It is something that is rather the norm than the exception in hunts:
After a few shots in a hunt, the animal falls to the ground due to being so severely wounded.
The hunting colonist continues to shoot at the animal but now has a vastly diminished chance to hit, due to the fact that he now shoots at a lying target, instead of a standing one.
The result of this is, that this second phase of the hunt (i.e. shooting at the lying deadly wounded animal) can take several hours ... sometime more than half a day (whereas, if the colonist would just approach the animal and attack it in melee, he could finish it off within just 1 hour, with no risk to himself).
Therefore my suggestion:
As soon as an animal in a hunt is so wounded that it falls to the ground, the hunter should either decrease the distance to short range, or even begin attacking the animal in melee)
From the changelog:
QuoteFeb 25
Hunters will now approach and execute downed animals at close range.
Finally!
Oh great ...
no longer having to draft the hunter into military in order to accelerate the end of the hunt (well, as soon s the next version comes out, of course)
:)
+1
I hope it's optimum range, not close range. Sniper rifle hunters would be annoyed.
+1