Hunting Mule Deer in Accurate Mode

[lanaenae]

Does anyone else feel like it's too hard to hunt mule deer in accurate mode? Especially when they just keep running into the water?

Do prey animals even HAVE stamina? Shouldn't they slow down at some point? I have +2 speed and stamina (from perks) and still can't hunt them.

[crys]

Yeah Mule Deer are almost impossible to catch. They take so very long to bring down that it's just not worth it for me.

[mylovedwolfy]

npc’s have stamina, though after the npc tracking rework (or whatever happened, not sure what it’s called but they reworked the way the npcs avoid object and stuff similar) it has been harder to catch up as they don’t slow down to avoid stuff like trees or rocks often.
If I remember correctly, after about 5 or 10 minutes of chasing the prey should slow down, though this take patience and it’s easy to accidentally run into pack territory while doing this

[lanaenae]

Originally posted by mylovedwolfy:

npc’s have stamina, though after the npc tracking rework (or whatever happened, not sure what it’s called but they reworked the way the npcs avoid object and stuff similar) it has been harder to catch up as they don’t slow down to avoid stuff like trees or rocks often.
If I remember correctly, after about 5 or 10 minutes of chasing the prey should slow down, though this take patience and it’s easy to accidentally run into pack territory while doing this

They always run into water and just keep swimming so I give up :")

[PhantomX]

i tend not to hunt at all near water, that happens to me all the time, so i hunt higher elevation. i haven't tested their stamina on accurate yet, but i've noticed bucks slow down on challenging after 3 minutes, closer to 5-6 for does. use your speed and stamina to keep them running, if you can bite them if they get stuck on an incline but usually by the time i get close its not worth it to bite. once they stop hopping, they'll get a more normal gallop thats slower for them, thats when catching up is a lot easier. if you're needing a fast hunt though, they're rather time consuming, especially if you have to stop mid hunt for whatever reason.

I'm on challenging because i'm playing a runt of a runt, -2 health, -1(+1) strength, +1(+1) speed, and -2 stamina, so i've been hunting a lot of mule deer just cause they do less damage. i'll be switching to accurate soon and do more testing if the times are different.

[airgid-sionnach]

I find the only way to kill them is with a mate. They slow them down enough you can take them down.

[Meowiixx]

Yeah I understand the struggle but like someone said before you have to slow them down so your mate can take them down but it i still annoying that you need atleast 2 + speed to hunt mule deer on challenging or accurate. The reason why is with 1+ Speed you only get 1 bite if you are lucky. Also I do hate how they run into the water it feels like they are coded to go to the nearest body of water. Overall I think they are a waist of time in accurate since they do not give a lot of food despite them being really hard to hunt.

[nemesis]

The deer are often not worth it, but I surprised myself hunting them today on accurate, with a wolf that has +2 strength and -2 speed. It's actually not even hard. With any type of stats though, I wouldn't recommend long chases.

When the deer just stand and stare, a quick successful attack is very importnant: sometimes they circle in a way that brings them closer, so you can bite them immeditially with a lot stamina still left to deal as much damage as possible. After that just let them run to stop some distance away, then repeat. I often try to approach the deer from their front, to make it likelier for them to make that silly circle. It doesn't work every time so if they get far right away, I just stop and try again and so on.

The deer seem to get a lot slower after taking damage so surpsingly my wolf was actually very efficient for hunting them, because it could hurt the deer a lot per attack.

I also have another wolf that's build for speed and it can pull this off too with -2 strength. So I guess it's more about strategy than stats, though stats can be very helpful.