When you think you can hear thunder, it ain't!

[The Zanzibarbarian]

There I was minding my own and just pottering about on my ATV on one of the many tracks and I startled a Roe Deer. So, with the animal running but still keeping near to the track, I followed. As it went more off road, I still followed for a while until I stopped as I could hear "thunder".
I looked up into the blue sky, wondering about the sound of "thunder" getting nearer and louder. But no. It wasn't thunder.
Just as I turned around to se what was going on, a stampede of flipping Roe Deer decended upon me! And I was killed.

Have you been killed by allegedly "harmless" wildlife?

[Kw4life]

thats why there are first aid kits

[PicSoul]

You think the Roe deer are dangerous? Go have a talk with some Bison.

[saphire jinn]

Bison have some serious attitudes, and with the new map coming, that one has brown bear....that charge.....bison eat bushes.....bears eat hunters.....so it will be intersesting for sure.

[Groovy Monster]

Honestly, I've been killed by deer more often than anything else in this game, which seems...odd to me. lol

Rarely have I ever been charged by a moose, let alone killed by one, and the same goes for elk and even wild boars. Bison, yes, they are proper fierce and ill-tempered (which is why they're so much fun to hunt!), but I do think some of the other big game in COTW need an aggression buff, as they're just not dangerous enough to be as exciting as they could be (like Bison are).

Heck, even black bears don't seem all that aggressive or scary, yet I've heard that IRL they can be quite dangerous to hunt (not an actual hunter, so I really don't know how accurate the game is with this). Same with the black bears, though; I'm not sure I've ever been actually killed by one yet, and I've killed TONS since getting the game back in March.

I really, really hope the brown bears in the new reserve live up to the hype and are a force to be reckoned with. Gonna be disappointed if they're wimpy and easily dealt with (like the black bears). I'm hoping for something even more challenging (and scary!) than bison. :D

[KaiEr]

Don't know if this counts, but I've been kicked off of my ATV by rabbits and squirrels.

[wubbelflup]

i'm kinda happy most animals are not agressive. if i want an adreline rush i play a shooter.

[saphire jinn]

i get quite the adreline rush hunting bison, i am always wired tight when tracking a herd.
Had one bear charge me out of the tons i dropped, and he didnt do any damage, just ran up to me fast and roared in my face, so i thanked him properly. but those brown bear scare me, that is going to be intersesting.

[The Zanzibarbarian]

Originally posted by KaiEr:

Don't know if this counts, but I've been kicked off of my ATV by rabbits and squirrels.

Haha! Bloody rodents. I blame that damn Squirrel from the Tufty Club. A UK thing about road safty from the 60's!
I know, I went to it. I was seduced by that fluffy tailed rodent. All cute and nice to start with. Then you lower your guard, let him into your life and the next thing you know, he's stealing your nuts!!.
He started all this trouble with rodents and cars too. If they're not knocking you off your ATV, then they're chewing through your engine electrics.

[dohh]

Deer. Stampeded by deer. More times often than not.

[The Zanzibarbarian]

Originally posted by theartist:

i'm kinda happy most animals are not agressive. if i want an adreline rush i play a shooter.

It's a fair point. I like the relaxed game play of CotW too. Unlike DayZ where 70% of the players (That is, if anyone still plays that woeful game?) will KoS regardless.

[Pysteve]

First and foremost, are you sure it was roe deer? Ive never seen "herds" of roe deer. Most likely was fallow or red deer. Secondly, There is thunder in the game.

[BlackWatchQc]

Same for me, I'm getting killed by deers more than anything else,mooses/bears even bisons lol, I try to bring them very close( bow hunting) then they get scared and start running in a circle pattern killing me twice faster than a bison would lmfao!!

[The Zanzibarbarian]

Originally posted by PYSteve:

First and foremost, are you sure it was roe deer? Ive never seen "herds" of roe deer. Most likely was fallow or red deer. Secondly, There is thunder in the game.

Firsstly - Fallow? Roe? When a heard is stampeding towards you, my first thought was to get outta the way (Which didn't work!), and not ask from which particular species they belong.
Secondly - I know. That's what confused me first. That was the first time I'd seen deer in such a large herd. Especially coming towards me as they did.
Thirdly - A good job I have great bladder control, I can tell you!!!!

[Ormy]

Female red deer are my worst nightmage. They come in huge numbers, circle around you when scared and just try to run over you in waves. I still have nightmares when I met with 15 of them, all trying to kill me. Luckily I had enough bullets to kill most of them but it was the closest I've to getting killed in the game.

[Groovy Monster]

Originally posted by theartist:

i'm kinda happy most animals are not agressive. if i want an adreline rush i play a shooter.

I just want realism and challenge, and IRL these very large animals can be a very serious threat and challenge to hunt, so personally, I'd appreciate them being a bit more like that in the game, too...instead of being generally wimpy overall, which is what most are now (yet are not IRL).

Frankly, the most fun hunts my friends and I have had together have been bison hunts, simply because they're so aggressive and dangerous. It's a blast. But when we don't want that kind of challenge or mayhem, we just avoid those areas or the bison themselves if we see them, and can still have plenty of relaxing, non-confrontational (easy) hunts.

At any rate, my friends and I definitely hope the brown bears in Medved-Taiga turn out to be aggressive and scary! :)