Yes i am new in this game

[Pullasuti12]

I was playing this on my ps. Found a moose in Revontuli. I waited til it was very close. I shot it 13 times with Zarza 15 .223. 1 shot right between the eyes, second shot right to the neck and another 11 shots to body. Had a very low bleed rate and didn’t die. It got away. Tf am I doing wrong? :D

[Leadmagnet]

Match your rifle's class coverage to what class the animal is. Moose are class 8 animals. The .223 covers classes 2-4. The caliber is too small for your target. You can use any class 4-8 rifle but shot placement will be key. Ideally, use the .338, .45-70, 7mm mag, or the 9.3x74R. All of those calibers cover a class 8 and will do up to class 9. but again, shot placement is key, it's just these weapons give you a little extra power.

Head shots will drop your score as it ruins the trophy organ (the head in the case of moose). The other problem with head shots is that unless you hit the brain, the animal won't go down and you've got a tracking job on your hands. Also, more than 2 shots on an animal drops your score as does not hitting a vital organ.

[yogisgoat]

If you're completely new to the game you don't have access yet to the equipment necessary to hunt moose successfully. I would suggest restricting yourself to the smaller animals until you can buy the bigger caliber weapons. If you're a good shot you can take bears with the .243 and your .223 is good for the raccoons and foxes on Revontuli but I would ignore moose for now. Get a shotgun or a .22LR (my preference) for birds and bunnies and you're good to go.

BTW, Leadmagnet is right; forget the headshots. It's a bad idea irl and an even worse one in this game. The first time you realize you shot a diamond trophy buck in the head you'll want to scream. Or cry.

[Carstein83]

The best weapons against Moose are either the .300 or the Tsurugi .338. The .300 comes with the Yukon DLC, but needs a certain amount of weapon points to be unlocked (which you don´t have at the beginning). The Tsurugi .338 is part of the Hunter Power Pack and doesn´t need to be unlocked. If you don´t want to buy the Hunter Power Pack, use the Zarza .308 against Moose, it is part of the Modern Rifle Pack, you obviously have already purchased. Against level 8 the Zarza .308 is not as good as the .300 or the Tsurugi .338, but at least half decent.

[IAmNothing]

https://thehuntercotw.fandom.com/wiki/ZARZA-15_.223

https://thehuntercotw.fandom.com/wiki/Vasquez_Cyclone_.45

in this game an air rifle has more penetration than that scary 223 "assault weapon". penetration and hitting vitals is all the matters in this game unless hunting smaller animals that will eventually die anyway, but hurt trophy score. it even has a bigger than 5rd mag size as well as many other weapons(10) on the list hahahahaha

https://thehuntercotw.fandom.com/wiki/Weapons

[Woodyplank]

At the start of the game you have limited access to the tools you need. You have the .243 but only soft point bullets for it. In this game the soft point rounds for the .243 and larger rifles or even pistols lack penetration power. More often than not you'll wind up with a flesh wound instead of hitting a vital organ (even at ranges of less than 100 meters). Upgrade that ammo to the next level as soon as you can (for the .243 that would be the Poly ammo).

In the store, if you open the menu for ammo, you will see which class of animals the ammo can be used to kill them with. In Layton Lakes that .243 can be legally used on anything larger than a duck or bunny and smaller than a moose. IMO it's a little under powered for bears even at close range.

A good load starting loud for the LL and Hirschfeld reserves are the .22 rifle (for ducks, geese turkeys or bunnies), the .243 for Coyotes or Fox and the 30.06 or the .308 for everything else. I'd avoid use of a shotgun with buckshot since, like soft point bullets, the buckshot pellets do not penetrate very well.

In this game hitting vital organs matters a great deal. Those are the heart, lungs and liver. Although difficult to hit, breaking the animals neck will drop it in it's tracks and still allow you to pass the harvest check. Hitting 4 legged animals in the head or spine will drop your trophy one medal grade and lessen the amount of exp and money you get for the kill. You can use the .22 on Mallards, Turkeys, Canadian Geese and rabbits (doesn't matter where you hit them). You have to use a shotgun with bird shot on Pheasant and hit it while the bird is airborne to get full credit for the kill.

The .270 is a fine rifle. It does much better on Class 4 animals than the .243 but I'd hold off spending money on it and get the 30.06 or the .308

Last tip. When the animal if facing you do not aim for the center of it's chest. Aim instead for the crease where it's front shoulder meets the chest for lung shot (or aim for the very bottom of it's chest for a heart shot). On a deer facing towards you, hitting that white patch on it's throat (dead center) will break it's neck. Spend less time following blood trails and more time hunting.

[sneakybass]

Originally posted by Hate rate high:

I was playing this on my ps. Found a moose in Revontuli. I waited til it was very close. I shot it 13 times with Zarza 15 .223. 1 shot right between the eyes, second shot right to the neck and another 11 shots to body. Had a very low bleed rate and didn’t die. It got away. Tf am I doing wrong? :D

Good luck hunting and getting your first diamond or great one......

[Geronimo]

All you did was give the moose a headache.

[Geronimo]

Originally posted by Hate rate high:

I was playing this on my ps. Found a moose in Revontuli. I waited til it was very close. I shot it 13 times with Zarza 15 .223. 1 shot right between the eyes, second shot right to the neck and another 11 shots to body. Had a very low bleed rate and didn’t die. It got away. Tf am I doing wrong? :D

Whether new to a game or not, would you have expected to down a large animal with a stone you picked up?

[Haddock_Dundee]

Originally posted by Geronimo:

All you did was give the moose a headache.