#Quail

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limpid quarry
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I've suggested this during a live stream but with no response, the quail are not realistic right now, quail are birds who flush out and scared you in real life because they take off from right under your foot/dog, while ingame i see even the developers on stream shooting them with .22 100 meter out, please it could be the funniest thing to hunt in the game if they just randomly flush from under your foot or your dog. I have once stepped on a quail while hunting, without even realizing it because they don't fly out until they see they've been found. It is supposed to be hunt with birdshot 10-50 meter, not 100 meter .22 !

rich sage
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I agree with you, although the Difficulty system of the animals determines the range of the senses, I think that the Quails and Pheasants should have some "Sight and Hearing" removed so that they emulate a more realistic behavior, currently they detect us at a distance of 100m, which does not give chances to shoot them with shotguns

bright ember
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I usually chase them to the end of their home range to try and get them to fly back towards me 😂

limpid quarry
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it would legit be the funniest thing to hunt in the game if it worked like it does irl 😄

random walrus
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Agreed!

inland radish
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Also we need to really hear quail and other upland birds when they flush ... Especially quail As the OP states they stay grounded until you are almost on top of them. It would be ultra realistic to be running or walking along only to have a covey of 5 - 10 quail flush up all around you... If you never experienced that it will startle the crap out of you ... Please implement this as it would be so immersive ....

inland radish
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Bump for Bob Whites

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vast solstice
rich sage
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I still don't understand why the first system that the Pheasants had when Rancho del Arroyo came out was removed, the one where they ran briefly and stayed under a bush until one kicked them, it was great...
Why don't we go back to that one?

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# vast solstice Did u kill the quail u stepped on?

Most Of Them Actually Don’t Let You Get That Close. Almost Any Quail Or Quail-Like Animal I’ve Ever Tried Hunting Waits Until I’m Around 10 Meters Away, Then Flushes. Chukar, Pheasant, Gray Partridge, California Quail.

inland radish
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In my experience the temperature seems to have something to do with how close they will let you get before flushing... The colder it is the more they seem to hold in cover. As it gets warmer they will flush a little further out. But never more than shotgun range which is 40 to 50M. I have also seen quail run instead of flushing ..... A good dog will let you know when they are running .... increased hunting pressure and predation will also affect their tendency to flush quicker

vast solstice
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vast solstice
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Bump

rich sage
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Bump

nimble kiln
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I need this in my life

rich sage
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Is the old system back?

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vast solstice
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Sometimes they still do it. But idk, I haven’t played cotw since the new dog release

rich sage
rich sage
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Now let's wait for the Quails to also use the system :/

inland radish
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would like some verification from the devs if they have adjusted bird behavior or not ....

remote vector
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I have very low problems with the quail now if you don't run thru the field but go normally (like irl) they flush very late sometimes even am I in the middle of a flock.

rich sage
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Bump

rich sage
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There was no mention of changes to the quail system?

inland radish
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It seems like the change was made only with Pheasants .... They need to change on the quail AI to hold longer as well .... Also quail are more of a communal bird than other game birds and when they flush you will have several birds flushing at the same time givening that characteristic flushing sound you get when they all take off at the same time

Imagine quail hunting with 2 or three friends with dogs ... the first dog to point becomes the lead and all the other dogs will back or point to the lead dog .... Good bird dogs are trained to do this so that the birds are not flush prematurely

Once the covey is flushed then each hunters own dog will retrieve any birds that its owner shot. In this way there could be a competition among the hunters .... Great Fun !!!!

inland radish
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@limpid quarry Needs to be a thing .... suggest title change to Quail AI Rework .....

inland radish
limpid quarry
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lol 🤭 i havent played cotw pretty much since i made this post

inland radish
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Im going to try and resurrect this zombie then ..... was hoping the pointer would make things better but they are still messed up ...

karmic apex
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inland radish
karmic apex
outer sigil
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I've messed around with quail and pheasants irl and something they'd always do is hunker and when you got too close they flushed out not from 100+ meters as they do now in game I hope they get changed in some way because it's kinda annoying that they are already gone before you even get to them

inland radish
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not really done much pheasant hunting IRL but lots of quail hunting both with an without dogs ..... temperature and pressure are the things that affect their ability to stay grounded .....

the warmer the weather and the amount they have been hunted will sometimes cause them to flush quicker they .... But for the simplicity of this game they should remain stationary or move very little until flushed by the pointer ...

remote vector