Californian Horned Owl

[Rango]

Having a heck of a time studying this this bird.  Last one I need.  Found one quickly,  but study would not come up so I shot it before it got out of range.  There are approx 6 spots north of Tumblweed that I have identified as locations others have found them.  Went to another location and found one, but study again would not come up when I had binoculars on it.  Is there a location wehre this bird is on the ground?  This is the fourth animal that I have hunted that Rockstar has made seemingly redicuously hard to aquire.  Thanks.

Edited June 2, 2019 by Rango

[Foxtrot]

Yes, it's a range thing.  Or the zoom setting on the binoculars.

[Foxtrot]

Yeah, you'll need to follow it, like I had to.  You can ride faster than it flies - provided you don't ride into rocks.

[Foxtrot]

Yeah, this one was a challenge.  I found it spawning a few times north of Tumbleweed and faceplanted a few rocks chasing it across the countryside.

I was so happy I got it, I saved a video.

 

 

I spent many game nights riding along the road from the 'T' in "Gaptooth' to Rathskeller Fort and back again (this is the road with the railtrack next to it, not the more southern route). Note the time of day here : 6am.

Good luck!

[Parzival]

On 6/1/2019 at 2:20 PM, Rango said:

Having a heck of a time studying this this bird.  Last one I need.  Found one quickly,  but study would not come up so I shot it before it got out of range.  There are approx 6 spots north of Tumblweed that I have identified as locations others have found them.  Went to another location and found one, but study again would not come up when I had binoculars on it.  Is there a location wehre this bird is on the ground?  This is the fourth animal that I have hunted that Rockstar has made seemingly redicuously hard to aquire.  Thanks.

What do you mean when you say the "study" option wouldn't come up? Was it grayed out or simply not present at all? If the former, it means you were out of range. If the latter, then I have no clue.

[Rango]

It just does not come up.    It just shows up almost on top of you and then by the time you turn around, get it in the binos and zoomed all of the way, it is heading into the distance.  There never seems to be time to lock on much less take the time to study.  It never seems to land and ignores any carcasses I leave near by.

Edited June 3, 2019 by Rango

[Rango]

Finally got the owl.  I just held down R1 the entire time and the compendium updted.  Still didn't ee the prompt come up.  I had to use the same technique on the Timber Wolf.  I wounded one and chased it all over and just held R1 down while I tried to get it in my binoculars.  It didn't look to take as loing to study these two animals as all of the others.  More like  an instant updte as I passed the binoculrs over the animal.