Olden Days MuzzleLoader on NE map

[proven niche]

So I'm not sure if I need to use a really specific muzzle loader - not that it says so on the mission - but I downed a male silver moose from about 100m away using the DLC Hudzik .50 Caplock muzzleloader. I assumed olden days mission would accept this civil war Era ML. I used the muzzleloader scope of course and .50 minié ball ammo.

I went to check if the moose was checked off the list (just a moose by muzzleloader and turkey by bow on list) and it was not. I didn't get a complete message either like usually do when you knock off part of a mission.

Have others had this issue? Is there a specific muzzleloader I am supposed to use? Does it just not check off til I bag the turkey or is more bugged than that?
And before I grab a bow for the turkey, is there a specific one on that? I'm hoping to use a crossbow but since it's olden days I'm thinking that won't work. Good thing turkeys are plentiful and pretty stupid.

[plucky anvil]

I used same gun and shot a moose and it wasn’t checked off the mission also

[rapid arrow]

When I did the mission, I used the modern inline muzzleloader that comes with NEM and it worked fine.

[sacred dagger]

killed about 5 turkeys with various bows and 6 moose with 3 on each muzzle loader we have, no progress

@wise prawn long time no see mate, sorry for the tags, just wondering if this and the other issue I tagged you in are known issues?

[sacred dagger]

still have not been able to complete this mission, have tried all of the bows and muzzle loaders

[unborn warren]

So have I, tried 2 different muzzle loaders and 2 different bows killing several turkeys and moose and get nothing.

[real maple]

for me the bow kill got registered
the moose kill using curman or hudzilk did not get registered.

my guess it may be only gold ones are registered.

[real maple]

this diamond moose got registered. i think the harvest has to be gold or higher to get registerd as completion.

[rapid arrow]

Are you actually holding the weapon when you claim the animal? This might have something to do with it.

[real maple]

I was holding the rifle
hmm this means all mission i encounter i have to not only shoot animal with the gun i have to also use it when i am harvesting

[rapid arrow]

There are some missions on ECA that require just this. If you don't have the necessary weapon in your hands when you claim the animal, it will not register. I am not sure if this is the case with NEM as well, but it could be. (It's been awhile since I did those missions.)

[kind stirrup]

use the curman .50 inline as rifle, and not sure for the bow if the 60 65 or 70 lb one was used

[halcyon ginkgo]

I just checked. You need to have that weapon in your hand when harvesting, not binoculars or hunter mate. Also, the turkey can be cleared with a crossbow.

[sacred dagger]

ill try that one ^^^

[fair warren]

Not really. Until this mission and the new War on Pests mission in Emerald Coast, I've always switched to my binoculars after shooting an animal and heading out to recover the body and claim the trophy. For other missions with hunting objective requirements, that has always worked fine, even when the hunting objective was to use a specific weapon.

[real maple]

may be what is last weapon used

[fair warren]

but that is in the harvest screen data, where it tells you the weapon and ammunition used to shoot and kill the animal. Every other detail a mission might require in order to determine if specific hunting objectives were satisfied can be found in the harvest screen information, right? This is a programming error, obvious to any software engineer of sufficient and good experience (such as myself). Think about it - what is the intent of specifying a weapon to be used? How can it mean anything other than 'the weapon used to shoot and kill this animal is the one recorded in the harvest screen data' for that trophy claim? What if I shoot one animal with the specified weapon, but before I get to the body to 'Claim Trophy', I see another animal worth shooting, so I select a different weapon for that shot, kill it, and continue on to claim the first one? Now the last weapon used is not the one I used for this first claim, but the harvest screen clearly shows that I used the proper weapon as specified by the mission objectives. You can kill dozens of animals before claiming any trophies, but each claim will show you the weapon used specifically for that claim, regardless of subsequent kills.