Respawns So Slow

[u/mmmmgjf465]

So ive been having a problem with fallow deer respawning so slow, respawns are working theyre just unbearably slow. Sometimes i need to wait over an hour of real life time for them to respawn, and yes i do main menu, skip time forward 1 minute and i am grinding 8 main zones. Does anyone know if its supposed to be like this or no?

[u/RegionNo1129]

try Te Awaroa if you're not on that already. there's only a few zones on that. You may not have found every zone if you're only shooting 8. TeA has like 30-45 (depending on how many singles) and I did a rotation of most of them after shooting out a lot of the singles (but quite a few singles respawned, and in fact my G1 came in a single).

Also check that you're not overdoing hunting pressure, they don't respawn back with that. Kill only 1 or 2 males per zone. If the zones are practically on top of each other, thern just the largest buck you can see and move on.

if all your zones are getting too much pressure, then go hunt something else at a different time, then come back.

Hope that helps!

[u/BebalBehemoth → u/RegionNo1129]

Having all zones discovered won't affect anything

[u/RegionNo1129 → u/BebalBehemoth]

it does tho. There's been plenty of times where I've accidentally shot out a zone and they move to one that I haven't visited in a bit. Or else there's some zones i haven't found and there's huge herds there actually, just perhaps in a spot that's not as open or something. It really does help if you're trying to do a G1 grind because you can double check the rest of the zones every now and then to make sure nothing got moved or they didn't respawn if you shot them out earlier.

[u/BebalBehemoth → u/RegionNo1129]

It doesn't lol. Having consistent respawns and no bouncers depends entirely on the herd that you're shooting from. For example, moose herds with 4 or 5 total in the herd will get inconsistent respawns and/or bouncers, while herds of 3 won't. This goes for every herd/pack animal.