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It has been a long time since I played theHunter: Call of the Wild. Hollow Knight: Silksong and Horizon Zero Dawn kept me busy for a while. The last time I played it, I was exploring the new map called Askiy Ridge Hunting Preserve. There is an Autumn sale going on Steam where I can see the Nepal DLC on discount. I will be buying that.
There are a lot of reserves in the game, which are set in the Autumn season. One of the most beautiful ones is the New England Mountains. I haven't played a lot in this reserve because it doesn't have a lot of big animals to hunt.
Finding animals in this reserve is a bit difficult than most. They blend with the surroundings well. There are a lot of small to medium-sized animals like Red Fox, Grey Fox, Coyote, Raccoon, which blend with the autumn colours of the trees and leaves and are harder to spot in the dense vegetation. I had a very tough time finding these smaller animals here.
The river beds proved to be a bit less challenging. The shallow water is good for spotting Whitetails and Bears who come to the river in search of food and water.
There are a lot of Moose here as well. That's the biggest animal found in this reserve. I found a few females here and there, but rarely saw any males. I loved the landscape here... from beautiful grasslands filled with flowers to dense forests.
It took me a long time to put down my first animal here. A relatively small female wandering in the forest. I was carrying a Shotgun and a Bow with me. I prefer to use the Bow when I am close enough and want to stay quiet. But since there was only one animal here, I went with a slug shot using my 12G shotgun.
Later, I found a nice male as well. I showed a lot of patience with that one and went very close to him. It was only a silver, though. I am still waiting for my first diamond Moose.
I hunted a few Whitetails as well. There was a big herd, but the males got aware of my presence and ran away, leaving the females for me. I shot two of them, but only managed to get one good hit.
The sun was going down slowly, and the rays coming out between the trees allowed me to get a nice shot.
It was getting a bit darker, and that made it even harder for me to spot smaller animals like the Common Raccoon. I had never hunted them here before. These are very skittish and hard to spot. But today, I saw two of them close to the riverbed. They tried to run away, quickly disappearing into the woods. But later, one of them came back, and I took the shot. This was my first Raccoon in the game.
I took some more pictures of the last few rays of the sun. The setting sun in this game is very beautiful. Those golden leaves glow bright during sunsets in this map.
It was a tough day in the game. That's the reason I rarely hunt in this map. Those dense forests are a heaven for the small to medium-sized animals, and they get harder to spot. I like to play it without the HUD, and it proved to be very challenging here. With no track highlighting and sound clues, animals can easily get away from you.
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- Screenshots are from the game, theHunter: Call of the Wild.