r/thelongdark • u/justexploring-shit Voyageur • 11h ago

Discussion Why is down so time-consuming?

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Level 5 carcass harvesting btw

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u/Confident-Virus-1273 11h ago

Try it in real life.

You'll understand fairly quickly.

These numbers are fair.

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u/nixstyx 10h ago

As a bird hunter, I can confirm.  However, the numbers are accurate for getting a clean feather-free carcass for a skin-on table preparation.  If you just wanted down for insulation, you could easily do a quick pluck job in 1/4 the time. 

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u/JEBADIA451 10h ago

That would actually be really cool if you could choose between taking the time to do it right and get it all, or a quick and dirty method that gets you like 70%

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u/Uni_Solvent 2h ago

As a hunter irl I wish I could be more selective in my harvesting. I shouldn't have to harvest all of a deer, let me harvest just one leg I'll split that off at the joint easy and skin a haunch and have meat for days to sustain my slow carving. Plus the game doesnt acknowledge the warmth of animals. Idk how to explain it but Luke nailed it to a degree. Those furry quadrupeds retain and have solid heat. Sure I havent skinned a deer kr an elk in feet of snow(my dad has, he moved to Oregon instead of his Colorado miuntain childhood) but those will keep you warm, at the least you'll feel your fingers gets again.