Whitetail problems!

[Wilfredo Brimley]

My Whitetail on Revontuli are giving me a lot of problems, first thing is my zones that normally have 7-10 deer in them decrease to 3 deer (2 bucks and 1 doe normally, or all female). Too answer any obvious questions I do use tripods and have found all my zones, I have looked numerous times, and I only shoot two bucks out of the heards. I see other streamers that have had zones with still numerous deer after numerous run throughs. Is this normal? Any advise? I have thought about starting a new account and going back to level 1 and restarting heards but I have not blown away any zones and it’s becoming frustrating only shooting one buck out of my zones due to them not respawning anything if I shoot the two bucks that have one doe only in the heard, I am at a loss and about to give up.

[6Taylor4]

if only AI worked better than nature... some hunters go many seasons without seeing more than squirrels, I've never seen two deer together, or anything up close, I'm a terrible hunter in this altered reality program. Sift back through the posts and you'll see some problems that began when the game did, and are still there, and frequently the re-installs of the entire program, referred to as a 'patch', cause more issues than they solve. I've found the devs to be delighted to share their excitement about things that derive income, but not as enthusiastic about fixing things, they have a short novel-length listing of "known issues" - check the dates...
Anyway, do the ATVs still catch fire and burn when you drive them into the pond?
Good Hunting.

[Meateater 1980]

3 things
1. The deer will not respawn well if you do not have all your drink zones on that map for that species
2. Shooting all the deer from a zone deletes zone same as hunting pressure
3.Shooting all the bucks in a zone and leaving only does can damage respawns as well

[Wilfredo Brimley]

I have found all my zones, I do only shoot bucks, and I do not shoot bucks but make sure to leave two deer in any zone.

Originally posted by Meateater 1980:

3 things
1. The deer will not respawn well if you do not have all your drink zones on that map for that species
2. Shooting all the deer from a zone deletes zone same as hunting pressure
3.Shooting all the bucks in a zone and leaving only does can damage respawns as well

[Woodyplank]

Normally, replacement animals woud spawn into the same general area from which an animal has been harvested but with the advent of "home range" instead of pathway managment, it's a bit more complicated. Presently, I've found that they are prone to at least spawn into the same map region, which may or may not include the same lake or need zone where we harvested an animal. In short, it's not unusual for me to find the an animal at one lake today and at a different lake several hundred meters away tomorrow. This is the downside to "home range" management rather than the "pathway" system used in the past.

Two factors to consider, when it comes to replacment animal spawns, are the hunters proximity to a spawning point and hunting pressure. Being too close to a spawning point can result in a replacement spawning elsewhere on the map and to a lesser extent, hunting pressure can have the same result. Lat thing to consider is that a need zone may be up to 200 meters in diameter and not limited to the smaller area around the glowing weed or circle full of tracks we've investigated.

[Dean Winchester]

same here op my map is acting funny. also have crashes that EW says they are aware of when I get close to the map borders but only on revontuli