Headshot Taxidermy Repair

[left lake]

This is going to be a bit controversial, and I may not get support for this, but I will suggest this idea anyway.

As we know, making a headshot on most of the male animals in this game will result in not being able to taxidermy the trophy. This is slightly unrealistic as it is still possible to recover a trophy depending on the damage in real life. That is why I propose the idea of paying extra for a damaged trophy to be repaired. The price would vary from the level of damage and if the trophy is beyond repair the offer will be cancelled. This offer would apply to all male and (Horned/Antlered) female big game species, as females are exempted from the headshot rule that is already in the game.

I am open to hear your thoughts and criticisms.

[dark ibex]

Yeah the headshot ruining the trophy is kinda dumb imo. If I’m being charged by a Cape buffalo, I’m not thinking about moving to the side and going for a lung shot, I’m going to shoot it between the eyes and drop him.

[left lake]

Which is accurate to real life buffalo hunting.

[vivid burrow]

I mean I agree 100000%.... And if a animal is shot fataly with a gun and than just lightly touched by a vehicle it shouldn't count as road kill... I lost a 5* blue wildebeest this way... And the head shot thing... Yeah I agree.... Isn't like shooting cape buffalo in the head one of the favourable shots? Like why would it ruin the trophy

[left lake]

A similar thing happened to a 5 lion I killed on the run. To be fair I really shouldn’t have taken the shot but i did. The funny thing is that the shot shouldn’t have really killed it, but merely wounded it as I struck it in the jaw. He scored 492 but I was not able to mount him because of a headshot.

[left lake]

Typically not preferred, but it is a shot one could take. Especially when charged.

[summer lotus]

It is,Lung shots don’t have a high likelihood of killing the animal fast enough,before the widowmaker,which kills 200+ people a year charged you,forcing you to take the headshot because you didn’t the first time.

[left lake]

Perhaps a preference to those being charged but when standing still, a shoulder heart shot or frontal heart shot are preferred respectfully as those are safer shots to take than a headshot. But that does still prove my point that headshots on buffalo have been made and people still have gotten their trophy.

[summer lotus]

Heart shots are recommended when possible,but it’s not always possible to do such.

[left lake]

Not always, but still preferred as it’s much safer than a headshot. Buffalo guns carry multiple rounds for a good reason.

[left lake]

This is a post I made over a year ago, but randomly remembered, so I’m going to bump it.

[noble crescent]

i totally agree
the taxidermy shouldnt get ruined, best solution imo would be to make it more pricy to repair it
more ways to spend coins since i think there isnt enough, i collect thousands without much idea what to spend on

[forest bay]

maybe because in real life none od the skull would be left

[vivid burrow]

Cape buffalo are often shot in the head...

[forest bay]

not for the trophy tho

[gentle hamlet]

Nobody thinks twice about shooting a trophy cape buffalo in the head when it's charging, and none thinks twice about taxidermising the buffalo afterwards. It's not ideal but it's not crazy or unusual either

[forest bay]

ass soon as it charges it's nor a trophy anymore if you trophy a headshot ask yourself some question

[left lake]

I disagree. Even if someone kills an animal during a charge, I still believe there is no shame in claiming it as a trophy. Even with a headshot.

After all they still earned the kill.

[forest bay]

then no point having a clean hunt then just play read dead and shoot everything

[left lake]

How is it not clean? If you managed to nail a headshot you should be praised for your marksmanship.

[forest bay]

or you could be a good marksman an shoot him from 300m that's markmanship

[left lake]

Amen.

But that still doesn’t answer my question. Why is it not clean?

[gentle hamlet]

I really don't see the logic in that at all.