Its pretty realistic, but not totally, the tracking of animal is greatly assisted by a little gps like device that u hold in your hand that analyse the tracks, droppings and “yells” of the animals, it gives you a direction and range indication.
You still have to open eyes and walk slowly in order to see anything, running in will make everything gtfo in 5 miles around you.
You can also use callers, to bring animals to you, and wait till you see them.
There are multiple animals, the most challenging of them are the coyote and the bear, I’ve never seen a coyote and only killed 1 bear, these 2 guys have great vision and ears, and as soon as they hear, smell or see you, they will run and you will never see em again.
From what I’ve seen, the Moose is really retarded, If you call and stay hidden it will nearly walk you on, you can stand up, aim, shoot and it will only start understanding this is a bad thing for em
But to make the game more challeging, the devs made the Moose very resillient, they need a perfect shot in the heart to drop dead on the spot !
Yesterday I spotted a great Moose with a nice rack, the fucker took 2 arrows and yet ran away, I found him latter still alive and roaming, with 2 arrows in it. I shot a 3rd one and he ran like 200 feets before dying xD
I paid a 20$ package plus 10$ worth of points to get some stuff off the shop, mainly a bow and a backpack that allows more inventory slots.