Female bison in Hirschfelden

[Rhino]

I can't find any female bison on the map. Whatsoever. Been having this problem for some weeks now (ever since Rancho got introduced actually, but i weren't hunting them at until "recently"), and i need them for the mission with 2 female bison. Anybody else having this issue, and maybe some help? I've been trying almost to everything, ie. Running along the river during "drinking time", checking forest and open fields during sleep time. I don't have any feeding zones for them, and i haven't been sitting for 2 hours in a blind, but other than at, i've been at it for close to 10 hours irl time with no luck..

[Findus]

Not sure if that helps, but most bison herds for me always were in the very south west of the map (the aptly named "Rinderland") and connecting parts of the surrounding regions (like the south west part of Königsberg). Just mentioning this since you said you don't have any feeding zones and were running along the river.

I know they redistributed some animals, but I'd expect them to still be more present in the less agriculturally used parts.

But then again, I seldom have seen herds without females, except for very small groups of say 3 or 4 males, so that might be a bug.

[dbump]

I've also had luck finding larger herds around the tall stone bridge on the west side, north of Rinderland, and along the river valley there, though that SW region is a great spot too.

[Rhino]

I also hunt them in Rinderland (that's their primary spawn, and mission location), so that ain't the issue. And as i mentioned before, i don't see ANY female bison. As in, any at all. That to me, seems like i've encountered a bug.

[Findus]

How big are the herds you are seeing?

As a last resort, you could try to reset your animal population file.

[Rhino]

I don't see any herds, at all... And how do i reset my pop file?

[dbump]

I just checked Hirsh, and while the first 4 loners I wandered across were male (makes sense) I did find a females tracks, and followed them to a large herd at a sleep zone; many females in the herd.
I have not reset population myself, but there are a couple of guides here on it, e.g. https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1295106409

[Rhino]

Appreciate the reply, gonna try following that guide and see what comes out of it ^^

[Findus]

Just in case: Note that if you set the files to read only like described in that particular guide, it will reset your population each time you restart the game.

Also, before doing anything like that, I'd probably get on my Quad (if you have that) one last time and drive along the mountain street from the deep south near Schonfeldt Bunkers up to Ernsdorf Bridge during the morning or afternoon resting time, continue to Spreeberg Castle, do a right turn after that and drive south to the bridge to see if I can't spook any herds or spot tracks and maybe get off the Quad and follow the river to the west from there (return on the other side) or check around the outpost in the far south west as well again in case you drove them up there.
Like said, they might have adjusted the population (not sure if they did this for Hirschelden, I know they did it for Layton Lakes) so I'd expect there to be some more bison in the north west potentially now, but that little trip should cover most of the area where they always used to be for me.

[dbump]

Good catch--I didn't notice the "every session" part of that guide. I'm sure there are others that point out how to reset it once.

It's been a while, but I can't remember if identifying male and female tracks is a perk/skill or a base capability, but if you have that, that's a great way to scan more than just visually. Findus' suggestion of an ATV population relocation is excellent.

[Virtual]

Also had problems finding female bisons. Mostly it's the lonely males walking around. But I have had luck driving up and down the road in Rinderland at night and eventually having a big group of females showing up running along or on the road. From there, just follow the tracks until you get your two kills.

[Rhino]

Update:
First of all, thank you for the replies people :D
After scouring the internet in hopes of answers, i took to the guide of resetting my pop file and hoped that would fix my issue, and it actually semi did. I finally found the mystical creature known as a "female bison", and even herds. They do move in herds!! So that's a major plus. However, they don't seem to spawn in Rinderland, which is where i need to shoot them. But that can be worked around, and i've come up with the stupid plan of finding the elusive females and herd them to Rinderland, no matter the distance.
So in conclusion, bison stupid, i try fix, semi work, let's go.

[(Toxic)CoolCat ︻气デ -]

Hey If you like european bison so much, I do have a diamond male on my map. Im bored and ussally let people ghost him so I can see their reactions. Would have no promblem if you wanted to kill him or a diamond red deer.

[Rhino]

Originally posted by (Toxic) Cool Cat ︻气デ -:

Hey If you like european bison so much, I do have a diamond male on my map. Im bored and ussally let people ghost him so I can see their reactions. Would have no promblem if you wanted to kill him or a diamond red deer.

Already got myself a nice Diamond Bison, but that diamond Red Deer sounds intriguing. Please elaborate :D