I have a question about tracking. I'm only level 5, haven't played a huge amount, but I seem to have tremendous trouble actually locating an animal once I've shot it. I follow the blood stains for what seems like forever, but never actually seem to get closer to the animal that I'm tracking. I must have spent about 30 minutes last night tracking the same animal, and gave up in the end because I found it actually quicker to just get a clean kill on an animal that drops right then and there. It's really putting me off going for the longer-distance shots to be honest. So I thought I'd post up here for some help.
When you track using the bloodstain, are there any suggestions as to when to bother tracking or to leave it? Like, if the blood loss is minimal, is it simply not worth trying to find that animal as it isn't hindered by the wound? What about in terms of chasing it down? I tend to then sprint after the animal, as this is what you'd think you'd have to do to chase down something you've wounded, but is it better to locate the bloodstain and then move slowly after the animal, making it less likely to spook them if they're nearby? Or is it necessary to be able to read from the tracks how fast the animal was moving in that direction and then determine how fast I move from that? Tracking is obviously a big part of the game but I can't seem to find any guides on what I should and shouldn't be doing. The only stuff I can find relates to the original game from years back. I guess the principle is the same but it mentions about how you can naturally level up your tracking ability, but I don't think Call of the Wild works this way.
Many thanks to all who are able to help me out.