Buzzards/ Solution to a problem

[doublej]

Well this is sort of an animal suggestion but also a good way to fix a problem.
The problem is if you shoot something and have trouble finding it. on The ranger forum I had got this idea and posted it in one of my topics in there, but I figured by posting it here also more people could see it.
here it is:
In Real life if you shoot an animal in and end up not finding it most hunters look for Buzzards over the next few days. Especially when it is a Nice buck. By looking for buzzards you can usually find that deer (or wounded animal) and atleast get the horns. Of course this only works for big game. So the idea is lets say make time that the animal goes away to atleast 30 minutes, and at about 15 minutes have buzzards circle the sky. And then at the last 5 minutes they go down and quickly eat away until its gone.
So this will help you find an animal, but also if you get there in the last 5 minutes you will not get the full reward since the buzzards damaged it. I'm not sure how practical it is to implement this idea, but I think it would be a great solution to the problem.

[Buc Cyberslayer]

Hi doublej,

I think that's a excellant Idea Let's add a variable how about Coyotes? That's been my experiance here at home. They usually get too a deer quicker here. But I'm sure that varies depending what part of the country your from.

[doublej]

Hi doublej,

I think that's a excellant Idea Let's add a variable how about Coyotes? That's been my experiance here at home. They usually get too a deer quicker here. But I'm sure that varies depending what part of the country your from.

Yup yotes are also a good idea! We have a few down here, and they will go to gut piles sometimes. The hogs even do it also..

[MonacoSteve]

But for the means to find a carcasse, the buzzards are much better, because you could see them from far apart circling in the air. A coyote would not be much easier to find than the dead deer itself - unless the dog is barking and howling the whole time...

[doublej]

But for the means to find a carcasse, the buzzards are much better, because you could see them from far apart circling in the air. A coyote would not be much easier to find than the dead deer itself - unless the dog is barking and howling the whole time...

Exactly, coyotes should go to carcasses to (because they do it in Rl) but that would be different then the point of adding buzzards . The buzzards main thing is to help locate a downed animal in a realistic way..

[Buc Cyberslayer]

But for the means to find a carcasse, the buzzards are much better, because you could see them from far apart circling in the air. A coyote would not be much easier to find than the dead deer itself - unless the dog is barking and howling the whole time...

Exactly, coyotes should go to carcasses to (because they do it in Rl) but that would be different then the point of adding buzzards . The buzzards main thing is to help locate a downed animal in a realistic way..

I agree in part as we know Deer are most active in the early morning and late evening. So your going to spot Buzzard's in the morning too late afternoon generally not at dusk or dark. It's been my experience here at home that when Coyotes are trailing a wounded deer that they do in fact (howl and yip the entire time) and they are still quite vocal when they have there prey down.

Coyote are generally most active at dusk and through out the night, you do see them in the day time, but they are more nocturnal as a rule. So it would be realistic to have them trailing a wounded deer in the evening. It is quite common behavior and it can be a aide in helping finding your game. So basically that's why I think Coyotes would be good too add, in addition too Buzzard's in the daylight hours.

Don't take me wrong. I'm not saying this happens every time someone wounds prey but often enough to consider adding it to too this Sim.

[Micah77]

Wow, this is a really interesting topic! But i'm going to have to say that this is something that probably needs to be on the lower part of the 'to do list'. I really think its a great idea and would be awesome to see in a game, but i just don't feel its a big need at the moment.

Haha but as i do think about it, it would be awesome to see crows circling the air after shooting a deer some days ago. I've had that happen in RL numerous times. Definetly something to consider in the future!

[Foxhunter]

What about having the ability to purchase a dog ( dachshund etc ) for tracking wounded game ? I know in real life dogs like these are like gold after you have shot something and then lost track of where the wounded animal fell or wandered to. Not sure how this would work in the game setting but i wonder if it is something developers would like to include? Same goes for gundogs and retrievers for wildfowl and small game.

[jatk92]

i believe that the buzzard idea is a great idea. i'm just spit balling here but if the animal lays around too long another animal like bears, wolves, foxes, etc will find them and eat the so what you could do is if the animals is not found in a certain amount of time (like 45 mins or so) there becomes a chance that a predator will eat it and you lose your trophy. it will increase the desire to find your trophy in a hurry and add a realistic challenge to this game.

[Bigfoot86]

I agree with jatk92 on the idea of having another animal destroying your animal if you are not capable of finding it in a respectful amount of time, it would increase the idea of making sure of clean shots and make it more realistic to real life hunting, any more here you have at most 3 hours to find your animal before the wolves get to it then good luck getting your trophy from them and if you manage to then there will be basically no meat left to salvage, also if you include wolves into the map that will take out your wounded animals buzzards and ravens fallow predators around so you could also bring the idea of the scavenger birds in to give you a small chance to gain part of your trophy before it is completely destroyed.