You got to have the ammo first or it won't let you select it. It doesn't tell you that and it's rather hard to make out, yet they are greyed when you have 0 ammo.

My horse got confused last night. I had set it to auto walk to the next location in cinematic mode. Then he kept going back and forth between a rock and a tree somewhere in the middle. I have had it before as well that he lost the plotted trail and simply kept on going. When I checked what was taking so long he was almost at the other end of the map. Sat nav failures.

Wow, I just came across KKK rally last night. I decided to snipe the grandmaster as the rest of the sheep scattered. I killed 3 of them trying to flee and hogtied one I found hiding. I wanted to drag him to the river and feed him to alligators but I wasn't sure if he'd survive so I stowed him on my horse only to be seen and reported for kidnapping -_-. I ended up in a shootout with law enforcement resulting in his death in crossfire shortly followed by my death as I tried escaping

How in the hell do I get perfect pelts.

I am loving it, BUT I am fighting with the controls scheme, and the UI. Those 2 elements seems to be from a 10 old game. Is it so hard to have a health bar and a stamina bar above the radar?? The contextual actions need to be displayed upon the object the action is going to occur; and not displayed in the lower right corner of the screen!!! LMAO!!!

Once you get used to them; it is quite enjoyable.

When hunting show info on the animals and it will show their pelt quality as stars.  If its 3 stars, it has a perfect pelt. Then you need to be careful and kill it instantly with a headshot from an arrow or the varmint gun.

Starting Chapter 4.
So far great game that I can bear to horse ride one place to another for the missions (the aspect I hate most on open world), great ambiance and landscapes with a very poor color implementation as fake HDR.
More on this: http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/thread.php?id=238201

The animals are categorized in different levels of sizes and depends on the animal you need some kind of ammo or weapon.

Animal Sizes

• Tiny: Bat, Squirrel, Rat, Chipmunk, Bullfrog, Toad, Snake, Blue Jay, Cardinal, Waxwing, Crow, Oriole, Pigeon, Robin, Songbird, Sparrow, Woodpecker, Carolina Parakeet, Chicken, Duck, Loon, Parrot, Pheasant, Quail, Raven, Booby, Rooster, Gull
• Small: Eagle, Crane, Cormorant, Egret, Hawk, Heron, Owl, Pelican, Spoonbill, Turkey, Vulture, Condor, Goose, Iguana, Gila Monster, Rabbit, Armadillo, Badger, Muskrat, Possum, Raccoon, Skunk, Beaver
• Medium: Coyote, Fox, Pig
• Big: Boar, Buck, Cougar, Panther, Big Horn Ram, Wolf, Deer, Pronghorn, Goat, Sheep, Peccary, Alligator (Small), Turtle
• Gigantic: Bear, Bison, Bull, Elk, Moose, Ox, Cow, Alligator (Adult)

Correct Weapon for each Size

• Tiny: Bow with Small Game Arrows (Varmint Rifle can also work but can damage pelt sometimes)
• Small: Varmint Rifle
• Medium: Standard Arrows / Repeater with Regular Ammo (e.g. Carbine Repeater, Lancaster Repeater)
• Big: Poison Arrows / Rifle with Regular Ammo (e.g. Springfield Rifle)
• Gigantic: Sniper Rifle with Regular Ammo (e.g. Rolling Block Rifle)
  
  
  
  if pic to small you can also check the link https://imgur.com/gallery/69VMXN0

thanks!I didn't know that much I was just going from what I tried. This will help me a lot 

I did not wanted to look it up, but if you are wandering for 20 minutes find the 3 star animal and then kill it with the wrong weapon...it hurts...

Two small tips:

-If you don't know what to keep or sell if you go pearson and donate it will say donate for crafting (if you can use it for crafting d'uh) if not it means you just can sell it.

-USE YOUR BINOCULARS.  If you are standing somewhere where a certain animal should be located but you don't see it just do a 360 with your binoculars while zooming in sometimes it is hard to find those sneaky animals especially snakes.

Hmm, it hasn't stopped raining since I got into chapter 4. I've been searching for the legendary moose for an hour. Finally looked up where the start should be, still couldn't find it. After 10 minutes I spotted the tree rub that's supposed to be the first clue yet it didn't glow nor was interactive. I saved, loaded, no fix. Camped for a day, no dice. Ran out the area, got eaten by a cat, got back, eureka it finally activated! Of course now I didn't have my gun again lol. Plus my previous pelts stored on my horse were gone sigh,

Too bad bugs and controls keep interfering. And how come you always lose honor when you check some random bodies. I guess there is no info on them ever? No avenging or notifying family members just honor lost for looting the dead... The honor system is very inconsistent, plus no clue what the point of it is.

Thanks for the tip I should hunt with something smaller. I'm only getting poor rabbit pelts yet I have been blasting their heads off with a high power sniper rifle :)