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Bow Hunter 2017 – Sports Game Review
Bow Hunter 2017 is a Sports/Simulation/Action game from IEntertainment Network, Inc., first launched in 4th October 2016.
It’s rated 17+ and currently has 420+ ratings on the App Store.
What Makes Bow Hunter 2017 Stand Out
Bow Hunter 2017 is a deer hunting simulation in the American Southwest and Northwest for white tail, black tail, and mule deer. Bow Hunter 2016, a sister product, is a deer hunting simulation in the American Southeast and Northeast for white tail deer.
Both simulations provide stalking and tree stand hunts, require camouflage, and good hunting techniques to accomplish successful hunts!
Choose the right bows, the right arrows, the right camouflage to get your shot to score!
Play in tournaments against other players for in game rewards and real cash prizes!
The deer in the 2017 simulation are easily spooked and will run quickly from the hunter if the hunter does not use the proper bow hunting techniques including the right camouflage!
The simulation contains over 100 hunts, with increasing difficulty, requiring better and better equipment, techniques, and hunting expertise.
Have fun and bring in your trophies!
This Sports game offers engaging gameplay and regular updates for mobile players.
Player Feedback
As a newer release, Bow Hunter 2017 is building its player community. Early feedback suggests .
Recent Updates & Development
Latest Update: 23rd June 2017
Recent improvements include:
This app has been updated by Apple to display the Apple Watch app icon.
Graphics improvements, loading speed improvements and bug fixes.
Download & Availability
Bow Hunter 2017 is available through the official App Store for iOS devices.
Get Bow Hunter 2017 on App Store
Requirements: Requires iPhone 5s / iPad Air / iPad Air (Cellular) / iPad Mini 2 (Retina) / iPad Mini 2 (Retina, Cellular) / iPhone 6 / iPhone 6 Plus / iPad Air 2 / iPad Air 2 (Cellular) / iPad Mini 3 or later.
Compatible with iPhone and iPad devices.
Player Experience Highlights
Community Insight:
It an good game butt never play,it sounds fun.
We think this game is fun to play and its really hard to kill a few deer;.
We think the game is so much fun we for real love all hunting games but this one is the only one we love to play.
Im stuck on the sign in screen it says you dont have to put in a good email but it wont let us continue unless we type email. What do we do.
We love it but it should not take like four shots to kill a deer Ive killed a ton of deer and max amount of shots we use is two other than that we love the game it is super fun.
We like the game and the fact you can choose arrows, equipment, camo, etc in order to hunt; however, the bow needs to be able to be sighted in, maybe at tutorial or something in order to place shots. Rangefinder is accurate but when placing shots and shoot, the arrow isnt flying to the deer at proper flight paths. Also, the sights should be able to be adjusted on point just like in the field. Other than that we like the game and its fun. Quite challenging too.
We think it is stupid that there is an energy. But everything else is great.
When we wate for energy all night it says 5hr please fix that.
The game is rather fun and has great potential but the arrow will drop about a fifth as much. It will seem to drop Way-more than a real arrow would.if the arrow drop would be fixed then it would be way more fun. A real arrow shot out of a bow only drops about half a foot at 20 yards yet in this game it seems to drop about 4 feet. All-around kind of fun but if you fix the arrow drop and the currency it will be way more fun. One more main issue is the money you dont get enough for a hunt to continue after about seven or eight hunts. All around pretty fun but fix these issues and it will be five stars.
Has lots of potential but could be way better. Maybe have different sights that are actually sighted in do different ranges for the different grain arrows.
When we saw the game we were like cool. But it took like 15 mins to load.
Ive been playing for a day or two now and Ive noticed its nothing like real hunting in some ways, for instance the range finder is accurate but irl range finders zoom in, and Ill shoot a deer in the perfect spot and it just runs away and it frustrates us in all sorts of ways.
We will echo the review we saw for Bowhunter 2016. The game is set up to force you to buy in-game currency. The hunts dont reward you with enough currency to play for free, so youll get a few hunts in, and youll be stuck. The other issue is the carry distance of arrows. They usually fall well before the target. If the developers fixed these two things, it could be a real Fanta game! Until then, play it for a few games, then delete.
This game is a lot of fun but there should be a way to get more money to buy arrows without having to pay actual money for it.
Really fun game until you are forced to pay to continue. (All versions of bow hunter). Or when you have a direct kill shot and they count it as a miss.
Bigger deer because on your covers there monsters and we dont get a chance to shoot one.
We were actually enjoying this game for awhile until it stop working. We bought $8000 bow, we bought $200 arrows, we were buying all kinds of things and everything was working just find until after about stage 8 or 9 it would'nt work. You go in and hit the hunt button and all of a sudden out of no where nothing, didn't do anything. It would have been a nice game if it kept going.
As a bow hunter we can tell you if you range something at 40 yards and your sight is right your arrow wont hit the ground 5 feet from the animal. You should also be able to recover your arrows after harvesting an animal.
In the older games you could atleast get 8 shots or so out of your bow before having to repair it. This game you cant repair it and after 2 shots its somehow so bad that it shoots 3 foot. We shoot a actual bow and have never tuned it up and trust us, it doesnt shoot into the ground at three foot. They are just trying to get money out of you. Save your time take up real hunting.
And sight dint lineup with arrow had to am above the deer.
When firing the bow at any range. For instance the bow is set to 30 yards, when you check your range and use the pin (on any of the sights available) its way off and shoots right in the ground and you end up buying arrows constantly $$$$. If this problem was fixed it would be a great game.
If only it would play there would not be a problem.
Dont download this game unless your really bored.
Would not recommend every time you shoot it goes under the deer and you can be 18 yards away.
We like the game but after you get to a certain level you cant kill anything. We made a head shot for a hut that was for venison only and the deer ran off and stayed alive. Then we shot the deer in the lungs and did the same thing. This game is buggy. And we wasted 4.99 on extra money thinking it was us and now knowing it wasnt us. That is steeling.
Whats the point of having all the different bow options if even when the bow is sighted for 45 yards, you have to aim for the sky above the animal at 45 yards to hit the animal, and even at 25 yards you still have to sky aim to hit the animal, completely unrealistic.
Absolutely terrible, how in the world do you think Im supposed to kill a deer as they are constantly teleporting around faster than you can get to it. Pay to win, terrible graphics, and rigged.
We purchased money and was taking out our card but funds never hit on the game want our money back.
Im 16 yards away and aiming with the bottom pin and it goes under the deer.
Way to difficult to navigate the map.
Ill says the bow is sited in at 30 yards but if we aim 30 yards above the deer we may get a hoof shot. At 8 yards it shoots 3 to 4 feet low. We ran out of arrows and cant get more unless we buy more with real money. We wouldnt recommend this game to our enemies.
We downloaded it thinking that this is going to be like a real life kind of simulator but it was really nothing becaus everything you did made no sense. We shot a deer in the the heart and it didnt even die. We also notice we were like 5 feet from a deer and our arrow only went like 2. So we suggested not to get this game.
Energy doesnt reload in a timely fashion. Played the game and let it sit over night and energy never replenished. Constantly need to buy arrows, which seems expensive. One stalk of corn or salt is $100. Overly priced. Played the game for less then 12 hours and deleted the game from our iPad.
The graphics 1 star The controls 1 star Aiming-1 star Money driven – 5 stars All around a terrible game not worth Downloading.
The graphics are okay but it wont actually give you any energy when you wait and when you shoot a deer what would be a lung shot isnt and when you use thermal to make the lung shot it also will not count that, we wouldnt waste your time on this one.
We found it difficult to play as the energy never restored.
This game is a waste of time and money. Bow does not shoot how the instructions tell you to shoot. Waste of money.
So when the arrows run out, and youve spent the in-game currency you get at startup, nothing regens except energy. Meaning at this point if we want to continue playing the free version, we still have to pay real money to buy more arrows. We just deleted it. Too bad we cant give zero stars.
So when we got the game it looked super fun. And then we started to play it a lot more and then we used up our arrows and then we almost have to wait a week to get more arrows. And when we got them we were happy because we actually got some and when we killed the deer it wouldn't let us complete the mission.
Clearly developers have never done any real hunting! Shot placement can be absolutely perfect and not harvest a animal. 21st hunt in and no change in scenery or hunt area. $$$$ to play longer than 15 minutes.
If you love spending constant cash to play for 10 min, youll love this game. Solid graphics though and fun to play.
The first thing we've noticed in the game was a big choice of bows and equipment. That's what we like. The graphics are much better than before. We mean, the developers have done a lot of work. Respect.
We like this game. Beautiful graphics, user-friendly interface and realistic archery. We recommend the simulator for all hunters or archery lovers.
The best thing here is a competitive mode with real cash money prize. That combines our favorite game with earning valuable trophies. Very cool.
It's an amazing hunting simulator since it's quite realistic (looks like a computer game) and really exciting. Though we haven't tried hunting yet, now we think we can show off some knowledge of this process thanks to this game.
Hunting is our obsession but at the same time we hate to kill animals. It's a great simulator. We play it and feel like we're hunting in real.
We just love this game. It's really exciting and very realistic. It's easy to understand but not very easy to play, you have to be dexterous and practice a lot if you want to get good results.
We like this game very much. It is free and you should pay money for it. It is a good hunting simulator with fantastic graphics.
The hunting is thrilling. Using camouflage it feels like like real world hunting. The graphics is beautiful as well.
The terretory is vast and graphics is looking great. Really interesting hunting game. We play it often while commmuting.
User feedback from Apple App Store
App Details
- Version: 2.4.2
- Size: 701.21 MB
- iOS: 7.1 or later
- Languages: EN
- Content Advisory: Gambling, Infrequent/Mild Simulated Gambling, Frequent/Intense Contests, Infrequent/Mild Realistic Violence
- Developer: IEntertainment Network, Inc.
Last updated: 23rd June 2017 | Genre: Sports, Simulation | Developer: IEntertainment Network, Inc.