Do Lures and Scent still work?

[Decaymoss]

They don't seem to attract animals very well at all now. I use a deer bleater trying to get a blacktail out of bush for a arrow shot and it just keeps going out further and further.

Also not sure if scent is working properly as well. Even with scent eliminator and fully stationary, the animals seem to notice you far away. Sometimes it seems to work on female but I have never seen it work on male.

[Decaymoss]

Just tested it out on some blacktail. It seems to STUN the animal instead of luring them. They just stand in place after you lured enough, then you can approach them no matter how much noise you make, instead moving to the sound of the lure. I will see if I can capture a video of it. Very strange behavior

[davidself1001]

caller not working for me either. i will try to approaching them method after caller. something must have been changed in the 1.1 patch regarding the caller cause it used to work really well.

[Decaymoss]

So aside from visually tracking them through the scopes/bino, how do you guys hunt now since the lure is not working out?

[Brechnor]

Originally posted by Decaymoss:

So aside from visually tracking them through the scopes/bino, how do you guys hunt now since the lure is not working out?

I use the skills for sneaking and have the other set all in bow except 1 point. So sometimes I slow creep around the map or I stalk sitting on rocks around the large pond/lakes

[Decaymoss]

Lure seems to work on "warning call". It's just that the "mating calls" have issue.

[Markus Kruber]

Originally posted by Brechnor:

So sometimes I slow creep around the map or I stalk sitting on rocks around the large pond/lakes

That's what I'm doing, I just sneak around and visit the drink, sleep and feed zones and there are always animals there or close nearby

[Isha]

The callers work fine for me. I haven't tried scents yet, but if I understand it right the wind carries the scent either in a short fat cone or a long thin cone depending on how hard it's blowing.

[Decaymoss]

I did a few more experiment. Lures will work on "warning calls". It bugs out on "mating calls" though. The animals either will not get lure or just move away and stand still.

[Jiub]

I already used some scents and also maxed the the skill where the scents get an upgrade (4/4). For me it doesnt work. I tried it on a group at a feeding spot. The wind was blowing towards them but they didnt come to me.

I think scents are kinda bugged, they should work properly when sitting on a tree stand, but they dont.

Actually hunting on a tree stand is not really doable in the current state of the game. I tried it siting for 45 minutes on a stand near a red deer location, and sprayed every 3 Minutes or so. I never seen one animal.

[Decaymoss]

I will do a few more trials on the scent but I think it's range is very very short, about 50 m or so.

For Lure, it worked 100% for me so far on "warning calls", even for bears, elk, and fox, but so far 0% on "mating calls". I always have to move towards the animal with "mating call" and either I don't find it or it's bugged to the point where it just stands in a stationary spot no matter what you do.

[Chillum]

No one else noticed that hes talking about using the bleater (whitetail specific) to lure in a blacktail?

[Decaymoss]

Originally posted by Chillum:

No one else noticed that hes talking about using the bleater (whitetail specific) to lure in a blacktail?

FYI, I am talking about lure in general. Try the correct lure, whatever the name, on the animal with mating call and you will see.

[Decaymoss]

Here is the bugged out Lure action. Unfortunately I didn't capture the earlier part when I was sneaking in and calling.

http://plays.tv/video/58b1d7b539362554bb/bugged-out-lure