One thing I do before taking a shot is marking the spot where the animal is, if it managed to run away i also make a marker of where it went after 50-100 meters. This way you won't lose a deer you shot yet can't find. Comparing it to real life, you could say you "memorise" where you shot it and where it went.

On the aging portion of the video, not sure if the devs didn't take this in consideration or if someone told you wrong but longer sun exposure to antlers would not be a determining factor on "aging" the deer. Mule deer and whitetail shed their antlers every year so it is not like older bucks antlers are exposed to the sun longer than younger bucks. Where I hunt it is mainly the time of year when the bucks rub their velvet off that determines the white vs dark coloring of the antlers. Early season freshly rubbed antlers are white, later season they are darker. Great video though!!

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Dude this was very helpful! After 4 days playing, I was still having trouble understanding the genetics and aging of the animals (which animals/when to cull in a heard/pack). Thankfully I finally found your video which is the only one I've seen that goes into the genetics system in depth. Thanks Scarecrow!

Roe Deer caller definitely works. I'm at the beginning, haven't killed the 6lbs of pheasants for that mission yet but got the caller. Roes will come right up to you for easy kills. Don't call too soon, wait until the bar on the screen gets to the thick part of the bar, 15 to 20 seconds before calling again.

Awesome video, I feel prepared for the hunt tonight now. Thank you!

I would really like a color blind mode. It's really hard for me to see blood even in the hunter sense

I agree mostly. I will counter with get the calls and start calling early. You need to level them up and you might as well get started. Deer, fox, and Elk are easy to call.

Technically, if you enable the slow walking mode you can walk with the hunter sense on before getting the perk. It is a bit slow but workable. The perk allows you to use it while walking at normal speed.

First deer ,lung and heart from 160m.

It is sooo cool to see they made a very good job with the antlers and trophies, so you can see in the field which bucks are the best to kill. I wanna see a bigger magnification spotting scope like in the Hunter Classic. I use it all the time. 40x spotting scope or something like that....it would be very useful here too. One thing what we really need yet (maybe the creators will put in the game later) is the BOW. I looooooooooove the bowhunting in the Classic and in the COTW as well. And treestands, feeders... it`s a beautiful and so realistic hunting game.

looks like im going to love this game once im done building my new pc next week love to do missions so will be a blast thanks for lots of great info on game scarecrow your vids are awesome

i wish these hunting games would have a butchering mini-game people can do..it would help non-hunters learn how to butch the animal for meat and skin.

This changed the game for me! I was playing it like a typical hunting game.

Little tip: With you hold down the shoot button the scope don‘t turn black and you can see where your deer or whatever is running so yeah

Big help - thanks for making this!

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Awesome guide,thank you so much!

Excellent video, extremely helpful... especially the info on genetics. Thanks for sharing.

I would love to have hanging wall mounts like on way of the hunter! That would be awesome!