A few sidequests from an NPC would be ace.

Huntsman Nord needs you to find a Great Riften Elk and collect it's pelt for him.
*A broad location of the Great Riften Elk has been marked on your map*

There, the animal walks in a set path (that is unbeknownst to you), circling around to repeat the same migratory pattern, stopping occasionally to graze. The only trace of the hunt you can find is it's hoof prints in the snow (all other animal foot prints should be disabled during a hunt as to give you a sense of tracking). You can sneak up on the animal but only as close as, say, fourty yards until it catches your scent. Then, instead of walking peacefully, it darts a long way down the set path and escapes. This way, hunting can only be accomplished through traditional means of bow & arrow (atleast if the prey is a solitary herbivore). If it's something like a brown bear or a frost troll, then things should be much different.

Huntsman Nord needs you to find a White Run Sabretooth Cat and collect it's pelt for him.
*A broad location of the White Run Sabretooth Cat has been marked on your map*

The hunt begins like before with the prey on a set path walking through the map, stopping occasionally to scavenge for easy food. But these animals frequently hide in caves and under the cover of snow. It is quite easy to loose their track and pass them by mistake. If this happens, you may soon realize that the prey is stalking you. If you can survive a suprise attack and fend off the voracious creature, you can resume the hunt as normal or, if you're lucky, kill it with swiftness and strip the prey of it's unique feature.

You have collected Blah Blah's pelt. Return to Huntsman Nord for your reward.
+5 moneys :happy:

Edit: Animals that move in groups, such as mammoths, should also be given different styled hunting quests. Maybe you already know their exact location (it most likely being obvious) in the middle of, say, The Pale. You just have to bring the beast down without facing the wrath of the herd.

Yet another wonderful entry from my chum Liu Bei. Take this :cake: You deserve it.

This reminds me a lot of RDR, and the legendary animals you had to track down. Hunting was one of my favorite parts in that game, and tracking down the legendary beasts was great fun.

I like the ideas you have Liu....maybe being able to mount them, or get trophies for each one. Maybe just a single achievement for finding them all. They should be rare, and a mixture of random, quest related, leveled, and conditional like you said. I dont want there to be too many though to the point it just seems like a novelty.

Maybe they appear after you have killed so many 'normal' version. For instance, say there is a 16 point massive 'legendary' buck that only appears once you have killed 50 or 100 regular deer. Thats not the greatest example, but you get the picture. Substitute 16 point buck with grizzly if that helps.

Good Thread.

Yes. But I think they should all be included in the game disc and run around on uncharted paths but within certain regions if appropriate.

There should be giant goldfish that live in the underground water supply that connects all wells in the game and randomly bites off peoples heads when they go to get water.


bliviongate:
I want to hunt a huge harmless creature that makes a trumpet noise and lives in herds, specifically because I want its defensive bony protrusions to make into keys for my grand piano, and once I get all 200 keys I will then play the TES theme song.
I also want a wild kajiit beast species with beautiful spots that I can hunt endlessly just to sell the pelts for luxurious scarves that only the most affluent people may buy.
There should also be a great creature in the seas that I can hunt on a great boat with a huge fishing spear, just so I can cut off its fat layers and sell for its oil to lubricate my piano strings, and remove its magical glands with healing properties.
There should also be a kind of bear that only eats leaves and has a white and black coat that you can remove and sell as stuffed animals.
One of the rare animals should be the fastest of all land creatures, and really hard to catch.

But then the animal rights people will come after me and try to kill me. :bolt:

"Rare game" would be great, and extend my playtime significantly, especially if there is a lot of them (like 50 or so). It should be a real challenge if it's implemented, to the point where hunting them all is quite an accomplishment.

I think that they should be random, and conditional. and yes, i would want collecting them all to be Hircine's quest, and at the end receive some daedric artifact ("The Saviour's Hide" i would imagine.)

I would also like there be at least one super-rare fish if there was fishing, only catch able under certain conditions, in a certain place, but fishing hasn't even been confirmed so no use getting TOO into that.

Well, there's not too much to explain because this is all pretty self-explanatory.

this is great idea!! I'm close to mastering 3d modeling and have been programming for 25+ years. I promise this will be my first mod!!! Hunt the white deer with golden horns! Hunt the spectral mudcrab! Hunt the 2 eyed troll!! Hunt the flightless dragon! Hunt the rabid werewolf!! Thnks so much for the inspiration. There's not a snowball's chance in oblivion that this will make the actual game but holy cow what a wild mod idea! Excited!!

I fear we may have to forgo hunting as a whole hobby in this game because the arrows are so much rarer.

“It’s actually something we didn’t realise people wanted... we give people bows, you give them deers, they want to hunt. We didn’t realise that initially, so we’re trying to add that. It’s a common question... we’re trying to add more.”

I'm sorry to resurrect and old topic but:

This is a quote from a recent http://www.xbox360achievements.org/news/news-8167-Bethesda--Skyrim-Will-Have-Mammoths;-Will-Show-at-E3.html and shows that they are holding a greater focus on hunting which could mean that ideas like these may be implemented.

"Rare game" would be great, and extend my playtime significantly, especially if there is a lot of them (like 50 or so). It should be a real challenge if it's implemented, to the point where hunting them all is quite an accomplishment.

Are you aware that you let us choose muiltiple things?
Cause i check marked everything :tongue:

2. Why?

Are you aware that you let us choose muiltiple things?
Cause i check marked everything :tongue:

your vote didn't do anything.

I want a red Gyarados.