very helpful thank you

During my playthrough, after finishing my owl scouting, I'd send in my jaguar in for any good isolated targets, and tell it to stay out of the area when I wasn't relying on him, although beasts CAN be finnicky in close range, so i don't really recommend it if you don't understand how they work completely.

One good tip I can give is to set fire to arrows then shoot them at the wooden posts that the alarms are stood on. Unfortunately I didn't find out about this myself, but I think its priceless to know.

Max out your owl kill cooldown. Get bloodfang sabretooth. Find a place to hide outside of the target outpost. Send in your owl to tag everyone. Use the owl to send your sabretooth in for a kill, then use the owl for another kill. Call your sabretooth back immediately after his kill and heal him if necessary while waiting for the owl cooldown. Send the owl back and repeat until outpost is cleared. You can clear an outpost undetected without moving an inch from your hiding spot.

Obviously this doesn't work in caves. In caves, you'll just have to go in yourself and do some wet-work crouched down with your hunter vision.

thanks!just gonna go mess myself up destroying literal anything and everything for skill points.

sneak up behind them, and run them through with your spear! every single one of them!

I'm not sure "lack of skill" is the problem with people who don't particularly using animals all the time... at least it's not in my case, I think it makes everything far too easy. I suppose I also sorta don't consider hiding in a bush and telling my doggo or a birdo to go kill everything "sneaking".

Well, all that aside, it's also easier to not get spotted if you dismiss the animal. I guess it definitely depends heavily on which animal you bring, but it's more proper "sneaking" when you don't have a beast following you.

...don't get me wrong, I do use them. I just go out of my way to do it both ways, depending on ...what I feel, or if an encounter is giving me too much trouble. They're a cool ability. I don't dislike them at all, I just think they can be crazy overpowered.

Used to stealth a lot in this game, Black Panther is extremely good at it. Legit seen that ♥♥♥♥♥ run into a camp past 15 different people, maul one guy, and run back to me without getting spotted

dont bring pets? bruh i ONLY use pets best strat ever i just sit in a bush thats well hidden and use the owl to send the black jaguar (or bigger things if theres only tank enemies left and i cant sneak kill them) to other bushes then ones its close it attacks then hides again if it gets spotted i send it to a bush away from me if it comes to a cave that i cant use the owl then i use the black lion and i just have it go mad by going in spotting and killing works like a charm and if its about to die i quickly send it away in the menu then call it back and heal it if u play it smart u can never be seen and only resource ull use is meat to heal ur pet or flowers if u arent fast enough to send it away

you can also point at a spot and hit G to tell your beast to hang out there. no need to have them go away, keeping you from having to open your Beast menu.
if you're trying to stealth an outpost but end up getting spotted, just pick someone for your beast to attack and help you.

As Cherry Dude said Animals were LEGIT my WEAPON/Tool I would hide in a bush/area that I'd be hidden Call in my Owl with a " Rare Black Jaguar " the +1 Strength compared to the normal and the fire resistance was clutch and remember to abuse the as long as your crouched your pet will perform stealth kills ONLY.... I've LEGIT taken out FULL STRONGHOLDS AND CAMPS with The Owl + Black Jaguar combo.... and normally if they take they Jag out... its one person left and you can EASILY run up to stealth kill him while he kicking and taunting your down pet...... Its funny how a whole Encampment get taken down by a Jaguar...... if i had a decent enough PC and recording software I could post a video as soon as you can get a Jaguar and hopefully Black Jaguar