AmericanSteel

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  1. I have actually just got back into hunting but I think some of the basic gear (like clothing, boots, daypack and a solid blade) should not be overlooked. I also pack my 4" Ruger .357 or my 3.4" Beretta Storm 9mm as a back up, depending on where I am. Colorado, the .357 went with me everywhere. Down here is Alabama, the 9mm is my chosen backup. The goes to what I am going to hunt. If I am going deer hunting, I switch to a vegan diet for 10 days prior to hunting and I drink a LOT more water. This forces the "carnivore" smell from my body. Allows me to get a LOT closer to my prey. If I am going to hunt adult wild pig I do the same thing. However, if I am just hunting shoat, rabbit or squirrel I carry on as usual. My current favorite for hunting if my newest, a Savage Arms .223 Bolt Action with a Browning scope. I can take out anything from a squirrel to a deer. Hunting deer with a .223 would have been unheard of 10 years ago but modern powder has really changed the equation. That said, I don't plan on shooting at prey over 100 yards away. I am not going to go into hunting with my personal fav (a .22 mag) for fear of self incrimination If I am hunting fowl, then my Remington 24" semi auto 12 ga is my companion. I just change out my load depending on my prey (duck, pheasant, quail, dove or pigeon). Some may think 12 ga is to large for the smaller birds, but all you need to do is lighten the load. I have not turkey hunted in years and I really don't have a weapon that would do them justice at this time. Maybe in a few years.
  2. I think one of the amazing aspects of this game is that it gives you the time to look around. I think many of the "aaa" games develope a beautiful environment but leave the player no time to enjoy it. In the interest of keeping the player motivated "aaa" studios add meanil tasks, in TLD it's all you and you can make your own tasks. This is something I loved about Marrowind, I was just as happy watching the sun rise over the Bitter Coast as I was rummaging through the Dwarvin ruin. Open world is actually about being an open world not a laundry list of tasks which must be completed in the open world. The style is key, its not a perfect representation of reality it's more of a kinda tissue paper art version which allows you to make up the rest of the details in your mind. Like a good book or an old movie. Awesome screenshots keep em coming survivors! I am having a hard time determining which cinematic scenes are better in just standard game play: Witcher 3 or TLD. I think that is pretty high praise for TLD as the Witcher 3 is a huge, big budget project. The sheer remoteness of the player, with the musical score backing up the loneliness a notch, is really top notch. I honestly love going out on a clear morning, waiting for the sun to come up. If you have not listened to the musical score as the dawn breaks and the sun assaults the heavens... you are really missing out. Fantastic.
  3. Nice shot! (x2) Here here on the shot. I have been playing the Witcher 3, so I have not tried out the new stuff in the game. Shots like these, pun intended, are starting to draw me away from Geralt and his quest of Ciri.
  4. You have a dirty little mind! Do you search the world looking for this sort of stuff?
  5. Ran across this while exploring PV. Decided to take shelter before pressing on. Famished, I harvested a mostly eaten and rotting dear corpse next to the building. The light and smell of burning venison brought in a visitor. What a wolf wants is not always what a wolf gets. To paraphrase Morpheus, "Unless it is a bullet from this gun!" ... I left the barn the next morning packing 10 pounds of meat wrapped in a fresh wolf hide.
  6. How sweet of you to invite the wolf for dinner. The irony of the pic was I had about 5 minutes on the fire and nothing else to burn.
  7. Here are some of my twitter postings... Creepy basement: No Vacancy: Guess who's coming to dinner: Scrambling for Cover: Patch v.228 just went live, First Night: Stumbled into a cave after killing a bear: Hunter's Surprise: Virgin Kill: Anybody on twitter? Love to follow your gaming exploits. I am @tryin2die2self