Field manual
How to hunt the Sable
Leave the cabin by the porch, or ride to the Great Plains and start at Peck's camp. Deer water at the creek around dawn and dusk, feed between, and bed at noon and through the night. Wolves and cougars stalk deer, elk, and bison from downwind. Bison on the short grass stampede once a rifle shot breaks one of them. A bow does not. Hold the shot to draw, release to loose, and pick the shaft back up if it is still whole. A perfect hide is a heart or lung shot with a weapon matched to the animal. A gut shot leaves a blood trail, a limp, and a poorer hide. The wheel and the trader both show damage, range, accuracy, rate, reload, noise, and recoil.
keyboard
- W A S D — Move
- Mouse — Look
- Shift — Sprint, or steady a shot while aiming
- C — Crouch
- Space — Jump
- Right mouse — Aim
- Left mouse — Fire. Hold and release to loose an arrow.
- R — Reload
- F — Skin, mount, speak, dismount, pick up an arrow
- 1–7 — Winchester, Springfield, Sharps, revolver, shotgun, Gatling, bow
- Tab — Hold for the weapon wheel. Move the mouse, release to choose.
- Q — Spyglass
- H — Hunter's eye, hold to read tracks
- V — Call the selected animal
- B — Cycle the call
- T — Whistle for the horse
- G — Pack a pelt on the horse. Tap F, with the horse beside a kill, to stow the carcass.
- N — Pitch a camp. Walk up to the fire and press F.
- L — Fly rod. Hold fire to load a cast, then reel. Aim eases the line.
- Y — Call Bess, the dog
- U — Tell Bess to sit
- K — Send Bess along a blood trail
- X — Bandage
- J — Journal
- M — Map
- I — Satchel
- Esc — Pause
xbox
- Left stick — Move
- Right stick — Look
- Left stick click — Sprint. While aiming, steady the rifle.
- Right stick click — Spyglass
- Right trigger — Fire. Hold to draw the bow, release to loose.
- Left trigger — Aim
- X — Reload
- A — Jump, mount, or stow a carcass when the horse is beside it
- B — Crouch. While mounted, dismount.
- Y — Whistle the horse. Beside the horse, pack a pelt into the bags.
- LB — Hold for the weapon wheel. Right stick picks. A tap is hunter's eye.
- RB — Animal call. Hold to cycle the call.
- D-pad left / right — Change weapon
- D-pad up — Journal
- D-pad down — Satchel
- View — Map
- View + D-pad up — Call Bess
- View + D-pad down — Bess sits
- View + D-pad left — Bess tracks
- Menu — Pause
touch
- Left stick — Move
- Right side of the screen — Look
- FIRE — Shoot. Hold for the bow.
- AIM — Sight
- USE — Skin, mount, shop, dismount
- CROUCH — Crouch or stand
- RUN — Sprint
- CALL — Animal call
- HORSE — Whistle
- EYE — Hunter's eye
- ARMS — Weapon wheel
- BAG — Satchel and journal
- CAMP — Pitch a camp
- ROD — Fly rod
- COME — Call Bess
- SIT — Bess sits
- TRACK — Bess tracks