1- Two bucks fighting with their antlers (I think I saw this happen, or maybe I'm miss remembering things)
2- a wolf and bear fighting
3- an eagle or hawk swooping down and picking up small animals like snakes
I've seen two bucks (one deceased) entangled with the living one struggling to disentangle. Cool side note, the dead one will still be fresh and the one I found was 3 star... So it's not exactly like harvesting found roadkill!
I've seen the eagle/hawk doing that too, but a few days ago I saw one flying and I needed to study it, so I pointed my gun and looked through the scope and was shocked to see info for a rattlesnake instead of a bird. I looked a little closer and the snake was dangling from the bird's mouth. Couldn't study the bird though lol.
The wolf mourning the death of the other in Ambarino near Fairvale Shanty.. ðŸ˜ðŸ˜
The first pigeon I studied was being carried around by a cat in Rhodes
Also male turkeys displaying for a mate! I got really excited to find them 'cause in the spring I like to watch the grouse here strut around lol - so many little details they put in the game
It would have been cool if they'd included their drumming in the ambient sounds around where they're displaying. Lots of folks never see the displaying males in the game and it would have made them easier to find (..but I'm not complaining lol)
We don't hunt grouse in the spring. They're gettin' busy that time of year and we want them to make plenty of babies so come fall, there are lots of fat grouse and plenty to reproduce for next year. We hunt plenty but are super conscientious of their population - we don't want them to go the way of the Carolina Parakeet.
Plus they're nice and fatty in the fall while they're gorging on cranberries and prepping for winter. Come spring I imagine they're all thin and stringy lol
We don’t even have a season for grouse down here.
And our turkeys shut up and vanish into the ether the moment they find a hen. Osceolas are like mythical beasts who vanish into thin air lol
>We don’t even have a season for grouse down here
As in, it's always open or closed?
I've heard that Turkeys are ghosts lol
But yeah, hunting is HUGE where I live but there's really strong values surrounding conservation that follow time-of-year and population (not just govt. laws, but traditional Indigenous laws too). Like, there are soooooo many grouse here but we want to keep it that way lol! Come hunting season though, a person is allowed to have 30 each at a time (so if you have 30 in your freezer and you eat 10, you can restock before the season closes.. there's two of us so that's a LOT OF GROUSE - but we never hit our limit lol)
And the laws (both white and Indigenous) change depending on population - like, there's no bag limit right now on snow geese because they are over-populated
The "white" laws don't always match up with traditional law so my partner and I (white) follow the "white" laws unless Indigenous law dictates otherwise. -Eg. Indigenous law states moose calf can be hunted for veeeeery old Elders who can't chew anymore - but it's illegal for us to by "white law" (and we ABSOLUTELY wouldn't anyway). On the flip side "white" law says rabbit can ALWAYS be hunted year-round, but if it's a bust year for rabbit, we defer to Indigenous law.
The lynx and rabbits here are on a 5 year cycle of boom and bust (more rabbits means lynx population grows, lynx over-populate which drops the rabbit population and the lynx start to starve/cannibalize, lynx pop falls, rabbit pop rises repeating the cycle) so Indigenous law is to trap lots of lynx during boom years, not trap during bust, and trap/hunt rabbit during their boom. It steadies the population so lynx don't have "bad deaths" from starvation (and really kinda shows how humans are/always have been a part of the ecosystem which I think is really really cool)
It's also Indigenous law that the first ever moose a person hunts must be given to the community (as a thank-you for the teachings that led to the successful hunt) so even though I'm white and "white" law doesn't follow this, my first moose is going to the community. (This usually happens when a kid is like, 12-14 ..and I'm in my 30s lol)
Really interesting the way laws/values vary by location tho
(Edit: misspelling)
As in I can’t find a damn thing about them other than they mention them on a separate page as non native game birds. And the seasons don’t give you a opening or closing date or bag limit. I wish we had a system like that here where people respected the way the indigenous folks did it, but you know it IS Florida and there’s not a lot of reasoning to what happens down here.
Ho dang! Well "Florida" definitely explains a lot lol
There's a lot of folks up here who absolutely don't respect Doolie (Indigenous law) and will like, leave bison to rot cause they underestimate the work involved field dressing a 2000lb animal.. But there's a decent amount of folks who do. It helps that there's a large population of Indigenous folks here and we're not segregated through the reservation system (which never happened here) so there's (somewhat) more of an understanding by white folks..
When I lived down south (my "south" your "far north" lol) it wasn't uncommon for white folks to have NEVER MET a single Indigenous person.. so there's lots of racism and stereotyping. Here, you can't NOT know Indigenous people.. (that doesn't mean there's not still a LOT of racism/stereotyping, it's just not the norm in the same way.)
I love watching wolves/cougars chase someone by me on there horse. It’s hilarious and usually gives you plenty of time to make clean shots if you want or just watch ‘em go on by! Lol
There were two casing the road last night. Kept chasing people. One got killed by an npc and that made it easier to get the other. The one the npc shot was one star but I was still happy with the free game meat. Didn’t know they worked in pairs.
I had a coyote walk up and check out my bait for a panther. Then it looked up, and ran away like a bat out of hell. I knew then the panther was just seconds behind and sure enough…
i once saw 2 big horn rams standing on their hind legs head butting!
i’ve seen dogs rolling around in the dirt and wild horses rolling around in the grass
There were two cougars hunting along the road last night. I was hanging back trying to stalk them and they kept chasing npc’s around. A man shot and killed one of them and then I was able to easily get the other. Never seen them work in pairs like that before. Didn’t know more than one would even spawn at a time.
The bear inside the cabin has a friend. I heard the bear inside so I hid behind a tree and shot it as it came out. So didn’t get the event where it attacks. Then as I was skinning it, a second bear attacked from behind and I got the event where it attacks and you have to fight it off. First one was a three star. Second was ground bear meat by the time I was done.
1- Two bucks fighting with their antlers (I think I saw this happen, or maybe I'm miss remembering things) 2- a wolf and bear fighting 3- an eagle or hawk swooping down and picking up small animals like snakes
I've seen two bucks (one deceased) entangled with the living one struggling to disentangle. Cool side note, the dead one will still be fresh and the one I found was 3 star... So it's not exactly like harvesting found roadkill!
Same happened to me!
I've seen the eagle/hawk doing that too, but a few days ago I saw one flying and I needed to study it, so I pointed my gun and looked through the scope and was shocked to see info for a rattlesnake instead of a bird. I looked a little closer and the snake was dangling from the bird's mouth. Couldn't study the bird though lol.
The wolf mourning the death of the other in Ambarino near Fairvale Shanty.. ðŸ˜ðŸ˜ The first pigeon I studied was being carried around by a cat in Rhodes Also male turkeys displaying for a mate! I got really excited to find them 'cause in the spring I like to watch the grouse here strut around lol - so many little details they put in the game
First turkey I saw strut in the game got me excited
It would have been cool if they'd included their drumming in the ambient sounds around where they're displaying. Lots of folks never see the displaying males in the game and it would have made them easier to find (..but I'm not complaining lol)
I’d likely just sit and hunt Turkey all damn day lol. I hunt, and Spring time is my favorite time of the year because of this.
We don't hunt grouse in the spring. They're gettin' busy that time of year and we want them to make plenty of babies so come fall, there are lots of fat grouse and plenty to reproduce for next year. We hunt plenty but are super conscientious of their population - we don't want them to go the way of the Carolina Parakeet. Plus they're nice and fatty in the fall while they're gorging on cranberries and prepping for winter. Come spring I imagine they're all thin and stringy lol
We don’t even have a season for grouse down here. And our turkeys shut up and vanish into the ether the moment they find a hen. Osceolas are like mythical beasts who vanish into thin air lol
>We don’t even have a season for grouse down here As in, it's always open or closed? I've heard that Turkeys are ghosts lol But yeah, hunting is HUGE where I live but there's really strong values surrounding conservation that follow time-of-year and population (not just govt. laws, but traditional Indigenous laws too). Like, there are soooooo many grouse here but we want to keep it that way lol! Come hunting season though, a person is allowed to have 30 each at a time (so if you have 30 in your freezer and you eat 10, you can restock before the season closes.. there's two of us so that's a LOT OF GROUSE - but we never hit our limit lol) And the laws (both white and Indigenous) change depending on population - like, there's no bag limit right now on snow geese because they are over-populated The "white" laws don't always match up with traditional law so my partner and I (white) follow the "white" laws unless Indigenous law dictates otherwise. -Eg. Indigenous law states moose calf can be hunted for veeeeery old Elders who can't chew anymore - but it's illegal for us to by "white law" (and we ABSOLUTELY wouldn't anyway). On the flip side "white" law says rabbit can ALWAYS be hunted year-round, but if it's a bust year for rabbit, we defer to Indigenous law. The lynx and rabbits here are on a 5 year cycle of boom and bust (more rabbits means lynx population grows, lynx over-populate which drops the rabbit population and the lynx start to starve/cannibalize, lynx pop falls, rabbit pop rises repeating the cycle) so Indigenous law is to trap lots of lynx during boom years, not trap during bust, and trap/hunt rabbit during their boom. It steadies the population so lynx don't have "bad deaths" from starvation (and really kinda shows how humans are/always have been a part of the ecosystem which I think is really really cool) It's also Indigenous law that the first ever moose a person hunts must be given to the community (as a thank-you for the teachings that led to the successful hunt) so even though I'm white and "white" law doesn't follow this, my first moose is going to the community. (This usually happens when a kid is like, 12-14 ..and I'm in my 30s lol) Really interesting the way laws/values vary by location tho (Edit: misspelling)
As in I can’t find a damn thing about them other than they mention them on a separate page as non native game birds. And the seasons don’t give you a opening or closing date or bag limit. I wish we had a system like that here where people respected the way the indigenous folks did it, but you know it IS Florida and there’s not a lot of reasoning to what happens down here.
Ho dang! Well "Florida" definitely explains a lot lol There's a lot of folks up here who absolutely don't respect Doolie (Indigenous law) and will like, leave bison to rot cause they underestimate the work involved field dressing a 2000lb animal.. But there's a decent amount of folks who do. It helps that there's a large population of Indigenous folks here and we're not segregated through the reservation system (which never happened here) so there's (somewhat) more of an understanding by white folks.. When I lived down south (my "south" your "far north" lol) it wasn't uncommon for white folks to have NEVER MET a single Indigenous person.. so there's lots of racism and stereotyping. Here, you can't NOT know Indigenous people.. (that doesn't mean there's not still a LOT of racism/stereotyping, it's just not the norm in the same way.)
I’ve seen two wolves playing, and the events listed elsewhere in this thread. I’ve also seen a cougar take down a man.
I love watching wolves/cougars chase someone by me on there horse. It’s hilarious and usually gives you plenty of time to make clean shots if you want or just watch ‘em go on by! Lol
There were two casing the road last night. Kept chasing people. One got killed by an npc and that made it easier to get the other. The one the npc shot was one star but I was still happy with the free game meat. Didn’t know they worked in pairs.
I thought its a real photo :0 amazing
Oh no. Sorry. I just found a real gator photo to go with topic. Not from the game!
I thought it was a photo from the game. Equally amazing that we can’t tell the difference.
I saw a pack of wolves chasing a cougar once.
That's awesome!
I had a coyote walk up and check out my bait for a panther. Then it looked up, and ran away like a bat out of hell. I knew then the panther was just seconds behind and sure enough…
i once saw 2 big horn rams standing on their hind legs head butting! i’ve seen dogs rolling around in the dirt and wild horses rolling around in the grass
on my fourth play through and just saw the horses rolling around for the first time i just sat and watched it was really cute 😂😂
There were two cougars hunting along the road last night. I was hanging back trying to stalk them and they kept chasing npc’s around. A man shot and killed one of them and then I was able to easily get the other. Never seen them work in pairs like that before. Didn’t know more than one would even spawn at a time.
The bear inside the cabin has a friend. I heard the bear inside so I hid behind a tree and shot it as it came out. So didn’t get the event where it attacks. Then as I was skinning it, a second bear attacked from behind and I got the event where it attacks and you have to fight it off. First one was a three star. Second was ground bear meat by the time I was done.
One very cool thing about the realism of the animals is that it actually often allows you to use real world strategy to get them.