how it does. I mean, you can be 100% on, and still miss... So much for worrying about my accuracy statistic.

[chasem75]

Wow the offset, I had an arrow fly wide left at 20m and was wondering what happened luckily it didn't spook the doe so the second hit her clean. I didn't know about the random offset I will definitely keep an eye out to see if it happens again.

To the OP I've been using the tip of the sight for aiming, it seems to be fairly accurate but it's hard to know the distance it's zeroed at especially with no zero range in the game. I think I will try the tree method also that was mentioned above to see what point of aim point of impact is.

[Fettes Bison [GER]]

i had had many many bow kills now and i also skilled the important perks to "counter" the offset. http://imgur.com/a/mHtrz
The offset is still very hard after 35meters.. anything up to 30 meters is okay and it kinda hits the lungs if they stand broad to you. BUT if you try to hit them from 38 meters and up you are lucky if you even hit the roe deer AT ALL if its standing with not perfect angle.

Even up to 30 meters you have a fair chance to miss if the deer is directly facing you and you try to go for the heart.
The arrowdrop gets really hard to estimate after 30 meters too.
i tried the low weight arrows.. their drop is more flat but you cant even penetrate the shoulder of a 19kg roe deer. (flesh wound very low bleed.)
im at 4800 bow skill now and the bow that has 70 instead of 60 pound (doesnt sound like much difference) costs 7300.. damn grind. the heavy arrows will have a much bigger drop but i think no human will ever unlock those.

sneaking and luring up to 30 meters isnt fun and nearly impossible when the prey cant be lured or has a difficulty of >6. even with the stealth skills in rain/fog/dense bushes.
the bows do the same bang like any gun. they will run the same distance after they get spooked of your bowshot as if you shot with .270 rifle.

[Fathership one]

Originally posted by hegermeister:

wind is important in CotW

Ha! I found that out, was aiming at a bull elk, fired, and dropped the bull elk that was right behind it due ti the wind

[Fettes Bison [GER]]

yes the wind makes it even worse. sometimes i feel like im using lightweight paper arrows.

[mmanser2]

Gotta have patience folks. Until you get some perks it can be pretty dicey getting consistent kills. I've got the 70lb bow now, the heavy arrows and both of the pumping iron perks. Makes a world of difference. Don't even bother with the bow if the wind is blowing hard!

[VeraNoa]

Fun and a challenge to bow hunting in this game. Instant kill to bison with 60 lbs bow, basic arrow, and no perks in the arquery tree:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FY1Ka_3dxXI

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=882837995

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=882838027