Best Bloodhound perks to choose

[tc04]

Tell us your perks and why you picked them instead of the second alternative perk

[Falcon]

If I'm being honest, I don't think most of the dog skills actually do much or make the dog more effective. Just leveling them seems to do alot more. The one that alerts you when you're close to spooking an animal works sometimes, and is kind of useful though.

[vygis]

all down skils are good, top skils useles.

[cbrrrman]

The bloodhound skills are broke anyway... another useless DLC.
Right now I've selected another dog after surpassing Lvl 15.
And the dog now tracks in super slow motion,
Bottom line... don't waste your money for a broken DLC.

[Pete Gaimari]

The dog works perfect for me. I made sure I bonded real close to him and he obeys right away. He tracks way better than can. If i'm slow keeping up when he tracks he'll stop and bark until I catch up and then keeps going. He never failed to find the shot game.

I couldn't ask for more from a tracking dog. I'm constantly playing, petting, and giving him treats. It paid off. I treat him just like my real dog and gave him the same name. Buddy.

[FoZ]

Originally posted by cbrrrman:

The bloodhound skills are broke anyway... another useless DLC.
Right now I've selected another dog after surpassing Lvl 15.
And the dog now tracks in super slow motion,
Bottom line... don't waste your money for a broken DLC.

Make sure you enable the Club Beta in-game. The current "workaround" for this issue depends on this, if I am not mistaken. The dog is not supposed to go over lvl 15 tracking for now (not sure if by design or until they have a permanent fix)

[cbrrrman]

Originally posted by FoZ:

Originally posted by cbrrrman:

The bloodhound skills are broke anyway... another useless DLC.
Right now I've selected another dog after surpassing Lvl 15.
And the dog now tracks in super slow motion,
Bottom line... don't waste your money for a broken DLC.

Make sure you enable the Club Beta in-game. The current "workaround" for this issue depends on this, if I am not mistaken. The dog is not supposed to go over lvl 15 tracking for now (not sure if by design or until they have a permanent fix)

I'm not participating in the BETA testing. Why would I need to enable that ?
I'll enable it and see if there is any change.
So I enabled the Hunt Club Beta... and the hound moves faster when in tracking mode.
But I'll have to disable the Beta again to be sure it wasn't something else.
Nope... no difference - But it seems to track better now regardless.
The odd thing is... the game's hound level up... and I did nothing ?
Was it corrected ? Or is this just another bug ?
Seems to be function normally at Level 25.
Hmmm... was it just a delay for leveling up ?
Weird for sure.
Currently my bear harvest disappeared when I went to shoot another bear.
It was right next to my stand.... and then it wasn't ?
But at least the hound is working again... sorta.
But I'd rather not use it.... because it doesn't work very well.
I regret purchasing the hound DLC in the first place as it's not a very good tool.
At least it works sometimes but maybe not all the time.
Seems to be inconsistent at best. As is this game.
It's simply shooting an animal at random / luck.
Rarely doesn't reflect what real life hunting is.

[FoZ]

Dog level goes up to 30.
Tracking level goes (currently) up to 15.

After the latest hotfix, a new bug was introduced where if you shoot an animal that goes out render, it will disappear.

[Pete Gaimari]

Originally posted by cbrrrman:

Originally posted by FoZ:

Make sure you enable the Club Beta in-game. The current "workaround" for this issue depends on this, if I am not mistaken. The dog is not supposed to go over lvl 15 tracking for now (not sure if by design or until they have a permanent fix)

I'm not participating in the BETA testing. Why would I need to enable that ?
I'll enable it and see if there is any change.
So I enabled the Hunt Club Beta... and the hound moves faster when in tracking mode.
But I'll have to disable the Beta again to be sure it wasn't something else.
Nope... no difference - But it seems to track better now regardless.
The odd thing is... the game's hound level up... and I did nothing ?
Was it corrected ? Or is this just another bug ?
Seems to be function normally at Level 25.
Hmmm... was it just a delay for leveling up ?
Weird for sure.
Currently my bear harvest disappeared when I went to shoot another bear.
It was right next to my stand.... and then it wasn't ?
But at least the hound is working again... sorta.
But I'd rather not use it.... because it doesn't work very well.
I regret purchasing the hound DLC in the first place as it's not a very good tool.
At least it works sometimes but maybe not all the time.
Seems to be inconsistent at best. As is this game.
It's simply shooting an animal at random / luck.
Rarely doesn't reflect what real life hunting is.

You're in complete control of your kills. Just as in real life hunting. If the kill is too easy nobody is forcing you to pull the trigger.

[Robuk]

Originally posted by FoZ:

Originally posted by cbrrrman:

The bloodhound skills are broke anyway... another useless DLC.
Right now I've selected another dog after surpassing Lvl 15.
And the dog now tracks in super slow motion,
Bottom line... don't waste your money for a broken DLC.

Make sure you enable the Club Beta in-game. The current "workaround" for this issue depends on this, if I am not mistaken. The dog is not supposed to go over lvl 15 tracking for now (not sure if by design or until they have a permanent fix)

I was having so many issues with the hunt club enabled, So many CTD`s and pc lockups.
Since disabling it i very seldom have issues now. I have the Bloodhound Dlc and have not had any issues whilst out on a hunt or using him.

My first perk went in the top row and the rest in the second row.

[Pete Gaimari]

Something just happened to me that kind of turns me off on the dog. I had snuck up on an elk herd. I was using the muzzleloader with open sights and round ball. So, I was trying to get close. I was in a crouch behind a bush and not moving. I was making no noise or movement. The wind was in my face. For no reason the dog barked and the elk spooked. I thought the dog couldn't spook the game? I'm not sure why he even barked. Maybe he wanted to get going?

I'm still torn between COTW and Classic. I haven't been too serious about being successful in Classic. Just looking around and messing with stuff. What I want to ask s how is the dog in Classic compared to COTW? I'm talking about the hound that tracks.

[Robuk]

I know the dog whines and goes into a hunched critical position to warn you of spooking animals. Maybe there has been another animal close to you without your knowing ?.

I have had him bark when ive got quite a distance from him, Like hes saying oye you forgot about me . I have never had my dog bark when close to my quarry.
i always have the dog sat or laid down well behind me when stalking an animal. I do not know about the dog spooking game as he is always well behind me .

[Pete Gaimari]

I like it when the dog crouches down and walks slow to show me we're getting close to game. It's like he's imitating what we do.

I always have him heel, so he's beside me most of the time. Unless he's tracking a blood trail. The bark surprise me. He never did it before or since, so I won't be bothered by it.

I tested him once to see if he got tired. I ran up a road for 15 minutes and he stayed right by my side. I gave him a coupe of treats for that.

[Robuk]

OH... Am i right in saying that you play on SRP reserve ?.

This could be a possibility . Maybe he has heard a Bear approaching your position and barked to let you know its there.

I play on PF reserve atm and the dog has barked many times to let me know that there is a water buffalo coming for me. He has saved my arse many times and ive jumped into the lake and took it down with the .454 . If he barks i run for water.

[Pete Gaimari]

Yes, SRP is pretty much what i'm on all the time. It's my home state and I feel at home there.

I'm still not sure about the bark. I'll worry more if he does it again. He gets a pass this time. I've grown fond of him already. He's the reason i'll probably stay with COTW and not go to the Classic.

My goal is to get a Diamond for all the big game on SRP with the muzzleloader. It might take me a while, I'm not sure the muzzleloader will kill a Bison. I did kill a Bison with the M1 and the 30-06 isn't supposed to kill a Bison, so maybe the muzzleloader will too if I use the mini ball. I'm sure the round ball won't do it.

[Falcon]

Originally posted by petegaimari:

Yes, SRP is pretty much what i'm on all the time. It's my home state and I feel at home there.

I'm still not sure about the bark. I'll worry more if he does it again. He gets a pass this time. I've grown fond of him already. He's the reason i'll probably stay with COTW and not go to the Classic.

My goal is to get a Diamond for all the big game on SRP with the muzzleloader. It might take me a while, I'm not sure the muzzleloader will kill a Bison. I did kill a Bison with the M1 and the 30-06 isn't supposed to kill a Bison, so maybe the muzzleloader will too if I use the mini ball. I'm sure the round ball won't do it.

You can kill bison with .30-06 or the muzzle loader, but you won't get credit for it if you get a diamond. It will score as a gold instead. All the other animals at SRP except turkeys, you can pass integrity check using 30-06 or the conical ammo for the muzzle loader.

Kind of a shame the muzzle loader isn't rated for class 9 because it really does a number on the bigger animals.