Flatlands park - Reserve (The Netherlands)

[rotund monolith]

Welcome to the flatlands of the Netherlands
This is my suggestion for a reserve in the Netherlands including what a storyline could look like, the Netherlands hosts a variety of animals, such as waterfowl, small game, medium game and the highlander cow. Its terrain also provides a lot of different ways to hunt, open fields, dense forests, marshlands and sand drifts.

List of huntable species
C1 - Mallard
C1 - Lapwing (new species)
C1 - Ring necked pheasant
C1 - Brent goose (New species)
C1 - Barnacle goose (New species)
C1 - Muscovy duck (new species)
C1 - European Rabbit
C1 - European polecat (new species)
C1 - Pine Marten (new species
C1 - Ermine (New species)
C2 - Red fox
C2 - Wild cat (new species)
C2 - Otter (new species
C2 - Golden Jackal (new species)
C2 - Badger (new species)
C3 - Roe deer
C3 - Beaver (new species)
C4 - Fallow deer
C4 - Mouflon
C5 - Wild boar
C6 - Gray Wolf
C6 - Red deer
C9 - Highland Cow (new species)

Flora
Fagus Sylvatica (Beech)
Quercus Robur (Dutch oak)
Quercus Rubra (American oak)
Betula Pendula (Birch)
Betula pubescens (Birch)
Heath
Tall grass
Pinus Sylvestris (Scots pine)
Cornus mas (Yellow dogwood)
Cornus sanguinea (red dogwood)
Sambucus Nigra (Sambucus/elder)
Prunus serotina (Hagberry)
Pseudotsuga menziesii (Douglas Pine)
And much more but I think assets will limit the flora of the map

Storyline idea
In the Netherlands we value the conservation of our nature a lot but also managing our medium game animals due to the small amount of wolves. So for a storyline it could be similar to what we do in Yukon valley where we assess the condition of the water, cut down infected trees and inventorize what animals are in what regions, similar to taking pictures of fallow deer in Hirschfelden or control their population as we see in Emerald coast with the invasive species.

Feel free to give honest feedback/tips/improvements!

[wanton dome]

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[night maple]

Red Light themed
trophy lodge🔥

[rotund monolith]

(animals are in order)
Lapwing
Brent goose
Barnacle goose
Muscovy Duck
European polecat
Pine marten
Ermine
Wild cat
Otter
Golden Jackal

badger
Beaver
Highland cow

[rare cloak]

Mannlicher 1895? 8mm Mauser? Omg yes please

(PLEASE DONT SPORTERIZE IT EW)

[hard solstice]

Glad to see someone else taking narrative into account & I love the furbearer list as well 👌 👍 for me well done.

[ornate dune]

Cows can be hunted?

[woven kite]

There’s a few places in the Netherlands that have cattle breeds to be hunted, similar to Texas with Watusi and Longhorn Cattle.

[amber mirage]

Heck Cattle come to mind, they do get used for grazing projects and re-wildling projects

Edit: They were the first attempt at breeding back the Aurochs, an extinct species of wild oxen that domesticated cattle come from

This is what Heck Cattle look like

[vague gull]

Pls add this reserve but give Europe a break we need Africa’s and the Amazon

[barren token]

this feels like netherlands premium the pictures are beautiful

the picture with the wild boar is stunning

the highland cow and the beaver😍

[vague gull]

cow go moo

[barren token]

no cows say meow woof

[rotund monolith]

I appreciate all the feedback and positive messages over night! Hopefully this is one of the reserves that will be added in the future, it would mean the world to me if it happens.

[rare cloak]

There's feral cattle all over Western Australia too. From defunct farms and ranchs or just running wild because people set them loose rather than pay to feed them.

Seen several hunts for them and thought about doing one myself. If there were cattle on this map it could open the door for many other places

[ornate dune]

Ik Cattle are hunted in WA and NT, but I was surprised that it's allowed in the Netherlands

[rotund monolith]

Technically most the species listed aren necessarily legal to hunt in NL unless they become a problem but if I stuck with all always legal huntable species id be stuck with medved taiga amount of animals, roe deer, red deer, mouflon, Fallow deer, wild boars, geese, and rabbits/hares

But I wanted to take a bit of freedom with the fact that its a game to enjoy the visuals and the hunting of/seeing the animals.

[rare cloak]

Totally fine, our character had been hired to manage species professionally before already, it'd be fine to take that line again

[rotund monolith]

Some pics I took from the car just now, ofcourse this doesnt show the best parts of Dutch nature but it gives a bit more insight

[reef crater]

been wanting a dutch a map since im dutch, im curious bout our loval flora and fauna :3

[woven kite]

Tbh I would prefer this to be a starter map in a potential COTW sequel since Europe is already kinda crowded, but I definitely wouldn’t complain if we got this in the current game.

[cedar vessel]

yess based on the veluwe? near my city there is a small wooded area, called ruchpense heiden. It looks like these pictures and I have always dreamed about going out and hunting, since in the NL the hunting rules are a lil strict.

[rotund monolith]

Based on the hoge veluwe. Since I started playing COTW I have always wanted to see a map in the Netherlands hence the suggestion

[shadow vine]

i realy like this idea i would love more middle europe reserves.

P.S. Mouflon are class four 😉

[rotund monolith]

Idk if the fanwiki is wrong but it says class 5

[shadow vine]

yeah its wrong they probably mistaken it for bighorn they are class 5

[rotund monolith]

+1, thanks for telling, I just took the info from the wiki cuz I didnt feel like checking it in game for all animals

[blissful flume]

fire 🔥 cool❤️ good🔥 again

[mighty vigil]

Yes, read into the ghost cows in the mountains of the big island of hawai'i

[mighty vigil]

I find this list Great, I do doubt that golden jackal and European wildcat should be present, the jackal only visits the country sporadically and the European wildcat population is barely a dozen

[rotund monolith]

Thanks for the feedback, Ill look into it, I'll keep them there for now tho

[rotund monolith]

I think we should give the rest of the world more attention before we move back to the US and Europe but its just a suggestion id love to see, wether it would be in this game or a next game

Slow ass respond but I was just reading back the suggestions lmao

[hard solstice]

I agree. I'll admit I'm pushing for a US location myself though my reason is directed towards new features with an Elk focus along with new & iconic Western Game over more Moose & EU Red Deer "that have been overkilled in multiple locations imho". I think G1's is the reason but that's my opinion. But I'd like to see future reserves release 75% new game with 25% existing in reserves. That includes various world locations with unique biomes & species.

@rotund monolith Your thread is similar to mine with various new game with some returning species and you have narrative in mind as well. I'd love to see this released. Its well balanced with ecology in mind. For me this is important as a hunter & player.

[rotund monolith]

Narrative and ecology are in my opinion the most important part of a map, while a lot of players think the story isnt important and mainly the hunting is. I think its inseperable to include ecology, storytelling and "lore" with a hunting reserve

It is also the reason that, while yukon valley isnt my favourite map for hunting, it is my favourite map of all because of the in depth story and the feeling of being involved in its environment

[hard solstice]

I couldn't agree more. Medved, Yukon, & New England Mountains are my top 3. Though story wise the core narratives were great till Revontuli, Sundar, & Salzwiesen that were lacking the inspiration. Sundar wasn't horrible but was very short. Rev & Salz were horrible. It was more of a tour than anything & not what I expected.

[shadow vine]

Youre talking about the Story missions right? If so my Favorite Story Mission is from cuatro, the Story behind the three wolves is just peak cinema

[barren token]

i would not like a cow so theres no class 7-9 in this map but thats just my opinion

[barren token]

ive also heard highland cows are mainly in farms and would be odd in the wild, is this true?

[reef crater]

yeah, we mainly have flat land here, highland aint native im like 90% sure

we mainly have milk cows (atleast where i life)

[rotund monolith]

Highland cows are also used for grazing and overpopulate on reserves occasionally

[elfin valve]

Had me at golden jackal I love this idea

[mighty vigil]

Idk the Netherlands has basically zero golden jackals so I don't see this at the map for this

[elfin valve]

Still a nice map idea

[mighty vigil]

Definitely

[cedar vessel]

they occasionally come over the border from germany, but they do not have any standing/real population here in the NL, no