I have been swapping back and forth from Way of the hunter, and COTW, I love both games for different and similar reasons.
After playing on Woth for a while I noticed something that could be implemented intl COTW. New, updated, blood decals, and possibly hit decals on animals themselves.
It's not super big. And I feel like it would be great for the game. The current decals for different hits are good, and get the job done, but me personally, I would likento see updated new versions.
For vital hit decals, they could stay similar, but maybe change size depending on the animal class, and color/texture depending on where the animal was hit (like air bubbles in blood on lung shots. Or darker blood if hit in the heart)
Non-vital shots would possibly have this color change too, and having gut shots have mixes of green or something similar to WOTH.
As for flesh wounds, they could stay the same.
As for bullet hit visualization, a decal on the animal that changes depending on the animal's size, bullet caliber, etc. The arrows should be visible when they hit the animal too (the arrows might already be visible, haven't bow hunted in a long time in COTW)
I really feel like this could benefit the game's visual aspects!