Have the Animal Tracker perk also track slain animals for a short time

[3Davideo]

It can be useful to use the Animal Tracker perk to hunt animals for meat, leather, and feathers, as (valid) animals will show up on your compass within a larger radius and directly on your screen in a smaller radius. However, once the animal is killed, the signal completely disappears, making it a bit difficult to track down the corpse for harvesting - especially if the animal is small and the grass is tall. I propose that the signal instead persists for a few seconds after the animal is killed, so the would-be hunter can more easily find their slain quarry.

[Jinx_DG]

Nothing more frustrating than killing a rabbit and then losing it among the grass. Hell, I've lost sight of a deer I killed once and couldn't find it. How TF do you lose a dead deer? 

 

I've learned that once I kill an animal to never take my aim view off of the area I killed it at and to walk in a straight line towards it until I get to it. Any deviation from this and I can kiss that kill goodbye half of the time. 

[Riamus]

28 minutes ago, Jinx_DG said:

How TF do you lose a dead deer? 

Not too hard IRL, though that is because you have a chance to wound it and have it bleed out.  Here, it may be wounded, but it'll survive if you don't actually kill it, so no need to run for a long time looking for it.  So maybe they just want to add a bit of realism to the game. 😁

[Dark_Shadow_231]

On 1/25/2023 at 5:58 AM, 3Davideo said:

It can be useful to use the Animal Tracker perk to hunt animals for meat, leather, and feathers, as (valid) animals will show up on your compass within a larger radius and directly on your screen in a smaller radius. However, once the animal is killed, the signal completely disappears, making it a bit difficult to track down the corpse for harvesting - especially if the animal is small and the grass is tall. I propose that the signal instead persists for a few seconds after the animal is killed, so the would-be hunter can more easily find their slain quarry.

I'll second that.