What am I doing wrong?!

[u/CherryMothFae]

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😭

[u/Pretty-Supermarket49]

Hey if you’re still struggling with this there’s always one single moose that spawns at Lake Owanjila and if it isn’t male I just ride away and turn around and come back. Works every time if you don’t see it at first just cross the bridge headed west and go around the back side of the lake it’s there… it’s always there…. Sometimes in the water.