Grounded-able birds

[Ravvan]

What do you call the upland game birds that must be shot out of the sky to get full score as a group? I know there's waterfowl and upland game birds but since not all upland birds have this requirement i'm at a loss to what to call them categorically?

[DopaTrain]

Why?

[Ravvan]

Originally posted by DopaTrain:

Why?

Why does my question need a reason? Is this not the place to ask this of fellow players their opinions?

[DopaTrain]

I guess you could call them upland game birds that need to be shot out of the sky.

[Ravvan]

Some of the friends I play with find it easier to put animals in to hunting categories and get easily confused as to which upland birds need to be flushed. I guess i could call them "flushing birds"????

Originally posted by DopaTrain:

I guess you could call them upland game birds that need to be shot out of the sky.

thanks for your reply

[Sokurah]

But its not devided by waterfowl and "upland" birds.

Phasant can't be grounded. Turkey can.
Black Grouse can be grounded as well as Capercaillie. Quail cant be grounded.

All waterfowl i found so far can be grounded. I havent harvested all so far tho.

[Ravvan]

Originally posted by Sokurah:

But its not devided by waterfowl and "upland" birds.

Phasant can't be grounded. Turkey can.
Black Grouse can be grounded as well as Capercaillie. Quail cant be grounded.

All waterfowl i found so far can be grounded. I havent harvested all so far tho.

The game is divided into those 2 groups since only waterfowl can land in water and until the waterfowl rework since Revontulli Coast most of them couldn't land on land. And only the upland birds have a subset of birds where some have to be shot out the sky. While i know which birds need to be shot how, I was just looking to crowd source a generic name for easy reference for friends who cant remember that Pheasant, Ptarmigan and Quail cant be shot on the ground and therefor receive a grounded score. I've had friends let turkeys/grouse get away because they thought they had to be shot out the sky or have grounded quail/ptarmingan because they're both upland birds not waterfowl in their mind.

[Sokurah]

Weird to hear that waterfowl could not land on land, because that seems to be all they are doing rn in Finland.

You either find them in the water already, or if you are able to make a flock land, they will land either right on your head, or in the oddest places in the woods so its really hard to approach them.

At this point i question if this is actually intended that way. Would ducks not rather land in the water for various reasons? Its safer and easier to land there, and its also safer because of predators.

Duck hunting in revontuli is actually pretty annoying so far.

[Ravvan]

Originally posted by Sokurah:

Weird to hear that waterfowl could not land on land, because that seems to be all they are doing rn in Finland.

You either find them in the water already, or if you are able to make a flock land, they will land either right on your head, or in the oddest places in the woods so its really hard to approach them.

At this point i question if this is actually intended that way. Would ducks not rather land in the water for various reasons? Its safer and easier to land there, and its also safer because of predators.

Duck hunting in revontuli is actually pretty annoying so far.

It was a game code thing, prior to Revontulli and the waterfowl rework they only landed on water. They were also much slow so they made them fly faster. But as a controller users i find them too fast/agile now and they're out of birdshot range very quickly. At 100m/110yd birdshot despawns and drops quickly past 50m/54yd.

[Sokurah]

They should just have made the .22 a part of Revontuli. Its easier to shot duck on the water than in the woods. It just feels weird.

Even with a shotgun its way easier to get as close as 75 meters so you can use bird shot. Ducks at the shore can be 20 meters away from you and you cant see them because of the terrain. Move one toe and they are gone.

[Mosin Greymantle]

None of the maps I play have any special requirement for birds, It may be just Revontul, I dont have that map yet., Ducks do land on land on the maps I play New England mostly.

[Ravvan]

Originally posted by Mosin Greymantle:

None of the maps I play have any special requirement for birds, It may be just Revontul, I dont have that map yet., Ducks do land on land on the maps I play New England mostly.

Pheasant, Ptarmigan and Quail cant be shot on the ground or they receive a grounded score. Pheasant and quail are on New England.

[Mosin Greymantle]

OK Thanks