Do note these are my opinions and these are based on my experience in this game these are by no means the best option for everyone this just might give you an idea on what to do

I personally suggest running a bit can help when you start out in finding game just wait for a warning call its best to mainly focus on smaller deer such as whitetail and roe also blacktail seeing you have a call for these when you start out and the 243 can handle them with ease once you hear the call stop running and crouch let out 1-2 calls do keep in mind not every call works for every animal use the bleat call for blacktail and whitetail and the roe deer call for roe deer. It might take a bit but once you have the animal in view wait for it to be broadside place your crosshair behind the shoulder and fire that should hit the lung it wont drop right away but it will go down quickly

*note the sight and sound meter its best to keep those low after you hear a warning call the animal will be attentive for a bit*

This is not call of duty so head shots don’t get you far for most animals id suggest aiming for the spine or lungs/heart you can also make a gut shot and get lucky but be prepared to track for 30 seconds to 1 minute

When I start Id focus on roe deer mainly seeing there all over the place in hirshfelden and can be called easy and can be taken with just about everything so long as you don’t mind loosing integrity rabbit and geese are also easy to hunt and are good for leveling

All guns have there purpose in this game but if you don’t care about the integrity bonus I like using the 270 as far as rifles go and 12 gauge slugs for big game and birdshot from any shotgun for small game

I think that’s good enough if you have any criticism or you just want to tell me that this guide sucks and im a dumbass add me on steam I welcome criticism no matter the race or gender

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