Hirschfelden Hunting Reserve — Complete Guide: All 9 Animals, Need Zones, Best Weapons & Tips

Hirschfelden Hunting Reserve is one of the two original base-game reserves in theHunter: Call of the Wild, modelled on Central Europe (Germany/Austria). An open-world hunting game built around realistic tracking and unscripted animal encounters, playable solo or with friends.

This page covers everything about Hirschfelden Hunting Reserve: all 9 species with their class, trophy thresholds and need-zone clocks, the weapons that cover every class here, our illustrated interactive map, the official screenshots, our hunting tips, and answers to the questions players ask most.

Hirschfelden Hunting Reserve in Pictures

European bison in a birch wood Red fox in a sunlit beech forest Roe deer in an autumn wood Canada geese by a hay bale The shooting range Sunlit forest trail

6 official images from the game's store page. Tap any image to enlarge.

About Hirschfelden Hunting Reserve

Base-game reserve of deciduous beech and aspen forest, rolling hills and farmland; the western parts are harder hunting with mountain slopes and deep spruce forest. Coastline along the east (Petershain/Mullerwald) and a long thin island/peninsula with the shooting range off the SE.

What you get with the base game:

• Simulation: complex animal behaviour, dynamic weather, full day/night cycle, realistic acoustics, wind-carried scent.
• Weapon classes: rifle, sidearm, shotgun, bow; loadout and ammo chosen per prey.
• Animals named: jackrabbits, mallards, black bears, elk, moose.
• Trophy lodge for displaying harvests.
• Online multiplayer for up to 8 players, co-op or competitive; DLC reserves playable if one party member owns them.

Interactive Map of Hirschfelden Hunting Reserve

Toggle the layers. Pick a species to light up where it’s found, and tap any marker for its name and grid reference.

Illustration, not a copy of the in-game map. Positions are approximate and scaled from published coordinates to a 10 × 10 grid. Coast, island and the three lakes come from our data. The river line is decorative. Use the in-game map for navigation.

Regions at a Glance

Outposts and Lookouts

Outposts are fast-travel points; climbing a lookout reveals the map around it. Grid references match the map’s grid layer (columns A–J west to east, rows 1–10 north to south).

All 9 Animals on Hirschfelden Hunting Reserve

Every species on the reserve, heaviest class first. Each card shows the class, the hardest difficulty it can reach, the diamond threshold, any Great One, and the published feed, drink and rest times. For full trophy data see our animals page.

Need-zone times are the published in-game windows (24-hour clock). Zone locations differ between saves, so find and mark your own.

Trophy Thresholds on Hirschfelden Hunting Reserve

The trophy rating you need for each medal. Diamonds only drop at the top difficulty levels, so check an animal’s level with your binoculars before you shoot.

Best Weapons for Hirschfelden Hunting Reserve

The smallest base-game kit that covers every class here (1–9), so whatever walks into a zone you have legal ammo:

• Caversham Steward 12G: classes 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 (12 GA Birdshot, 12 GA Buckshot, 12 GA Slug)
• 7mm Regent Magnum: classes 9 (7mm Mag Soft-Point)

Good DLC upgrades for the bigger game here: Bearclaw Lite CB-60 (Free DLC/download), Crosspoint CB-165 (Weapon Pack 1), Houyi Recurve Bow (Weapon Pack 1), Grelck Drilling Rifle (Weapon Pack 2), Solokhin MN1890 (Weapon Pack 2), Eckers .30-06 (Weapon Pack 3). See every pack in our weapon pack guides.

Hunting Tips for Hirschfelden Hunting Reserve

• Need-zone times (gotemgood): Red Deer drink 06-10, feed 13-21; Fallow feed 06-10 & 17-21, drink 10-13; Roe feed 04-10 & 17-20, drink 14-17; Bison feed 04-10 & 17-20, drink 10-14; Wild Boar feed 03-06 & 17-00, drink 00-03; Red Fox feed 20-07, drink 17-20.
• Roe deer here do not respond to North American deer bleat/grunt calls - use the roe deer call.
• Scout one area thoroughly rather than hopping between outposts when looking for red deer.
• The only fixed shooting range is on the long thin SE island near Rathenfeldt (approx game coords -3840, 12641).
• Western mountains and spruce are harder hunting; eastern farmland is more open.
• Work the drink zones. Most species here have a published drink window (see the cards above). Sit near water in that window, downwind, and let the animals come to you.
• Bird hunting: Canada Goose, Ring-Necked Pheasant live here. Bring a shotgun with birdshot, and use decoys and callers where you can.
• Dangerous game: European Bison can charge or attack. Carry a heavy calibre, keep a tent or tripod for safety, and don’t take marginal shots.
• Great One grind: for Red Deer, Wild Boar, Fallow Deer, Roe Deer, Red Fox, Ring-Necked Pheasant, harvest steadily on this reserve. Every kill of that species counts toward the Great One. See the diamond guide.
• Fabled furs: only level-10 animals of Red Deer, Wild Boar, Fallow Deer, Roe Deer, Red Fox, Ring-Necked Pheasant can carry a Fabled fur. Glass every herd for top-level animals.
• Diamonds: only take max-level animals when chasing trophies, use in-class ammo, and make a clean one-shot kill to keep the harvest bonus.

Similar Reserves

These reserves share the most species with Hirschfelden Hunting Reserve:

Scottish HighlandsTòrr nan Sìthean6 shared species

SpainCuatro Colinas Game Reserve4 shared species

New ZealandTe Awaroa National Park3 shared species

Sources: official store page for theHunter: Call of the Wild (base game), our species database (class, thresholds, need zones and furs compiled from community trackers and checked in game where possible), and published game-file coordinates for the map. Compiled October 2026.