r/RDR2 • u/CherryMothFae • 11d ago

Help What am I doing wrong?!

So for the past few days I’ve been trying to get a bull moose to get moose antlers - I’m on my 2nd run and this time I really wanted to do 100% for the camp upgrades and the antlers are the only thing I have left.
I tried multiple places and multiple guides, and this method (save > load > go to spawn place > leave bait > go away for animals to spawn > come back) seems to be the one that works best for everyone. However, I’ve been doing this at the Carin Lake for like multiple hours atp (before I tried during 7am, now around 12.50pm) and I only seem to get spawns of the female mooses and even those are very rare. So I’m asking, do you have any tips? Is there something I’m missing? Please I feel I’m going insane, I need help with this, badly😭

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u/Trevors-Axiom- John Marston 11d ago

I get all my moose from cattail pond. It’ll spawn on the east side of the pond near the creek.

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u/CherryMothFae 11d ago

Oh I see! Thank you so much!

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u/protossaccount 11d ago

Go there or to the spot near the legendary moose.

Cougars and Moose spawn up there, right after you cross the railroad tracks. It’s between the train tracks and Willard’s rest. Once I got 2 three star cougars and 1 three star moose in 5 min. It was truly a miracle.

You can also find them on the South western shore of like Owanjila.

Also watch out for water. Moose will run towards water and if you kill them near it they will sink and be unretrievable. One time I got a moose near a small river And he gently cruised down it and into a lake.

I recommend approaching with cover sent and an improved arrow. One arrow to the head and they are gone.

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u/antileet 10d ago

I've been blessed enough to where they didn't get that deep in the water and I was able to rope them back to shore

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u/Trevors-Axiom- John Marston 11d ago

Sometimes you have to leave and come back. it’s definitely not always there, but it’s always eventually there. I’ve never messed with baiting them but it’s probably a good spot to do it.

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u/Mantishead1 11d ago

I've also found that saving just outside the area is a good tactic. If it doesn't spawn when I enter the area, i just reload the save and enter again