Hunting at night and completing some side missions | theHunter: Call of the Wild

Hello, gamers. Welcome back to my blog.

theHunter: Call of the Wild has left a powerful impression on me, I never liked simulators but this hunting simulator has completely changed my perspective on this genre. Next time when a friend suggests me to play a random simulator, I might give it a try.

Anyways, I have been hunting with Bows and getting good at it. Today, I decided to go back to one of the classic maps, the Laton Lakes. This map is perfect for all deer lovers as you will find Whitetail, Blacktails, Roosevelt Elk and Moose. But for a newbie it can be difficult to hunt in as the entire map is covered with thick vegetation, making it harder to spot animals. And you risk spooking animals with your footsteps even before you can see or hear them.

That was the reason I rarely went back to this map and there are still a lot of campaign missions and many side missions left to do. Well, it's time to take a look at them and see if I can do a couple.

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One of the difficult missions was harvesting a Whitetail or Blacktail deer at night. And this has to be done near Cheelah Lake. I had already been to that lake before at nighttime but I didn't have scope or night vision binoculars at that time so I couldn't see sh*t. But now that I have one I can hopefully hunt down a deer.

I reached the lake and heard some animal calls, I knew I was near a small group of deer. I equipped my trusted bow and approach very slowly towards the direction of the calls.

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A small doe peaked her head just over the grasses and she was on high alert. So, I had to draw out my weapon and shot her quickly.

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I forgot to even switch my arrows and it was an overkill. I missed the lungs, heart and other vital organs but managed to get the Spine which is an instant kill from this overpowered bow and arrow.

Even though I failed to get all the harvest checks on this animal, this completed my mission to harvest a deer at night. I thought it would take much longer time but the deer found me before I found them. xD

I saw an incomplete hunting structure and completed it to stand there and spot animals around the lake.

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It was a fairly big lake and bound to have an animal there. Most lakes have drinking zones for animals to drink for a specific period. I was not sure if I will find anyone at this time of the night.

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I did find one, a big blacktail male who is travelling away from me. He was all along which is quite rare for this species. I used my night vision binoculars to spot him and while the spotting outline is still there, I quickly switched to my 7mm rifle and took the shot.

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A missed the lungs and liver and shot just behind those. I did not compensate for the movement of the deer well. Anyways, this would have been gold had I hit a vital organ but silver is enough. Look at the antlers on this one. Impressive! right?

The next mission I took was from Colton "DOC", he wanted me to head to Balmont Lake and take down an animal from at least 75 meters away. I didn't think it was a challenge.

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Baltmore Lake was just 500 meters from where I was, so I sprinted towards it spooking all the animals in my way. I switched back to walking as I was close to the lake so it won't scare off animals.

I used my callers to call in animals, I had three different callers and I used each of them and waited patiently. The weather was foggy so my binoculars were not giving me clear vision but I saw a Blacktail walking towards me.

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I quickly took the shot as I had to take the shot from at least 75 meters away and she was coming towards me constantly. I aimed for the heart but missed it by just a fraction. But a lung shot was enough from my powerful rifle.

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I went there and harvested my kill which completed this easy mission as well. I could have done it in the day, which would be super easy. But the night does make even the easiest challenges a little difficult.

I travelled back to the outpost and rested there to skip the time. I don't like to hunt in the dark. I woke up to a beautiful morning. Perfect weather to hunt.

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I was walking along the edge of a river and looking for deer and Moose. I heard some calls from the distance so rather than going towards it I decided to call them in. I had a "bleet deer caller" which can attract Whitetails, Blacktails and Sika deer from 150 meters away. I patiently waited under a tree hidden from the eyes of my prey.

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Soon, there was a small group close to me. The first ones to approach were smaller Does while Bucks were more careful and did not come close. I had a perfect shot.

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While she jumped and died in the water, others just ran away. She scared them all and that's when I decided to call it for the day.

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There are still many missions left to do in this map and I will complete them slowly but surely. I think this map is very underrated and deserves much more love than it gets.

Thanks for reading...

Until next time...