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Ha brilliant - I literally was just at that location tonight and having said I never see many deer together, I saw 4! All females though which sucked, comedy timing though
 
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Gave this a go for an hour or so last night. Didn't find anything, but was surprisingly nice wandering around. Very pretty game.

Hope there is a way to change mouse sensitivty though (not tried to find out yet) as it's quite sluggish - especially using boniculars.

FPS hang around 30 at 1920x1200 with 4xAA and 16xAF and everything high, which seems to be fine for this game.

Hopefully will have time tonight to try and find something :)
 
ffallic said:
Hopefully will have time tonight to try and find something :)
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Good luck. For your first kill, I'd suggest going to the first tower to the south (from North Lodge) by following the road, don't cut through the trees. Run 3/4 the way, then walk/crouch and finally prone crawl the last 200m or so into the tower.

Once in the tower have a scan around and if nothing in sight, use the deer call every 2 mins or so. Keep an eye on HM and wait for a call to be picked up but also use the binoculars. There's usually life around here but if you've not spotted anything within 10 mins, move on and repeat elsewhere.

Main thing to note is wind direction (for them smelling you) and the noise you make. Always make sure you've got your gun loaded before you get to the tower, not when you're ready to pull the trigger.

Tracking at the outset can be hard, particualrly if you haven't got a feel for when you need to prone, wind, how the binoc's relate to the HM map etc.

The above tactic is pretty dull, but it will almost certainly deliver a kill. Alternatively, you may hear a call on your way to the tower so you could lure them in from there.

Good luck.
 
thecremeegg said:
Ha brilliant - I literally was just at that location tonight and having said I never see many deer together, I saw 4! All females though which sucked, comedy timing though
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i like as i got up to him he was still alive then hes looked round and dropped his head and died :D

where they where on meadow and in tower if you pan right in the little bit of forest is a elk hotspot! so when in tower look at that right side.
 
I've decided that my game download was corrupt, and for some reason the model for a deer hasnt downloaded.. 4 hours playtime no and not 1 deer, I have tracked deer down for ages on 3 red dots and nothing, NOTHING!
 
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i like as i got up to him he was still alive then hes looked round and dropped his head and died :D

where they where on meadow and in tower if you pan right in the little bit of forest is a elk hotspot! so when in tower look at that right side.
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Ah ok I'll bear that in mind as I'm yet to bag a decent elk. And yes that was amusing the way you killed him by looking at him - ugly mug or something? ;)
 
AH....I just downloaded the torrent...and installed. It then still trys to install the game through that emote launcher? Where have I gone wrong?

Do I need to move the installed stuff somewhere?

repost....:p
 
FINALLY got a kill, then had another !

I didn't realize they run off then die, i shot and thought id missed. It was just pure chance that i ran into two dead deer and confirmed my kills :D

Off the mark, yey.
 
I think the male mule deer have becme extinct. Spent hours tracking them only to come across a single lonely female even though there were loads of tracks. Did come across a whitetail which i managed to bag though. Still only ever see 2 turkeys in all the time i've played, both times when i was tracking a big elk.
 
Well after going the snails way with the download, after 30 mins on the island I've bagged my first kill....female mule 70.7kg :D
 
Today's News
Making of theHunter, pt 3!

Wednesday, 22nd April 2009

Check out the third video in a four part series 'the making of theHunter'.

The series interviews Avalanche studios about their involvement with theHunter and the amazing 3D landscape technology that has made theHunter the most realistic hunting game you will ever play.

To view part three (and parts one and two) just head over to our video page.

Also today, here's an interview with the Development Director of theHunter publisher Emote Games, in which the main topic of conversation is theHunter!

http://mmohub.org/news/we-talk-the-hunter-with-emote-games/152/

Happy Hunting

TheHunter Team
 
Today's News
New Daily Competitions for All

Thursday, 23rd April 2009

We are very pleased to announce that a new in-game Item Store is coming soon to theHunter - and from today you can win money to spend in it!

On April 23, 24, 25 and 26 there are daily prizes to be won.

The daily winner in each category will receive 150em$ to spend in the Item Store when it opens!

That's -

* 150em$ for the best Mule Deer score, daily
* 150em$ for the best Whitetail score, daily
* 150em$ for the best Turkey score, daily
* 150em$ for the best Elk score, daily

PLUS there’s a 150em$ daily lottery that anyone can win, just by going hunting that day!

We'll tell you more about the Item Store next week, and describe some of the awesome new equipment and weapons that Guests, Wardens and Members will soon be able to get their hands on.

Meantime, sign-in and get out into the EHR every day for your chance to win.

Happy Hunting

TheHunter Team
 
I shot an elk and it got away. Was walking about for 30 mins or so then came across it looking at me. It then died and rolled down the hill :p

Had a good hunt, got 5 kills, none of them male though
 
I'm getting to the stage now where I'm not killing everything I see. Leaving the females alone altogether now, I just track/spot/follow them to build up my stats and practice sneaking around with out disturbing them.

And because of this I seem to be doing better at a coming across decent bucks with nice big racks. I think if you keep shooting at everything you see you're going to end up scaring off the better kills.

But saying that if I've been out a while and am getting to the end of a hunt I will always try and bag a least one kill and what ever I see next if the one that will get it. :D

Had a couple of real annoyances last night though. :(

Saw the red glow of a track near a bush, started walking over to it and thought 'hang on, that bush has antlers!'. I then noticed that a decent sized buck was laid their sleeping. I froze on the spot wondering whether to take a quick pic or just pull the gun and shoot him and in that spilt second he woke up and legged it. :(

I lost track of him but soon spotted another decent looking kill about 200ft away, nice and open with a clean line of sight for the shot. I took the shot, hit him and he started running. Legged it after him, tracked a few splashes of blood and then saw the body. Got within a few foot of the body, little red light pops up on the huntermate to confirm the kill and .... bam! my guy falls asleep, hunt over, no confirmed kill :(

Went straight back in and ran to where I am pretty sure the body was but either I was in the wrong place or it resets when you go back in but I couldn't find it. grrrr.
 
Got my 2nd kill last night....another female. Took almost an hour to get this kill :)

Would have had one earlier on but missed....lol Don't know how it was only about 50m away :eek::rolleyes:
 
A few things if you're not already aware...

Crouch/prone for a better aim and remember to hold down space to hold your breath.

Check where they where stood to see if there is blood, as you may have hit them anyway.

If they've run they should have left tracks whether you hit them or not and you can catch them up again.

Also, remember your stats get updated pretty quickly on the web site, so you can quickly tab out to check your hit accuracy for the current hunt to see if you hit it or not.
 
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