Hunting with Nothing but the .338 Lapua in Way of the Hunter! 

Congratulations on the 338 subscribers Flinter. You deserve all of you success. Great channel and content. Thank you for continuing to stick to your format that has brought you here.

After shooting a Roe Deer with the .338, 2 good points. 1). It comes pre-gutted. 2). There's still enough meat to make a sandwich.

Meat loss on the .338 is way out of whack. Is it a powerful round, yes. Is it a 20mm anti tank round? No… they need to dial the meat loss and trophy damage down a fair bit.

I got a almost maxed out 5 star elk yesterday with the .338. I shot it from 837 yards and at that distance got a 5 star hunt rating and much less meat loss. So the 300 is for normal hunt ranges, 338 is for long range hunting. Also you do in fact need to account for windage at those longer ranges. I wasn't sure at the time and my POI was quite a bit left of my POA. Awesome being able to hunt at those ranges though vs COTW.

It's a .338 Lapua. Get up on a mountain and take them from 500 yards or more. That's what the round was made for.

Just shot an absolute STUD of a 5 star moose, my first 5 star in the game as I was watching this video. I only had a tier 5 weapon so I had to crawl within about 100 yards, I was shaking. This game is so realistic I love it.

Gotta love the 338. Can’t wait for future maps and bigger game to shoot with it!!!

The best hunting content creator out there, love every single video👍🏻

Love that you've been playing this! Been excited for it and wanted to see a few good hunts in before deciding to buy it or not. Always great vids ✌️

19:14 "I don't think we're going to try to pose behind that one" LMAO =))

ive probably already commented, but congrats on 338k!! you’ve come so far on youtube. i started watching your channel back in July of 2018. its just amazing to see your channel grow bigger and bigger everyday.

The .338 Lapua is used as a lighter anti-material rifle in the military. The devs should have used the Winchester Magnum or Remington version of the .338 for hunting. the lapua is designed for hunting vehicles, not moose, ( yes I know a moose is as heavy as a small car)

Nice heart shot there at 7:19

this game is so fun. i love the way the roe deer look in this game too.

I was out on a hunt for about 50 minutes irl time, n a thunderstorm came through and was so immersive with headphones. Loving this game

Moose are fine, shot one at 160yds with 300Win and the thing shrugged it off not once but twice on 2 different trips to the swamp lmao. On the 2nd hunt I did find him again and neck shot it....both the flesh wounds were broadside and lost all energy on a rib and barely poked the lung

I think gameplay mechanics wise, the game has two calibers that are appropriate for each "tier" of wildlife. A slightly weaker one that will not lose much meat but will let them run for a while without a heart shot, and a slightly stronger one that will knock its tier down instantly in most cases. Like for white tail and mule deer, there's the .243 and the .308. For the bear, elk, and moose, there's .300 win mag and .338 lapua. For smaller predators there's .30-30 and .223 (really not sure what's meant to be the stronger one in this pair).

The sound in this game is all beyond amazing. Most of the time, I just go there watch the animals, enjoy the sounds. The animals feels so alive, that on many occasions I just have no heart to shoot one, so I go away with nothing.

I love your videos man I’ve been watching them sence your old frog hunting videos

12:08 such a cool fur pattern. It almost looks as if it's wearing a skull on its head haha

Great video as always and I’m sure you know, but there’s a way to not eject the bullet after a shot, so you can stay aimed down the scope. Which is nice

Damn the Elk bugle at 6:35 is so amazing!

Next will be the .340 weatherbe in the hunter classic

Another good video, 338 maybe will be good rifle in the future, like for brown bears or water buffalos, or similar size of animals

Love the content keep up the amazing work!!

the 338 is meant for the DLC maps, for buffalo :P

Hey flint I’ve noticed if you use your hunter sense while scooped in it will tell you in the top right if you’re in the recommended joule range for that distance/animal.

Awe man I love this game and I also love your video's .. What a winning combination!! Please keep doing what you do man I always come into watching a video with you with distractions and stresses melting away, Thank You for that! :) I'm only half way through this video but felt compelled to write that. If I am struck with some other thoughts I hope its ok to leave another comment? OH ps do you have some sort of new tech invisible suppressor on that 338? she is quiet! lol

.338 LM is a specialty military cartridge. All the rifles in this caliber are really heavy, the recoil is quite substantial. A hunting .338 would be the .338 Win Mag.

Ahh yes the lapua.338 anti tank rifle, classic

This is so good! I don't hunt but this makes me what to!

If you hold the fire button when shooting and don’t release, you will not chamber another round until you release

Moose aren’t quite the beasts they’re made out to be. They don’t run after being shot like elk do. They’re big, but not hard to kill.

I kinda agree that a “light” tier 6 rifle might be in order. Maybe something chambered in 6.5 creedmore would be cool. Extremely fast flat round. But still under 30 caliber projectile.

Thanks for the video.

I remember hunting with my dad walking back to the house and we jumped some deer he shot at one and it dropped but he said that wasn't the one he aimed at and it was hit in the neck so it dropped instantly. While he was dealing with it and talking about how his scope must be way off I found another blood trail. He did hit the one he was aiming at right in the side the bullet passed through and hit the other in the neck. He dropped both with a 30-06 with one bullet.

It would be incredible if a hunting game came out that was African Safari based and set in the 1930's with emphasis on gun handling, customized gunsmithing and reloading mechanics.

Not to sound harsh, but I really hope that WOTH will be way less exploited than COTW. Exploit isn’t necessary the right word but just less ways to farm animals. More adventure to it than go to water and shoot. So far I’m impressed and really hope that stays true as the life span continues

I wish there was a sort of option for choosing a load to hunt with too. A 300 win mag is a lot less likely to destroy a deer when you use a 125g bullet instead of a bullet between 150-180. I'd be interested to see how far you could find and take a shot on some of these bigger animals too, makes me wonder if a 400-500 yard shot would yield less meat wastage due to lower joules.

Love the vid man

Weapon customisation and silencer would be awesome in the game

1 year later you got 40,000 more and i was one thanks for all the great vids.

wait how the hell are you not over 1 million subscribers I always thought that you were . Well you still deserve to have 1 Million Subscribers.

i like the .338 but i just prefer the 300 win mag still a tier 6 rifle perfect for those short ranges im always 100-300 yards away from animals anyways only loose no more then 5-6lbs of meat unlike the 338 have lost like 100+ lbs of meat but congrats on the subscribers

It's the range. You shoot from further away, to lose energy. It's a big game gun, but it's also to distance yourself from any danger.

They should add some mil surp rifles to hunt with like a .303 or a 6.5 swede

Good to see a youtuber who isnt screaming and talking super fast faking it to hype up the gameplay. Like your calm and informative style. Subbed

Crow said he had a mule deer in early access that was five star at 82 percent or something close to that

Love your video’s, can you maybe do a video of headshots in Way Of The Hunter

My first shot with the 338 was into a black bear and it bugged out and didn't even pen one lung lmao it just hit his stone flesh I guess. I like doing the land owner missions for the hunting permission, seems more realistic than buying

Hey Flinter! which do you prefer? Way Of The Hunter or COTW?

I personally think 30-06 would be really good low tier 6 weapon Since I've hunted red deer irl with it and it feels just about right But also, it's really good for roe hunting since it's doesn't destroy the meat that much

I want to see the 375 H&H and an alaska DLC the guides in Alaska all suggest using 375 on moose.

Yeaaaaaaaay I finally started playing again and we have rear fur types now 🎉🎉

Congrats on 338k subs

this game is so much fun

great video, just shot a 4 star mature elk after tracking him for a while

i was just playing this game and i just took out my first 5 star pheasant with the 22 and my first 5 star hog with the 243 i find out the best way to make money in the game is with headshots or neckshots becuse it one drop the animal in one shot but also it the best way to save the meat

.30-06 or 7mm Rem Mag would be a good tier 6

Yeah, liver shots will give you a red or dark red coloration and it's almost always a kill shot.

14:00 I havent bought a single reserve pass and i've been hunting this area for a couple days now.

I imagine the .338 is for what the .338 is for in real life hunting-shooting big game at very long distances. Let it lose some energy to about 600 yards of air resistance.

I really enjoyed this video, congrats for the .338k subs 😉Moose hunting is amazing in this game, I got the northeast map section from mission, and today morning I killed a 5 star mature moose there with the .300 Win Mag. My biggest moose so far... 😁 Transylvania is very cool map too, I love it. I got my first nice roe buck yesterday, a 3 star mature with 10 point antler 👀 very cool to see giant roes like that in the game.

Now now i wanna see what gonna happen to COTW developer 🤣

Flinter: From what i can gather most of them must very low fitness really old bulls past their prime and subpar in terms of their antlers.. Me: Looks in the mirror, notices my hairline and sighs.. Reminiscing about past glories as a young buck..😥

I really hope they add some bows soon.

well done can you help me with a question on Way of the Hunter

Do you know how to fix the issue with mouse clipping? When I’m trying to take follow up shots or running shots I am unable to fire. I notice my cursor along the edges of my screen whenever I turn too much one direction.

Took out a 5 star bighorn at 457 yards with a lung shot. Such a fun game!

One thing I missed is that you don't need to buy the passes for the private areas. If you go to the cabin and complete the jobs the landowner gives you, you get the pass for free. For some you're looking at a serious time investment, but some are fairly quick and simple.

.338 drops a moose but not a red deer huh? I think they got those files switched

The way the antlers aren't rigid with the skull and sort of take a moment to "pick up" the animation as the head idles back and forth in the trophy screen is somewhat off-putting, makes them look like a loose tooth.

You've been pretty close to a few hit animals that bedded down. Do you think sometime you could get a real good look at the "shot-bedded" animal in Photo Mode please? I'd really like to see that animation. How do they react? Maybe developers just had them lay there in some kind of "'sleep-bedded" animation, or maybe they lick the wound occasionally (how cool/realistic would that be!).. i guess the point is I don't know. Doesn't meat wastage using too high energy seems excessive? Even if you hit front quarter with too much energy, maybe catch shoulder, yah.. you're gonna make a bit of a mess of the meat. I find it real hard to believe that the back end would be damaged/wasted. What do you think? Like you I've hunted plenty of animals so we have seen the kind of damage that does happen. Too much energy on a rib-cage shot feels like the bullet could zip through without releasing much energy inside the cavity, not necessarily great for a quick death which is why I avoid it but certainly then, not wasting much meat either... hmm. I hope they tweak meat wastage algorithms. I am really honestly curious on your take on things.

I’m about to get woth I hear it’s reality good but it needs bows!

30-06 either high T5 or low T6

I guess that the large meat loss is because of the energy being larger than the recommended for that animal. Long range shots could be better.

I love this game but I wish my graphics card could keep up with it

I love this game because shooting is easier than in call of the wild. Tracking on the other hand ooof. i lost a deer today because i shot it near where i had shot other deer couple hours ago and ended up mixing the tracks. :I

I found a monster 3 star adult moose so I have high hopes he will be my second 5 star moose when he gets to mature. I think 7mm rem mag would be a great smaller tier 6 weapon or 30-06.

If you want to travel up hill really fast and youre not worried about spooking animals just keep jumping while running up hill. Is it just me or is it quite a bit faster? 😂

Actually I think the Moose are kind of realistic is there's lots of stories elk incredibly hard to kill compared to Moose it's in the way the bone structure and the way the muscle structure is on a moose it's a lot easier to get into the vital Zone

I think longer shots with the .338 is better. At least from what I've seen

You should try to snipe off the kissing rocks on nez

im waiting for the 470k subscriber special

another questions for real life hunters: Why are headshots that unpopular? In my opinion a headshot ist the most painless way I can think of (as far as I can judge without getting a headshot myself) .

I’m so bad at this game just got it 2 days ago and I’ve have only managed to hunt like 5 deers 💀I’m back at sneaking around!!

Instead of purchasing the land do the missions you can usually unlock it within three missions and plus some missions give you rare animals

Question have you done the job impression yet

I wish they would put bows in the game

My honest opinion I think that’s game has WAY more potential than CoTW because that have maxed out call of the wild this tho I think all they need is bows and I would buy

If you go watch Ron Sponer he explains when you shoot at moose they look around and be like what was that like you didn’t shoot him but you did. You should check out his RU-vid channel

.308 even when its tier 5 rifle it will drop a bear in one good shot without damaging too much.

Btw anyone struggling to run this game on a gtx 1660 super, regular, and Ti then just overclock gpu then use the Nvidia control panel check mark all DSR settings under Manage 3D settings-> Global Settings-> DSR Check all the high resolution to apply globally. When In-game set your resolution to 3840x2160 I believe or the highest res under video settings and you will be getting 55-65 fps on Very high settings. I have a gtx 1660 super with a regular Dell Optiplex mobo/chassis and stock 8gb ram. If I can run it with those settings then anyone can. Hahaha hope this helps someone. I spent 3 days looking everywhere and this is what helped me get consistent FPS when before I got 20-30 fps on High. My CPU and whole setup bottlenecks the GPU but I’m too impatient to wait for my new PC parts to arrive so I went about it this way for my office computer to play this hahaha.

nice :D

Hey Flinter just a question do you think that way of the hunter is better than call of the wild?

I've seem less flopping from soccer players than those moose. 🤣

I hunt with a 300 ultra mag and my step dad with a 338 rem for white tail. its better to kill with a bad shot than leave one for the coyotes because the round can’t put it down. Tell me what ones a bigger waste of meat

It doesn't take much to drop a moose in real life. People have done it with .270 win. It makes send the .338 lapua dropped the moose.

338 is most likely just for trophy hunting, 300 would be for selling is my guess. Less chance to lose them with the 338

Ummm am I the only one to see the mooses back hoof was twisted the other direction. If you did not see that it was the first moose that flinter shot