Yeah theHunter classic and Call of the Wild are the best hunting simulation games that have come out in recent memory. I've played both a significant amount, probably ~ 500 hours combined. I grew up with hunting video games, and will always be somewhat interested in where they go as a genre. It was always easier for my parents to justify me having say Cabelas Big Game Hunter 2005 compared to Halo or Call of Duty. The genre has largely died out, with theHunter being the main exception. Classic is a fairly small community nowadays but Call of the Wild is multi platform and has almost 90 thousand reviews just on Steam (PC). I would love to see some actual numbers on COTW - it's had quite the impact. It's an interesting demographic for sure, it's surprisingly popular outside of North America. The devs are based in Sweden if i recall correctly. I haven't seen the particular discussion on this video on theHunter forums but it's understandable that they might have a different view on this compared to most experienced hunters. The average player generally doesn't have the real world experience. Some because they can't hunt in their own country, some are opposed to it, some are just literal children. Some do have the experience, but they are a minority for sure. The howtohunt guy is legit crazy though, just check his uploads and see the sheer amount of conspiracies he's into. His blacktail videos were interesting I remember, and he did seem super committed to them - but the crazy outweighs the blacktail stories by far nowadays.
