#🦌︴great-ones
full cave
strong thorn
Thx
tribal pawn
Brow tines or eyegaurds is what they are called
strong thorn
We call those defenses
full cave
Interesting
strong thorn
Thanks for clarifying
full cave
🙂
strong thorn
Most mule deer pics we've sent have terrible brow tines
tribal pawn
Mule deer aren't known for their eyegaurds they usually are small and alot dont even have them
Biggest brow I've seen on one was 8" tho
3"+ is real good
full cave
Yea
The way they are on cotw are so weird looking
strong thorn
All right, but the models from CotW should then just be wider with longer tines
tribal pawn
Cotws muleys look nothing like them
full cave
Yea
tribal pawn
Forks are disgusting general rack sizes also disgusting then you have the curly brow tines which is not realistic in the slightest
full cave
Indeed
tribal pawn
And mule deer can get 40" wide so I'd like to see a big male with that size of a spread
full cave
I like the look of velvet mule deer too irl
This was a decent velvet mule deer I saw in Colorado behind a hotel
Bedded down
strong thorn
Rest zone next to the lodge
full cave
😂
strong thorn
That is how a small level 4 should look like
tribal pawn
lvl 3
hollow mountain
No lvl 1
tribal pawn
no
full cave
Big racks are alright...? they dont really look like mule deer though.
full cave
yeaa
strong thorn
Lvl 2 equals a 3year old deer
full cave
scrap the level system and make it age classes already darn it
tribal pawn
The lvl 5s are only a 3yr old deer in trophy areas lol
full cave
Yep
If they could nail it like classic mule deer but a tad more original that would be perfect.
full cave
hence why i said original.
Had a nice one walk in looked pretty thin we all said 220s at most
nope 244.802 #1 lb
Only thing thats different is spread.
full cave
That should be a level 2 or 3
warm spade
so red deer great ones would make sense, for them to pick an animal that is on multiple maps, and it's on 3. mule deer are on 2, including the newest one so also a good pic.
violet schooner
@warm spade it could be more than one it could be none
warm spade
true, i sort of assumed they would add fabled one species at a time and one of their recent streams they said something about the fact that they aren't sure how they should do it, if they should announce it or if they should just add it and wait for the first person to find one and say, "yea we did that"
they did they if they announced it would be ... "hey we added it, go find out which species"
lime oxide
@warm spade or they could pick an animal that is not on many maps or is a region exclusive and use that to their advantage. Like make a GO reindeer, that'll atract hunters to that region as I barely see anyone play on Medved, and it'll get more people to buy the DLC for medved, just to find the GO reindeer
warm spade
i assumed they would do the opposite, but white tail are only on one map so that could be
red deer are on the "other" free map, so maybe they won't do it that way
lime oxide
But i would like a GO red deer though. Level 9s look hella big, i can't even imagine what level 10 would look like
warm spade
oh i know, i haven't even killed a diamond but i got a few level 9s
lime oxide
I have yet to see one in game. Ive been getting a whole bunch of 7s and once a while a 8, but ive been out of luck for any 9s lol
warm spade
my only diamond, is a goose i got day 1 of having the goose pack
inland orbit
Someone posted it on Zaggis discord
This one is definitely legit
But it looks really ugly
violet schooner
That’s one of the coolest racks I’ve seen, it looks more realistic than other racks to cause of the size and stickers
inland orbit
But this one is the most realistic so far
violet schooner
Only realistic thing is the drop tines
fossil spear
unrealistic that both antlers look almost symmetrical
strong thorn
Get that hacked thing out of here
strong thorn
I'm just kidding, but real talk we don't even know if that rack is really on the game
fossil spear
I mean i'm pretty sure its against the rules to post any modded in animals now
inland orbit
My god, you will probably never see animal like this again, even devs won't show you new go racks. This thing is super super rare so why cant people even see what to look for. Thats weirdo
fossil spear
super super rare is an understatement
you have around the same chance of winning the lottery and having one of those spawn
ocean orchid
Someone posted it on Zaggis discord
@inland orbit Bro I posted it here as well.
In trophy shots
ocean orchid
Thanks mate
fossil spear
lucky to get yours after they fixed the rack variations
ocean orchid
true. The grind took me an eternity though.
fossil spear
theres probably people out there who got theirs early dreading how they used up their luck
inland orbit
@fossil spear yeah so why the hell its against the rules to post possible rack variations. People won't even know what to look for and if it worths. Very stupid rule
inland orbit
Yeah not asking, just saying
fossil spear
but they made a big deal about it the other day when people posted a bunch of hacked in animals
strong thorn
I'll start my grind today, I'll keep record of everything, hours, WT kills, how many rares, how many diamonds
And when I get a GO I'll post it with the stats
ocean orchid
Best of luck to you @strong thorn . Hope you get it faster than I did!
strong thorn
Could you possibly send me a picture of your map to see where to put my stuff?
Please
ocean orchid
Sure but every map is different. You'll have to find your own zones.
strong thorn
Right but It will give me a head start
ocean orchid
no problem
strong thorn
Thank you man
ocean orchid
here you go. Marked down my zones too. The red circle is where I found the GO. Not that I think it really matters
strong thorn
Thank you very much
tribal pawn
Theres atleast 10 other drink zones for em that are not marked on there. When I was grinding for them (while they were broken) I found nearly 40 different herds/singles
full cave
Fr
strong thorn
I'll use this ones as a skeleton for my set up
ocean orchid
@tribal pawn As I said before every map is different. I know there are more/different zones and they occasionally change too but those are the ones I hunted in the end. If you had 40 different herds you are just very lucky I guess because I estimate like a max. of 25 on my map. And believe me I checked multiple times very throughly. 100s of hours for sure.
wise crane
I have only 22
ocean orchid
Yeah thats more realistic than 40 haha
tribal pawn
was just a heads up there are most likely a few herds you are missing
ocean orchid
high lake is a pain in the asss to hunt so I just didnt mind the herd there. I had no more on Balmont 100%
wise crane
I had nothing there but doesn't matter he got the GO still
ocean orchid
there is a map somewhere on the discord that has almost all zones marked down. Is literally almost at every body of water tho. Id always just suggest to check everything. Thats what I did. Multiple times actually. Whenever I felt like my zones were less productive I rechecked the whole map.
Theree is a non marked lake in Layton Lows too
tribal pawn
ye and worked real well
it seems like the more you find and kill the more zones start to pop up i would take a break from grinding bucks and wander into areas i havent been/ hadnt had herds and often times id discorver some
ocean orchid
yeah but I feel like theyy arent new herds most of the time but rather old herds that relocated
tribal pawn
they wont relocate unless their zone has been deleted
ocean orchid
Some zones just stop spawning animals sometimes, even without big hunting pressure.
Eventually the zones will disappear
I only noticed this happening since the GO release though
tribal pawn
yea weird things happen to zones when GOs spawn it seems
most people that have gotten one say that ive noticed
ocean orchid
not just when it spawned. All the time randomly.
but since the release of the GO
maybe a change was made to zones then
strong thorn
I've noticed that since the change of the nervous state animals won't always respawn to the same zones
ocean orchid
jep that might be it
strong thorn
Same area but switch zones
ocean orchid
another weird thing i noticed was when a zone stopped spawning bucks sometimes shooting a doe made them spawn again. I dont quite understand how that works tho
strong thorn
Any other tips?
ocean orchid
when you skip time the animals will need a while to get to their zones but thats probably obvious.
I felt like most of the bucks respawn when you wait like 4-6 days.
Most inportantly keep at it. Took me forever. Dont lose hope
wise crane
In my experiences some bucks respawn the day after, i think It depends of the zone, some zones take more time.
I think when that a zone stops producing bucks that doesn't mean they dissapeared, they just respawned in another random zone, that explains why a zone that always has 2 bucks suddenly has 4 the next day.
When you kill a few does from a zone without bucks, the game balances it respawning a couple bucks from anothee zone that had more bucks than average.
ocean orchid
yeah thatss my theory too.
finite jungle
Technically you can have a silver scoring GO
strong thorn
ocean tulip
You’d just have to pelt the GO with a .22 until it died or something like that
strong thorn
Yeah but why?
full cave
Technically you can have a silver scoring GO
@finite jungle no, no matter how harvest checks you fail it still will only drop to one tier, so gold
finite jungle
Oh
Well with that being the case, wouldn’t it be diamond if it only drops one tier?
full cave
Well with that being the case, wouldn’t it be diamond if it only drops one tier?
@finite jungle from what I heard it’s actually gold, flinter said it in a video. Just word of mouth though, never personally seen a messed up GO
sharp junco
There have been several messed up
100% they turn into golds is old news
But i still dont get how 1 can mess up a shot on a GO
Rly angers me
lime oxide
Buck Fever
wise crane
Messing up a GO = instant retirenment
sharp junco
I swear i wouldnt play cotw ever again if i would mess up a GO
You will prolly find like 5 or 6 until the next GO is released if there finally fixed now
strong thorn
If anyone can catch them all is you
ocean tulip
Its kinda easy to mess up a shot if the animal turns around right as you are already clicking the mouse
marble citrus
strong thorn
You can simply not claim the animal and re load the game
strong thorn
Yes
grim dome
Nice
strong thorn
Yes show us
See 2 believe
And you have to tell the whole hunt story
After the pic
Or fake
@forest marlin
forest marlin
Srry my phone was dead, I was I could show u
But I shot it a Balmot lake
That huge lake, used a tripod, and I killed I guess around 200 White tails
I played for about 5-6 hours today
And idk what to acctually tell u
lime oxide
You could show us your latest harvest screen, it will be on there
tribal pawn
^ Or in your lodge
finite jungle
^or in the trophy manager
forest marlin
Kk I will when I get on
strong thorn
Did you picked it up?
forest marlin
stuck karma
Did you get it
tribal pawn
Yay we have another liar here
wise crane
Liar boi
twin cedar
If u dont show the harvest history and the whole trophy shot then u are full of crap and lying to try and make yourself look cool@forest marlin
ocean tulip
The trophy is almost always in harvest history
Also why is the harvest screen cropped?
tribal pawn
To hide that he didint kill it ofc
strong thorn
I don't believe you and I wanted to 
fossil spear
somebody cant lie very well
violet schooner
Yes they can but that’s not a good one
strong thorn
If I get that rack on my grind I'll keep grinding
fossil spear
Gunoil you pretty much contradicted yourself in only 9 words
"they can lie well but they can't hide their lie"
strong thorn
Don't shower poop on him when the bull is elsewhere
twin cedar
Hes so full of it he has nothing but minecraft and fortnite clips
stuck karma
Who
sage sparrow
ice @stuck karma
stuck karma
What
sage sparrow
His name is ice
violet schooner
Ice
stuck karma
The faker
sage sparrow
Yes
stuck karma
Ok
full cave
I feel like he got that pic from when EW showed off the great ones 🤣
strong thorn
I really love the idea of a GO without grinding
I love the idea of them not telling us which one is next
Gives me butterflys in the stomach but also it gives me anxiety
prisma siren
when you try to lie on the internet
sudden garden
I cannot imagine what it's like seeing a GO. I nearly shit myself over a diamond grizzly once
prisma siren
im not into cotw i just came here to see the liar
teal oasis
How do u know he lied
neon cedar
How would you even know if a GO is spawned in your map? Also, are they even more jumpy and cautious than regular diamonds?
neon cedar
I'm aware
strong thorn
If you spook a GO chances are he runs straight to you
heady lintel
Great Ones have heightened senses. More so than a Diamond.
violet schooner
@heady lintel diamonds had heightened senses
heady lintel
Over gold sure. Great Ones have heightened senses over Diamonds.
strong thorn
Says who?
prisma siren
the moderator
heady lintel
The devs have said it.
"Great One has a new difficulty of 10 - Fabled, which means its senses are very sharp (although there's still balance between species, so a level 8 lion will probably have sharper senses than a level 10 deer)"
prisma siren
makes sense
strong thorn
So GO whitetail deer is like a lvl 5 diamond?
heady lintel
No, it's like level 10 fabled. LOL
How smart are they compared to Diamond? Who knows, but they are.
strong thorn
Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
Not sure diamonds are really sharper, a bit yeah but you can get them as close as you need them
Any given specie
I'll accept it for now but I'll run my own tests when I got one on my map
full cave
No, it's like level 10 fabled. LOL
How smart are they compared to Diamond? Who knows, but they are.
They are compared to diamonds
sudden garden
How hard would it be to make really smart AI animals?
strong thorn
Really hard but maybe not smart as much as realistic, in CotW an animal can "see" you even if his back is turned , the wind is going your way and you are not making noise
sudden garden
Yea realistic
Make the game (both meanings of the term) feel alive
Most herbivores have godly peripheral vision
strong thorn
True
And predators have mostly enhanced senses
When I get a GO on my map I'll make tests and put them on youtube
pliant oak
i think they try and keep the balance to a enjoyable rate. classic i think the animals are slightly more keaner on their sense rate. big whitetail in classic 200m out looking straight at you like 👀
reminds me of a story by abslayer. in real life after a big whitetail for years knows exactly where he goes how he approaches the field same spot all the time. in his view where the whitetail stops is a little tree. just marring the nice shot on the whitetail when he stops there. so one day he nips the offending branch off so next time the whitetail goes back he can nail him....the whitetail never came back again..😁
strong thorn
So, just for the record a lvl 4 diamond is dumber than a lvl 5 diamond?
heady lintel
As long as the animals senses are tied to the level and not the medal, yes. Only a dev could answer that with 100% certainty though.
tribal pawn
Idk seems very random depends the species
Like a bighorn only maxes at lvl 5 but they by far are the most skittish, wary animal in the entire game
full cave
All the animals have different senses but x species a 5 should spook easier than a 4
strong thorn
I would love that devs answered things like this, I love the AI's of CotW and have made some experiments but I don't think I could have a diamond amd a GO on a single map
I don't have that kind of power for restrain
strong thorn
Okay today I hunted side by side a diamond lvl 3 musk deer and a lvl 5 reindeer and I got up to 12 meters from the musk and like 50 from the reindeer
So everything that you guys told me appears to be true so I apologize
warm spade
i have a hard time getting high levels to spawn anymore lol
warm spade
i killed all the male level 7 red deer and such and now i have a ton of 5's lol
full cave
Unfortunate
warm spade
killed all the level 7 8 and 9 lions and now i have 6's lol
full cave
Doubly unfortunate
warm spade
i am keeping at it... not discouraged lol just amused
full cave
Maybe your next diamond will be a rare too
warm spade
i got a level 7 albino water buffalo
i have a diamond cinammon teal and goose lol those are my two diamonds
strong thorn
KILL ALL THE MALES
strong thorn
That is the best way
ocean tulip
I remember the same level 9 Red deer kept spawning at a lake 3 times.
pliant oak
has anyone any proof that fast forwarding 4 days works ? after slaughtering males. doing the grind myself noticed on one group with females that no males are respawning with them
ocean orchid
Sometimes that happened to me as well. Sometimes shooting one of the does will cause the males to respawn again, sometimes there just wont be any. I don't really know how that works. Also I noticed males of some herds respawn faster than of other. But for me waiting 6 days respawned pretty much all my males.
pliant oak
when you waiting for 6 days are you going 6 times round the clock or...1 day let it start then doing that six times ?
im trying to dial it in so we know what works what doesnt 😁
ocean orchid
I just went 6 times round the clock.
I sometimes had the feeling reloading the map helped too. Like just travelling to another map and back, but that might just be my superstition haha
pliant oak
yeah just trying to work out if its even worth doing 4 or 6days
or if it even has any effect
ocean orchid
well I felt like it did help. But saying that I didn't always do it. And sometimes after waiting only one day bucks had also respawned. So can't really say for sure. But as I said, I felt like different bucks toock different amounts of time to respawn.
pliant oak
yeah its hard trying to work out what works and what is just hearsay
think its about 1 in 1600 chance of one spawning isnt it ? sure someone posted something like that
realistically even if grinding you gunna kill 50 - 100 whitetails a day if hunting all day
50 is more likely than one hundred
pliant oak
while doing this grinding im coming to the conclusion that fast forwarding time might be pointless
which in a way i dont think is right. as time should effect hunting pressure. animals would over time come back to a area
also noticing some whitetails are not respawning.
so the 50 -100 a day grinding would become less and less the more you do it
so to kill 1600 if it is 1 in 1600 chance could take months
hunting all day every day
right lets see when gos came out
12 weeks ago 😁
so based on flinter bagging about 1600 before getting one thats if he started day one of release 200 whitetail per week ever week until he got one it was basically 8 weeks after release
@fallow owl did you start day one of release on grinding for whitetail GO ? trying to work out how many are needed per day to get one 😁
neon cedar
wouldn't it still be random to have a GO to spawn within those 1600?
strong thorn
AotA says that if you kill most of your males is more likely for them to spawn in less time
Its just luck I guess
AotA says that if you kill most of your males is more likely for them to spawn in less time
That has worked for me so far
fossil spear
There's always the chance of never seeing one
It does all come down to the magic of rngesus
pliant oak
yeah should be a chance but there will be a percentage number at min that the system says hey lets spawn a go 😁
so if you kill the amount needed you should 100 percent get one spawn
pliant oak
you killed 2500 when did you get the GO
also time you were spending per day basically im trying to put together a proper go hunting guide with actually factual data that works
there is a lot of hearsay we need to dial in whats true what isnt
strong thorn
I'm counting my kills on paper and my hours in some what accurate way too
wise crane
There Is a guy who needed only 600 kills
full cave
I got pretty lucky and killed my GO on my third grind
I probably only killed 200-300 whitetail bucks
finite jungle
How long does one grind take?
full cave
I took about 4-5 hours per grind
But my reserve doesn’t have that many bucks which was kinda the funny part
My first grind I shot a 260s buck in calburn then came back to that same spot on third grind and he respawned as GO
wise crane
Damn
full cave
And I think I killed it on May 1st
fallow owl
@pliant oak yeah, tho i really didnt narrow down my spots for at least a week. For the other question you had, I was cycling 6 days, but I stopped doing that. My runs went like this: Start at 12:30 - shoot all bucks by fast traveling to all the different tents - then go to a lodge, change the time to about 12:15 - exit to desktop - open game again - and I would walk to my first spot, which took around 5 mins, and that got me to about 12:30 in game, and usually that was enough time for the deer to be in their zones
full cave
Hi flinter🙂
fallow owl
Hey
full cave
You’re GO kill video is my favorite video
fallow owl
Thanks haha 🙂 I have to go back and watch it every now and then still. It was such a cool moment. I just realized what ur pfp was lol xD nice
full cave
Hehe 🤣
ocean orchid
@pliant oak yeah, tho i really didnt narrow down my spots for at least a week. For the other question you had, I was cycling 6 days, but I stopped doing that. My runs went like this: Start at 12:30 - shoot all bucks by fast traveling to all the different tents - then go to a lodge, change the time to about 12:15 - exit to desktop - open game again - and I would walk to my first spot, which took around 5 mins, and that got me to about 12:30 in game, and usually that was enough time for the deer to be in their zones
@fallow owl Thats actually pretty close to how I did it too. I cycled the six days occasionally when I felt like I disn't get enough bucks. It always did feel like they respawned after that, but as I said maybe it just feels that way. But yeah. Also started all my hunts at about 12:30, proceeded pretty much the same way Flinter did. I sometimes restarted the game but I have the feeling that just changing the reserve away and back to Layton had pretty much the same effect. As for time invested I am not really sure. I had some 2 hour grinds but also some like 5 to 6 hour sessions and a few even longer.
fallow owl
I believe you’re right about changing maps actually
vast geyser
When you guys get your respawns, are you getting bucks on most whitetail zones? I'm ~150 bucks in, and it seems like no matter what I do, whether it be cycle 6 days, switch reserves, shoot other species, relaunch the game, etc, I'm only getting buck respawns in 3-4 spots at most at a time. It's really putting a damper on it for me when I can't find anything to do that will consistently get me even half of my respawns at once
full cave
Yea it just seems to be the lottery style system. Of odds are 1 in 3000 you play 3k times eventually you'll win. Or you could be 9ne of the lucky few who play the lottery for just the second time you could win.
pliant oak
cycling time has no effect
also thanks flinter @fallow owl for your input same @ocean orchid
tribal pawn
100-200+ whitetail kills a day is also very doable lol
pliant oak
you think it is until you do it
also the delay of them respawning
also finding them
time doesnt effect respawn either
so cycling 4 -6 or whatever days doesnt make them respawn
so your first few days you may hammer them maybe get 100
then show your following days
think logically
100 for eg is the max when they dead you have to wait for them to respawn
so you cant shoot 100 again
if you understand what i mean
100 isnt the max but im using a number to respresent it
so basically the amount you can shoot daily drops off the more you do it
because you waiting for respawn
so simply put the numbers will go down and down each day you grind 100 - 80 - 60 for eg until respawn occurs but if you always shooting them how does it go back up to 100 ?
tribal pawn
I literally have already done it tho. I was shooting 150-250 each day...
pliant oak
just males ?
tribal pawn
98% were males
pliant oak
with no drop off ?
tribal pawn
What drop off?
tribal pawn
There is no respawning delay if you shoot enough males
tribal pawn
No. They will already be respawned in if you kill enough of them without changing time or leaving game
vast geyser
About how many were you set up on to not get a respawn delay? How many bucks per run?
pliant oak
this is what we need to find out and how the balance is achieved
as 150 bucks would probably be all of em in every place
tribal pawn
Depends but usually 30-40 bucks per run
pliant oak
so most of the zones would be screwed
so you shooting 2 males roughly a spot
and not changing time
tribal pawn
Some zones have 1 male some have half a dozen average is usually 3-4
Atleast on my map all maps are different
vast geyser
I'm set up on 10 zones with 32 total bucks. I usually get 8-10 bucks per day. If there is a number that you can harvest per day that prevents respawn delay, I may hit it soon. I'll pay close attention to it because that would be crazy helpful info
tribal pawn
I'll also try to see what the exact number is when I grind again after they fix the GOs
tribal pawn
Depends ik after my grinding I had nearly 40 different drink zones with about 5 feed zones I hit up regularly but usually you dont have that many untill you shoot alot of them and they start respawning to other areas
strong thorn
Okay so dang it
vast geyser
I would bet there are at least 3-5 more hidden somewhere for you. Unless all 7 of those herds are the massive ones with 5+ bucks
tribal pawn
Guarantee theres even more
vast geyser
@tribal pawn So you just shoot, rest to the next day, repeat? No closing games, shooting other species, switching maps, etc?
tribal pawn
Shoot untill ik every buck on my run is dead or atleast 90% of them with resetting back to drink time whenever I run out of that time
Nothing besides shooting whitetail never leave the map untill I was done for the day usually
vast geyser
Appreciate the info, it makes me think I actually have a chance. I'm tracking every buck I shoot at each spot in an excel file hoping it would help and so far it really hasn't. Only interesting thing is my one big herd with 7 bucks in it, hasn't produced a single buck over 83 kg in almost 50 harvests from it
tribal pawn
Dang. Well tell me if ya have any luck I wont be trying again untill ik they are fixed for sure atleast 2 racks are spawning now atleast so better chance than last time
vast geyser
I must have missed something, what's wrong with them?
tribal pawn
So theres supposed to be 6 different GO racks spawning but before the last update only one was spawning and the others were just over 100kg lvl 3 diamonds
Now there still are over weight bucks after the last update but there has been atleast 2 of the racks killed now but still confused on those lvl 3 100kg+ bucks
vast geyser
Ahhhh I had seen a few people post over 100 diamonds, but didn't realize those were supposed to be GOs.
tribal pawn
Ye
strong thorn
I know there must be like 15 more zones next to the river but its hard to put a stand in those zones
full cave
Use tripods dragon. Stands are unfortunately pretty useless in the game. Either theres no good trees around or IF there is the " beaver" will take ur stand down almost all of the time. Ive got a pile of tree stands that just sit in my inventory.
Yep what @tribal pawn said. I had been an extreme pest about the GO and got confirmation from somebody at EW that if you had the last update that all issues with GO were fixed. Thats not the case at all. Ive shot WT over max weight after the update. There's issues that EW doesnt even know about I'm guessing. I'm not a game designer/developer,whatever you want to call it. But my best guess is theres something wrong with the programs they use to test the product. If they test it and they say its all good but when released the players find all the flaws,thats the only explanation. Wished they listened to the Ayers more cause after all we put in the hours using their product. One example we players kept telling them over and over Elk and BT were broken and they kept saying we were wrong,and in the end,what do ya know they were broken.
strong thorn
Use tripods dragon. Stands are unfortunately pretty useless in the game. Either theres no good trees around or IF there is the " beaver" will take ur stand down almost all of the time. Ive got a pile of tree stands that just sit in my inventory.
@full cave I use them but on the edge of the map is hard either way
vast geyser
Has anyone else had something like this happen? My GO hunting was going as normal, harvesting 10-15 per run. Then suddenly it just flipped off. My last 6 days have combined for 8 bucks, with 5 of those coming at the same spot on the same day and 3 straight days with no bucks. I didn't change anything but have since tried waiting multiple days, hunting other areas to see if they moved, shooting does (getting doe respawns fine..), hunting a different map, and letting myself afk in the map for 9 hours. I'm dumbfounded at this point, any buck seems as rare as the GO currently. Is this normal, or is my population screwed?
pliant oak
they will probably just be in a different location dont expect them to return to where you shot them. also swapping time day or days makes no difference to respawns
i know what you talking about im doing it myself at the moment. i have a kinda idea whats happening but im just trying to nail the processes before saying if its correct or not
vast geyser
Pretty annoying if I have to change my whole setup after only ~200 bucks. Weird that the does would respawn in the same place and not bucks, but I'm going to spend a few in game days looking around now I guess. Also throws off my spreadsheet of what I shot where if they did. But I know Flinter had his herds move so obviously it can happen
vast geyser
I just did 3 in game drink times searching - zero new zones, and I'm now at 1 buck spawned in my 13 normally hunted zones in the last 4 days. At this point all I can think to do is hunt other times/species and see what happens, because I've tried every trick I've heard of and I can't get a buck to respawn. Just when you think you have things figured out a bit...
full cave
Yep. Thats the way it goes @vast geyser. Of you I my have 13 drink zones on gour map Id continue searching every inch of water on your map. I know all maps are different but you should have a lot more undiscovered zones. Ive got at least 30 on my map and k ow of others who have close to or 40 drink zones. And sometimes the bucks are at a zone but they maybe back in the brush where you can't actually see them. I have that happen all the time.
If you only *
Oh and another thing,sometimes a herd maybe consistently showing up at day 1230 but other times they may not show up until say maybe 1330. Have had a herd that was supposed to be at their zone aroumd 1200 but didnt show up until close to 1400. So different times also afect the herds too
pliant oak
times are very important and to experiment
pliant oak
hmmm isnt the max weight for whitetail 100kg
well i nailed a 105kg diamond
yet it had a normal rack
strong thorn
Ye they're broken
wise crane
Ye, that is a broken GO
strong thorn
I think its good they arent as common but diamonds shouldn't go up to 105
neon cedar
it's cause 2.0 needs to be tweaked
restive briar
I'm in agreement. ^ Not a fan of all the numbers and decimals (fine for truscore). Makes it hard to remember what's what.
full cave
Indeed
neon cedar
They could've just taken the quick kill bonus out, and add in the vital organ requirement, and best scoring system
full cave
Yep. I gave up wasting time on the GO chase until they fix it. But will take several months till that happens.
Whats funnier still is you guys are playing the "updated GO patch" and its still broken.
full cave
Just meaning they insist the last patch fixed the issues but they don't realize whatever it is they "fixed" had no affect. Thats the funny part. They dont actually know what the problems are with the game until we complain enough. In the meantime they say they double/triple checked everything and makes us feel like we're imagining thin gs. Lol
Would say that you should post that in bug reports @pliant oak if you havent already. Probably wont help but proves that there's still issue with GO
full cave
@pliant oak I'm certain that whitetail are having issues with what you posted. They mentioned a while back they had to change something with the old great ones. That being said an old great one on your map that wasn't shot before the hotfix was to be an overweight level 3 buck. I've reset my pop after the hotfix took action. Still ended up getting an overweight level 3 buck. So the issue still occurs. Now that I think of it. The great ones have multiple racks (or that was the plan) however I've only seen 2 unique racks posted since they were released.
restive briar
Many of us have mentioned issues with whitetails since the GOs were added. My entire herd management system essentially went down the drain because of it.
wise crane
Hopefully we get a real fix the next update
restive briar
Doubt it. I reckon a lot of these "issues" are planned features to make hunting more difficult.
I also believe there's been a hard limit on the number of diamonds, golds, silvers, etc on a map. Also a recent change imo. I spent months grinding my whitetail herds (before GOs) so that most of my bucks were around the 220-230+ range. When the update finally dropped though I noticed the new respawns were essentially going back down to low level 1s.
So there's def been tweaking done on their side of things.
pliant oak
just have to wait and see whats what
just hoping that wasnt my GO or that could be another few thousand before i get another chance
tacit latch
Finally after killing a couple at max weight and a couple over max, finally got this guy a bit ago lol
sage sparrow
Harvest history?
tacit latch
Why would anyone lie about getting the Great One lol
plain raptor
That rack is beautiful
tacit latch
Thanks!
violet schooner
Why would anyone lie about getting the Great One lol
@tacit latch you be surprised the stinginess of some people
fossil spear
there have been a TON of hacked and fake GO's in this chat. some people are just suss now
sage sparrow
Yeah people are liars sometimes, Congratulations tho dude!
plain raptor
People want their 5 minutes of fame so badly that they would lie about a game deer just to get it
strong thorn
They do
Also people who want to troll experienced people into thinking they got a GO
full cave
Sweet!! Congrats
tacit latch
@pliant oak I actually got a diamond earlier in the day there while running drink zones
@full cave thanks man
@strong thorn I see, that's terrible
strong thorn
Tell us the hunt story please 
So you had a diamond and a great one in the same map?
full cave
I’m a little late but congrats on your Great One @tacit latch
tacit latch
Yeah I was running drink zones and got a diamond at same zone earlier in the day.
@full cave thanks
full cave
What area of the map?
tacit latch
He was at border of willipeg and high lake right above that ground blind along the river.
full cave
Cool
strong thorn
Dude tell the story as a hunter would, "it was a foggy morning in Layton" and all that
sharp junco
It prolly was a annoying repeat of the checking the same spots over and over than he spotted it either at some drink zone or walking around then he either just shot it from the drink zone or followed it until he had a good shot then he shot it
Reee
strong thorn
That's zero fun for a once in a lifetime deer
tacit latch
@sharp junco actually your pretty spot on lol
strong thorn
sharp junco
full cave
The overweight buck I had respawned from a diamond, probably should have been a great one and now it's back to square 1 on the grind.
The odds of a diamond respawning after another diamond is pretty unlikely. Thats what leads me to believe it should have been a GO.
strong thorn
Yeah because GO spawn after diamonds more often than not
ocean tulip
Man I’d love to get a GO but cotw is a game that I just cannot grind
wise crane
Yeah, my first overweight also respawned from a 100 kg diamond
pliant oak
just gotta keep at it.
smashed a load more just hoping i get a good respawn
not done bad this week with the grind ended up with two diamond whitetail and a big albino whitetail male
restive briar
I know someone killed a lower level male and had the GO spawn from that or so he thought anyways. They're in the Discord somewhere. If that is the case then GOs work more like a rare fur type, imo, then hoping that a diamond WT respawns as a GO.
forest marlin
Boi, when I posted my pic of my Great one, everyone been hatting on me calling "its fake"
But
When dis other dude comes and posted his pic everyone all silent
restive briar
Because he showed his entire harvest screen and harvest history. While you shared a cropped image of a GO.
ocean orchid
My GO respawned from a random low tier buck too
And I had one over 100kg diamond as well that also spawned from a random low tier buck.
full cave
My GO respawned from a 260s buck
restive briar
Seems to me that GOs are indeed classified as a fur type if any ol' buck can allow a GO to spawn in or maybe there's another factor to them involved that we aren't paying attention to.
Hell, maybe everything is considered random at this point. I do believe there's a hard limit on the number of trophy scoring animals allowed on a map at any given time.
strong thorn
Hey people with GOs who has the biggest one?
wise crane
@forest marlin thats flinters GO, what a liar
strong thorn
Yeah show the shot
violet schooner
@wise crane almost everybody knows already from his first time he lied 🤥 because he never showed the shit and it matched flinters
full cave
same tracking distance same weight same score same horns
lol
i guess the technical term is antlers but still
violet schooner
But still he’s a lier
strong thorn
And now he won't even defend his case
neon cedar
didn't everyone call him out when he posted the same picture
full cave
yes
neon cedar
lmao
full cave
Not really much to defend
violet schooner
Very yes
strong thorn
If you gonna lie at least you can rant to make it fun for others
neon cedar
ikr
violet schooner
Let me guess he forgot to tax it to cuz he was to excited
full cave
I did that with a coyote once :(
strong thorn
Things like that could never happen ever
full cave
Wasn't a diamond though
strong thorn
On a GO
full cave
If I forgot to taxi a GO I would cry tbh
strong thorn
Can happen on diamonds tho
But you could go to your lodge right away
If you hunt a GO and don't inmediately go to your lodge to check it out, did you really hunted a GO?
Its literally the mayor trophy on the game at the moment
violet schooner
Idk did that guy really drive up on the four wheeler and take your diamond
violet schooner
This guy posted a clip in the Xbox cotw club where this one dude drove up on a four wheeler and took a dudes diamond springbok,
strong thorn
Damn sad lol
violet schooner
Honestly that makes me more mad than hackers
Because, really you’ve gotta take off from another dudes harvest because your to lazy to find your own
strong thorn
Like how desesperate you have to be to steal a dead diamond
violet schooner
And it was back with consecutive so the dumby messed up the diamond as well
pliant oak
i once forgot to taxi a albino blacktail nice buck so it can happen but on a go it would crack me 😂
violet schooner
Ron would pull a Tyler one
pliant oak
i do think its not just big bucks it respawns off either
full cave
So far what’s the biggest GO y’all have seen posted
violet schooner
750
full cave
650 or 750?
violet schooner
Jk
full cave
Oh 😂
violet schooner
More 647 ish I think
full cave
Oh well mine might have the chance of being the biggest it scores at 658 😲
violet schooner
😋
full cave
tribal pawn
@forest marlin just leave please, liars like you are not liked
full cave
Hey AOTA what’s the biggest GO you’ve seen posted so far?
restive briar
Mine was 642.4 so you def got me beat.
tribal pawn
I haven't payed attention to scores on them so idk
full cave
From all the "hacked" ones posted it seems this original GO is the largest of them all.
strong thorn
Ugh its the ugliest
heady lintel
@forest marlin Post the full photo uncropped.
full cave
@full cave from every GO I’ve seen, hacked and not hacked, that’s the biggest variant. There might actually be a 700+ score but I don’t think so
Cool
cold marten
700+ GOs could exist, but knowing the rarity of them already it's unlikely anyone will find one any time soon
full cave
That would be crazy to see
Can’t imagine how big that would look 👀
My favorite variation is like the 400
merry sand
any trick for the fabled ones? shot so many whitetails and like 8 diamonds but cant find him
strong thorn
Shoot 13 diamonds
That is the magic number, after that a light comes out of the cavern of layton and a monster buck emerges on the search for blood
And after killing a GO from each specie Bigfoot is summoned
Jk
full cave
@forest marlin what @tribal pawn said. Please don't try to claim other people's kills as your own. It's not a good impression you want others to think of you. 🙂
here's the full screenshot (of Flinter's great one)
plain raptor
Smh
woeful lark
bruh
strong thorn
@forest marlin literally got called out by the mods
violet schooner
People Lying like this makes them look pathetic
hollow mountain
It’s weird how he only got a 200 session score too. I’m surprised they didn’t make the GO a 1000+
strong thorn
Session score is worthless
violet schooner
^
vast geyser
Over 300 bucks in and I hadn't seen a diamond yet. Then suddenly I get 2 level 3 respawns in the same herd at the same time, and they are both trolls. Gotta love it!
strong thorn
Troll lvl 3? Lets see that
vast geyser
I'll SS the second when I shoot it tonight. They were 308 & 307 for high end of estimate which is just below what it takes for diamond. Didn't shoot the second yet because I wanted to make sure I got a good shot on it
vast geyser
Well I must have either been blind or something went funky, because I went back for the 307 and he was then a 318 that make diamond by quit a bit. Probably user error. Still neat see a diamond and a troll level 3 in the same herd from respawns
wise crane
They change their TR when you restart
ember nest
vast geyser
Huh, not sure how I didn't know they changed on a restart. Wouldn't have taken that first troll then. Good to know thanks
merry sand
where can i see all the hacked great one racks?
heard there are 6 different racks
where can i find those pictures?
full cave
Id k. They were posted but people complained about the GO being "spoiled" so they were taken down. I don't understand why cause SRP is "spoiled" for all of us who have to wait another 2 weeks to play.
heady lintel
They were taken down because they were hacked into the game.
full cave
Who knows what's "legit" anymore. So many people use hacks/mods/cheats,whatever u want to call it and post their stuff.
upbeat agate
agreed
full cave
Right! And their pics stay up. Id k just sayin.
restive briar
They should've been spoilered instead, imo. So only those who click the spoiler can actually see the pics. It's user discretion and their own fault.
full cave
Totally agree. Would say the same about anybody posting SRP pics too. Just being an almost 2 month difference between release of SRP to pc and console players
heady lintel
They were removed per the rules.
" k- Share Images of, or discuss cheats, hacks or Mods"
strong thorn
what where?
full cave
Agree with you pic. Not debating that. Same should go for the pics of animals taken with hacks/mods/cheats.
Not hard to tell out fake stuff
Because usually there taken with a 243 soft point in a area with no trees
There’s really not a lot of hackers, just 1 main one who posts shiiii like mad
2 actually
That’s were 99% of hacked pics come from
400 deer in 5 hours? Doesn’t seem to hard...
Lol actually
Maybe a lil hard
But in 6 or 7 hours that’s easy
astral helm
You'd need to be killing at least one a minute to do that
astral helm
You'd still need to kill about one a minute to do that in 6-7 hours lol
full cave
But yeah anyone with 2 hours in the game can figure out when there’s a hacker
Exactly @full cave.
The point being people do that but their pics can remain but other hackers are removed.
And there was a person from DD33 server who’s pics got posted in here. They weren’t even posted by him, just dd fan boys. They said they were just sharing, not even saying it was theirs and also said it was probably hacked
heady lintel
If it's a clear case of hacking, it's removed.
full cave
But not talking about that 🤫
That means the animals have to be at each and every spot every time to achieve that. Thats impossible being that they do move and arent always at the same place at the exact same time every time. Theyre just cheating.
Everyone got pissed cause the racks that weren’t spawning we’re spoiled haha
GO racks
They might be spawning now
Yep!! They may or may not be. We've seen 2 of the variations spawned. Who knows until we see them all spawn if all the variations are working properly.
Exactly @astral helm. Killing 1 deer per minute every minute is impossible
I’ve seen like 6 GO variations
Well without cheating g that is. Lol
Yes we've all seen the 6 variations. But only 2 that are known to be taken without hacks.
That have actually spawned without cheats.
@full cave two have been confirmed to spawn in legit, the other 4 who knows what's up with them.
There not “fake”
strong thorn
In a spot you can kill 5 in 1 minute if you have a weapon with little recoil
full cave
yeah but to continue that for an hour is impossible
strong thorn
5 in 1 min then 4 minutes later another 5
Etc.
I mean, close to impossble
Probably cheating
strong thorn
Ok got it
heady lintel
@full cave Ok but..... Where did someone post "how they take 350-400 deer in less than 5 hours and posting their pics" ? That was your argument and I don't see anyone saying they killed 350-400 deer in less than 5 hours and posting photos of it.
full cave
Yo the great one caribou can just have a red nose lmao
heady lintel
I wouldn't mind seeing a few different ideas used on the same species. Like adding a half rack to WT GO's for example.
tribal pawn
Should just be a special rack not necessarily a GO imo
hollow mountain
Should just be a special rack not necessarily a GO imo
@tribal pawn A special lvl1 rack maybe?
tribal pawn
Ye
Tho its usually old bucks that are like that so maybe lvl 2
Since lvl is based off weight they say
hollow mountain
Really? Here where I live our spikes are the young bucks. But then again I haven’t seen very many spikes so
tribal pawn
No I mean those giant spikes
strong thorn
They get pretty big since their racks can pierce the other deers heads
tribal pawn
4-10" spikes are usually young bois but those big ones in that picture are definitely old
hollow mountain
Ohhhhh yea yea, my bad, I forgot we were talking about the big ole ones😂
strong thorn
Yeah like real 2 pointers
tribal pawn
I have a 2 point muley in my room that has as big of a frame as my 160"
Big 2 and 3 points be epic
strong thorn
Yeah but nobody really wants to hunt one
tribal pawn
I put it in #🥩︴irl-hunting
hollow mountain
I’d 100% go for a 2 point mulie like that
full cave
Are there any other Great ones besides the whitetail?
plain raptor
I haven’t seen any other big ones other than whitetail so pretty sure it’s just them
But if there were more that’d be cool
analog flower
No new ones have been added yet. They will put in patch notes "Great one added" when they put new one.
strong thorn
^
pliant oak
or will they....i wouldnt say anything and just add them 😁
just say a new great one is out
merry sand
3 new whitetale drink zones on my hunt for the great one, maybe interessting for you that there are so many on the side lake
full cave
You got some perk points and skill points to spend ^^^
merry sand
@full cave yeah i know ^^
maybe there are even more on the sides, had to stop playing for now
vast geyser
Finally got my first 100 kg on the grind (forgot to tax it of course, realized about 10 harvests too late). Interesting thing was it was a spot that had never once had multiple bucks at it, and the next day there were 3 bucks there. Probably just a coincidence, but still noteworthy
twin cedar
How do u forget to tax a 100kg withetail
vast geyser
I was in a groove. Shoot, harvest, enter data into my spreadsheet, accept, and repeat. At least I probably won't make that mistake again haha
full cave
enters data dang max weight WT just like all the other wt I’ve shot nothing out of the ordinary here
pliant oak
i dont think it matters what whitetail you shoot
its just the luck of the respawn
about 500 whitetail in now
full cave
I heard that the animals TRY to respawn in the same weight class soooo
I think shoot all the big guys first, but I’d do that either way
median spire
So, if I open my map to multiplayer in order to expedite the genocide of whitetails and spawns, will the fabled one spawn in multiplayer? If someone shoots it while on my map, do I miss my chance?
wise crane
Yes, don't risk
vast geyser
Yeah and also they will no doubt destroy zones. And you won't even know if your map spawned one and someone else got it
terse rain
Ha das funny
merry sand
why? i shot already like 10 diamonds of my own map since great one added and thats first max weight, so next should be great one
vast geyser
Some people have said they got a GO after a max weight. But I promise it's not guarantee. My last 100 kg came back at a whopping 81 kg, which is better than any of the next 11 that have respawned there
terse rain
Oh, you just sounded like it’s a guarantee and it’s going to happen. Just because you get a max weight doesn’t mean anything
wise crane
Most will respawn a lot smaller
vast geyser
I am over 500 in and track each buck at each zone. There is slight correlation of respawns being similar to the prior buck, but it is very slight.
pliant oak
im about 700 whitetails in now
just gonna shoot 85 -100 kg now see how it goes it deffo gets harder the more you grind
vast geyser
It most certainly does. Spots get hot and cold, and after awhile they seem to be much more likely to be cold. I noticed a big drop off at about 250, and there have been points where I wanted to just reset my population and start over
pliant oak
well im on my 2nd week of soley hunting for the OG whitetail 😁
currently on about 700 whitetail
just got my 2nd diamond
so yeah this weeks been tough
fingers crossed we get a nice whitetail spawn off the diamond
neon cedar
good luck man
main berry
@pliant oak ive saw you mention you dont think fast forwarding days actually works. Care to explain?
pliant oak
it would be too easy to get round
kill animal just fast forward
so i dont think it plays any part
probably more than likely when you close or change reserve and back it probably checks your whitetails
if less than whatever amount it puts one in
thats a guess
it may just check all the time
who knows 😁
vast geyser
I've tried the fast forward 6 days plenty of times too. Never noticed any difference than if I just went to the next day. Some zones get hot and you can shoot all the bucks, come back later the same day and they will be respawned. Others stop completely, some consistently every few days... Basically in over 600 bucks now I've learned very little 🤣
visual forge
you dont go by "days" per say in cotw
the purpose of the time is to obviously change it to time zones and for just making it night and day
but thats all it functions for, doesn't change respawns or anything
pliant oak
does anyone think there could be changes to make the Great Ones better ? if so what would you change
reason im asking is im making a video on the whole aspects of hunting them
finite jungle
Drop tines/more pronounced drop tines would be cool
full cave
Longer tines would be nice too
pliant oak
what about how you go after getting one ?
finite jungle
Like not relying on respawns for one to come in?
I’m not exactly sure how else they would do it without making it too easy
pliant oak
yeah thats the tricky part
finite jungle
I could see maybe they already spawn in but their senses are jacked up super high and they spawn in a difficult area for shot opportunities so it’s just a really difficult hunt
pliant oak
basically was seeing if you could come up with a way that removed a lot of the luck aspect
i myself prefer skill over luck
finite jungle
It would be less grindy
full cave
Kinda crappy pic but this be nice is to add more length to the g1s g2s and g3 tines get rid of some of the junky tines and add drop tines, make the crab claws bigger and add a little junk but not all over the antlers like there already is already is. By the way green stands for taller tines and red is to get rid of the junk
All those junk tines do make it a bit much imo
finite jungle
Maybe to remove at least some luck factor as to finding it, maybe have the game give you a little message when it spawns in and it gives you the region it’s at
finite jungle
Like you’re just chillin then you see Great One has spawned. Location: Layton Lows
finite jungle
Imagine the adrenaline as you freak out when it comes in
And then you go to that area and search for it for several hours
full cave
Classics look crazy lmao
That variation just looks like a typical with a shit fuck ton of points
finite jungle
I agree the racks could be a bit more non typical in appearance
full cave
Classic you take one look at it and your like yep... thats a non typical.
supple tulip
Well that isn't the only rack
finite jungle
Classic this, classic that
full cave
bruh
ngl the other racks are fire
Here’s something random. I wonder why cotw don’t count brow tines as a point for whitetail
They dont...? odd.
supple tulip
Those are farmed deer
lime oxide
But doesn’t mean it impossible to grow such antlers
sturdy minnow
Yee most wild whitetail don’t have access to enough nutrients like the farm whitetail do, plus their genetics as well
full cave
these are all “wild” bucks. They can get as big as farm deer.
I dont know what you guys are talking about, they clearly do get as big and wacky as farm bucks
sturdy minnow
Ya idk what you talkin about HV but whitetail that live in the wild can’t ever get as massive as a farm raised whitetail, they can definitely look pretty wacky but never as massive and as many points
Pretty positive the record whitetail killed not behind a high fence had 47 points
sturdy minnow
Geez jus wonderin how his reaction was when he put em down lol
finite jungle
Farm deer really do be lookin like they have 🍄 on their heads
full cave
you do realize that not every farm deer looks as odd as those right?
I’m pretty sure people would rather the buck I posted over the mushroom lookin buck anyways lmao
supple tulip
That isn't the point
Objectively, wild deer simply have not been able to reach the sizes farm deer are able to be bred to
That is the conversation that transpired
full cave
I didn’t say it was, that’s just something I believe.
supple tulip
Fair enough
finite jungle
Well if you want to be like that
some farm deer appear to be oddwhen they are fed certain diets. And of these occasional farm deer, a fewappear have have antlers in the shape of a mushroom
however the mushroom deer is not representative of all cervids raised on a domestic farm
Better?
full cave
once again, I never said that it was lmao. But yes, that is much better
astral helm
I think a lot of those farmed deer also have extremely high protein diets in order for them to convert energy into antler mass
I'm pretty sure that if you took wild bucks and fed them the same diet, they'd produce antlers comparative to the farm bred animals pretty quick once they started producing F1's and whatnot
full cave
The free range natural bucks that are as big as farm deer are way more impressive. I agree with HV.
yes
thank you
strong thorn
Farmed bois be gross
full cave
There's a lot down in "corn country" not as many but thats what makes them impressive and an "achievement" so to speak. Anything killed thats kept behind a fence is weak.
^
You can put out protein and corn obviously for the free range bucks. It’s not like they have to be on their own
I hate people who shoot farm raised bucks. It’s way too easy, and then they brag about the 20 point nontyp buck they killed with a rifle from 30 yards out in the first 5 minutes of “hunting.”
Right. And the biggest thing is that these free range monsters are out there. There's way more of them out there that never are actually seen. Theyre so smart and thats how they get that big.
full cave
I don’t think Eypick knows much about what he’s talking about
sturdy minnow
Yo what’s up HV
I was typin but I wasn’t gon say anythin since you said it’s your opinion
full cave
If youre trapped behind a fence obviously you can find them and kill them. Theres many free range bucks that are out there that are just as big but if somebodys lucky they'll find their shed or the skeleton after its died of old age.
sturdy minnow
Can’t dog on people’s opinions
full cave
exactly
that’s all Eypick really does
I’m perfectly fine with deer being bred to maximise antler growth for velvet and stuff (long as it isn’t harming the deer) but shooting those things nah... that’s just shitty there’s no skill in that....
I'm not dogging an opinion. I just live in whitetail country and know that there's many,many free range WT that are as big if not bigger than some of these farm deer.
sturdy minnow
But from what I’ve read you say they look better yes “Wild” whitetail obviously look a lot more better to me than a farm raised but what I said is that the farm raised jus get a lot more massive in sheer mass and points
full cave
True tdog
The biggest whitetail in history probably would of been wild... we will never know though sadly
sturdy minnow
Yee back in the ol days definitely sum big ol boys
full cave
yes
You got that right sol!! That's why im obsessed with WT in the game but more so in real life. They're so hard to find and one of the biggest "challenges" as far as big game gies in North America. I love em!
as do I
with the exception of farm deer
😂😂😂
sturdy minnow
Ehh whitetail are pretty easy down in south Texas
full cave
the worst part is that people have to pay 15+ thousand dollars to walk outside and pop one in 5 minutes
sturdy minnow
For real tho
full cave
Then try to take on the challenge of chasing one of those monsters with a bow. No bigger challenge IMO
We’ve been breeding them for like 150yr...? Though the big boys are fairly recent probably less than 20 generations
Yea I have no respect for people who do that. Theyre not considered hunters in my eyes. Anybody can do that.
ahem Keith Warren
The animal has no chance
well that’s because it stands there expecting you to hand feed it
and then you shoot it and call it a “trophy of a lifetime*
sturdy minnow
Oh I’ve been settin up me a challenge, I have this buck for the past 3 years now that is about 22in n up but only comes out at night but last year I had a camera were he came out in the mornins at this certain spot next to our lake so I’ve been settin out the pit him down this year
full cave
Yep pretty much. Or it just goes to the feeder. Just lame
Nice!! Good luck dawson!!
^
sturdy minnow
Much appreciated, once I get back up to my ranch I’ll shoot a pic of him
full cave
nice
And thats just it. The monsters usually only move at night. Lay in the thickest,nastiest cover no human would tred into during the day. Thats why few people ever see them. Theyre kind of like big foot 😂😂😂😂😂
Exactly
finite jungle
Honestly eventually I want to buy some gear for night hunting see if I can find any of the big ones coming around
full cave
Eypick has no idea what he’s on about, there easily could be some monsters out there that are too smart to go out in the open During the day
finite jungle
Wait what about eypick can I get a tl;dr?
full cave
Farm raised are bigger.. usually, they have more potential
full cave
here we go again
finite jungle
So if you have a farm deer in a state with bigger deer, then it’s probably gonna be bigger than a wild deer in a different state with smaller deer
full cave
they’re also ugly as hell
I'm saying, there are more big farm raised deer, than big wild deer
we don’t know for sure
the big wild deer are smart as hell, and they don’t come out to feed during the day. They don’t make stupid decisions.
finite jungle
Yes. Farm raised deer are made SPECIFICALLY to have large antlers. Wild deer have large antlers if they survive and grow. A farm deer doesn’t really need to survive as hard
So they can technically be the same size but a farm deer is more likely to be bigger than wild, statistically
full cave
yes
full cave
Yes we def dont know for sure. Were comparing apples to oranges. And yes OOFIE is right. I live in northern MN and theres some giants here but not nearly the numbers compared to even southern MN where theres tons of corn,soy beans and other crops they can fill their fat bellies with
yes
I’m gonna go now, someone tell me when Eypick starts up another pointless arguement
finite jungle
But it’s like 99% of farm deer grow to be monsters
And the chances of a wild one becoming a monster before it dies in a fight with another buck or is hunted by a predator or dies of disease is like1 in a million
supple tulip
Hmm?
full cave
And nobodys taking into acxount that farm deer are fed steroids and hormones to make that happen.
supple tulip
Why are you such an ass about me, HV?
supple tulip
Lmao
full cave
hmmm I wonder why
finite jungle
So like what’s the problem with Eypick then? The farm deer are, logically, bigger than wild
supple tulip
Because I disagree with him
full cave
not anywhere close to that lmao
supple tulip
Might be a misunderstanding
full cave
No, not that we disagree
supple tulip
As emotions can be misunderstood with typing
full cave
we’ve had that happen before
supple tulip
Aye
finite jungle
Emotions can be very misunderstood with typing
supple tulip
Lmao
full cave
Oop
supple tulip
It got deleted
heady lintel
How about we just stick to #🦌︴great-ones
finite jungle
Yeah GOs
full cave
Cotw gay
👀
^
Id disagree that the chances of a free range deer becoming as big as a farm deer is 1 in a million. Again there tons of them out there that are never seen or found
thanks to the devs
finite jungle
I want a moose GO tbh it’d be neat
supple tulip
Moose nontypicals are metal
finite jungle
Yo why his face look like a turtle
full cave
Basically the GO is like the real world chance of anybody seeing g a free range monster WT 😂😂😂
finite jungle
First pic
finite jungle
Bear size rabbit
supple tulip
Rabbit Great One would have Shope Papilloma virus tbh
finite jungle
Still dies to the .22LR
full cave
Fukin jackalope up in this bitch
supple tulip
@full cave
full cave
Ok now I’m gonna go cya everyone
supple tulip
See ya
full cave
Finally, shit..
finite jungle
Adios
full cave
Hahaha yes!!!! A rabbit GO should be a jackalope!! Agree with @full cave
finite jungle
Save the cryptids for a Halloween event guyssssss
supple tulip
That is essentially what shope papilloma virus does
finite jungle
Wait if we’re talking about classic then we should talk about it in a non-COTW channel
finite jungle
Still funny to me
full cave
Imagine creeping around and you look over and see a massive 8 point NONTYPICAL jackalope!!
finite jungle
“Oh haha what if I put these antlers on a rabbit that’ll be so funny”
and imagine the horror when the taxidermist realizes that people believe in it
supple tulip
Lmao
Pretty much, Oofie
The Germans did it as well
Bavarian taxidermists made the Wolpertinger
It's just a mess of local small game with some antlers
But a jackalope multimount would be pretty funny
strong thorn
Thanks I hate it
supple tulip
Oh you should see some of the other shit taxidermists make
I'll post some in #🦝︴off-topic
full cave
👏
clear current
Thats sick congrats
wise crane
Thanks
I leaved the grind after getting diamonds over max weight but when smOke got his i realized It was possible to get one
That Is around 3200 wt killed in almost 2 months with a break of 2 weeks
full cave
Holy! Congratulations welcome too the GO gang
strong thorn
@full cave you have one? I always forget who has one
full cave
Sure 😉
ocean orchid
@wise crane Awesome you finally got it. Well deserved. Congratulations. Glad to have reinspired you.
full cave
Congrats @wise crane !!!
wise crane
Thanks!
clear current
Should i be killing every buck in a herd or should i leave the really low 1s ?
tribal pawn
All bucks
wise crane
All males must die, just be careful with the hunting pressure. Prob killing 3 per run is a good idea
clear current
Ok thats what i been doing some herds have just been respawning with only females so i though i was doing something wrong
Yeah i got tripods near all my zones
I started 2 days ago and this is the best respawn ive had so far
strong thorn
No, peacock has to cooldown his luck
visual forge
@wise crane congrats homie 👍🏻
sharp junco
dont have the motivation to play enough to get enough cash to set up my map atm XD
violet schooner
I have 3.6 mil I’m good until srp comes out
strong thorn
I got 10 tripods and like 15 tents
violet schooner
I have some and I could get even more
strong thorn
Goose hunting or buffalo massacre am I right?
sharp junco
im too broke to tax stuff XD
pliant oak
what did the GO spawn off @wise crane
wise crane
Not sure but prob he came from a big lvl 2 that i got near that zone.
pliant oak
have you got the hunt history for the last few whitetails you shot before him ?
interested to see if it was off a low class or diamond
wise crane
Is full of other stuff now, still the buck that respawned the GO wouldn't appear in the history cuz i got the GO at the end of a run, like 50 bucks later.
feral silo
Has anyone else noticed that the amount of bucks spawning decrease drastically after you’ve been grinding for a while? I used to average around 28-33 bucks per run when I first started, but now I average 15-20 after about 5000~ whitetail harvests... Really hope I find the big guy soon!
visual forge
yeah
layton used to be covered in white and black tails
but i did a huge sweep
n now i only got moose
feral silo
Glad I’m not the only one. I thought about resetting my map, but it would be such a hazzle to find all the drink zones again 😅
full cave
@feral silo Whenever It did that for me, I did a new sweep around the map fopr new zones. More times than not, the WT had found new drink zones to use instead
feral silo
I just did a sweep along the east coast, actually! Found 3 new zones in an area I had never checked, but I'm not allowed to place more tents on my map, so I had to remove the tent from a zone that sometimes spawn bucks, but mostly not. I really wish you could place more tents so I could cover every single zone, but oh well!
@full cave
hazy helm
feral silo
Nice one 👌
full cave
That's a very decent size
lime oxide
This is definitely going to be a GO moose, it screams fabled
full cave
God, imagine that beast coming out of the woods.
full cave
That would be sweet. Its def time for a new GO. I just hope they make it so its an animal thats on multiple maps such as red deer as an example.
Ive been grinding for a GO and I'm so sick of Layton. Lol same scenery over and over again. Burns the map out.
supple tulip
@visual forge @full cave