Cabela's Big Game Hunter 2005 Adventures

Cabela's Big Game Hunter 2005 Adventures is a 2004 hunting video game published by Activision Value for Microsoft Windows, Xbox, GameCube, PlayStation 2, and Game Boy Advance. It is also a backwards-compatible title for the Xbox 360. It is the first story-driven hunting adventure game.[6]

Cabela's Big Game Hunter 2005 Adventures
North American Windows cover art
Developer(s)Magic Wand Productions (PC and GC), FUN Labs (Xbox), Sand Grain Studios (PS2), Torus Games (GBA)
Publisher(s)Activision Value, Zoo Digital Publishing
Platform(s)Microsoft Windows, Xbox, PlayStation 2, Nintendo GameCube, Game Boy Advance, Xbox 360
Release
Genre(s)Action, First person shooter, sports
Mode(s)Single-player, multiplayer

Gameplay

In the Career mode, players progress through six geographical regions, each with several sub-levels: Forest, Marsh, Desert, Prairie, Mountain, and Tundra. Each sub-level has a specific animal to hunt, though some animals are hunted multiple times on separate occasions, and occasionally the player will encounter other objectives within a level. Money is earned along the way, which can be spent on more advanced firearms and other equipment. A few opportunities will arise for the player to win a gun by completing certain tasks. A total of 26 different animal species can be hunted in the game, including white-tailed deer, timberwolves, and peccary.

Other play modes include Quick Hunt, starting with one sub-level per region; other levels become available as they are completed in the Career mode, and Tournaments, including skeet shooting.

For full information on the console version of the 2005 Adventures, see Cabela's Big Game Hunter 2006 Trophy Season. The PC version of the 2006 Season is identical to the console version of the 2005 Adventures.

PC version

The PC version of the game operates much differently, and allows the player to select locations and unlock them upon their completion. It operates exactly like its predecessor, Cabela's Big Game Hunter: 2004 Season. The game includes 10 maps located across North America. The maps are much more diverse and unique than those of the 2004 Season. Unlike the previous game, each map can only be played in two seasons. The seasons in question depend on the map. Each season features a different game from the other one, requiring the player to play all but one of the maps twice in order to complete the game. The game also imposes firearm restrictions based on each season in each map. The most prevalent restrictions are those that allow either rifles and shotguns or those that allow any weapon of choice. Other locations include bow-only seasons, and one includes a shotgun-only season. The player may only carry two weapons on each hunt. There are a total of 26 game mammals to hunt.

Locations
  • South Dakota – Located in the Black Hills National Forest, this map features thick pine forests, a winding river, and steep hills. Travel by ATV is practical on the trails, but the drastically changing temperatures can affect the player's hunt based on the time of day. Game here in the summer is cougar, mountain goat, and mule deer. Game in the autumn is cougar, mountain goat, and pronghorn.
  • Idaho – Taking place in the Coeur d'Alene National Forest in the panhandle of the state, this map features dense forests with little open areas. A large plain is accessible when spawning at "Whispering Falls", but clearings throughout the forest are rare. The pickup truck makes travel difficult, and walking through the trees often obscures the player's vision. Game in the autumn is woodland caribou, shiras moose, and mule deer. In the winter, game is shiras moose, mule deer, and grizzly bear. The grizzly makes for a difficult hunt in a difficult location.
  • Kentucky – This map resembles the Pennyroyal Region of southern Kentucky, near the Mammoth Cave. With thick forest, unstable foothills, small, winding paths, and a river bisecting the main trail, Kentucky is one of the most difficult locations in the game. At the top of the map, in the mountains, at the end of the trail, the player can find a small log cabin. Game in the autumn is wild boar, coyote, elk, and white-tailed deer. Hunting in the winter is not necessary, as the elk is not prevalent, but all other animals are available as game. Winter is also especially difficult as it is a shotgun-only season.
  • Michigan – Located in the Upper Peninsula, this map features thick pockets of trees laid out among large plains. Trails are scarce, but can be followed to reach remote corners of the map. On the shore of what is most likely Lake Superior, a cabin and dock can be found. In the winter, ice forms on the lake and the player can walk (or drive) to a small island off of the shore. Game in the autumn is black bear, wolf, and white-tailed deer. Game in the winter is wolf, elk, and white-tailed deer.
  • Nevada – Consisting of vast plains, massive slopes, and exceedingly hot temperatures, this virtual map of Death Valley makes for a difficult hunt. Although it is the smallest map in the game, Nevada's temperatures can reach above 100° Fahrenheit. Quick game is also a determining factor in the player's completion of the hunt. Game in the summer is coyote, mountain goat, and bighorn sheep. In the autumn, game is coyote, bighorn sheep, and pronghorn. Due to the openness of the map, however, players can practice long-range shooting with extended visibility.
  • Nunavut – Canada's largest and most sparsely populated territory, Nunavut makes for a brutal expedition. The map is set on exiled Victoria Island. In the autumn, temperatures can be mild, making traveling on foot easier, but in the winter, temperatures are constantly below 0° Fahrenheit. Trails lead around the map, but most of the map is covered in small rock clusters and foliage. In the autumn, the game is Labrador caribou, polar bear, and musk ox. In the winter, game is polar bear, Labrador caribou, and wolf.
  • Sonora – An arid state in northern Mexico, Sonora is a simple hunt. In the spring, temperatures are moderate and game is not entirely dangerous. Sonora is a relatively small map. A favourable route would be for the player to spawn at "Salt Pool" and travel up the trail to the cabin at the other end of the map. Game in the spring is cougar, javelina, and Coues deer. In the autumn, a bow-only season, game is Coues deer, javelina, and bighorn sheep.
  • Utah – Utah is the most difficult map to travel in. Set in a desert gorge, the player will find difficulty in maneuvering the terrain. Steep slopes, large canyon walls, and a narrow river that bisects the map makes this a formidable hunt. A boat spawns at the region "Blade Arch" and can be used to navigate to the other end of the map, "Thunder Fall". The only connection between the two halves of the map is a cast-iron bridge. There is another region of the map, but the player must go to the boat spawn, swim across, and navigate up a steep hill in order to access it. Game in the autumn is elk, shiras moose, and pronghorn. Game in the winter is black bear, shiras moose, and elk.
  • Vermont – One of the smallest maps in the game, Vermont features thick forests of maple trees, a small pond in the direct centre, and minimal trails. The winter features black bear, coyote, and white-tailed deer. Game in the autumn is Canadian moose, black bear, and white-tailed deer. Autumn is a bow-only season.
  • Yukon Territory – A large map that spawns the player without a vehicle. Because of its setting in the Klondike Valley, made famous for the Klondike Gold Rush, temperatures are formidably cold. A boat does spawn at the far end of the map, but spawning at a location near it entails a long walk. A river does make every region accessible via boat. Trails reach all around the map. It is also the map with the greatest variety of game. The spring entails brown bear, Alaskan moose, Sitka black-tailed deer, and barren-ground caribou. The winter, a bow-only season, allows the player to hunt Sitka black-tailed deer, dall sheep, and stone sheep. The winter in Yukon means short hunting hours and slow endurance for the player.

Maps

The maps in the game are based on real locations at the coordinates given at each level's loading screen and the player's GPS when opened in the area. Eight of the maps have trails, four have at least one building, and all maps contain some type of body of water. Each location is largely different from the other, a huge departure from its predecessor Cabela's Big Game Hunter: 2004 Season. The in-game guide at the location menu will explain more about each level's geography, history, and flora and fauna. The guides for the animals of each location explain the species' habits, weights, diets, and other details.

Items

All items are unlocked at the beginning of the career. Since the gameplay is not linear, the player is free to choose whatever weapons and equipment they want to take. The only stipulations are firearm regulations respective to area and season.

Firearms and Bows

The player has immediate access to a cache of weapons. High-powered bolt action rifles usually come equipped with scopes. The player cannot purchase, remove, or add scopes to and from rifles. Lever action rifles are also available to the player. There are three shotguns in the game. The player can also use several handguns, such as a .357 magnum and a .44 magnum, but these can only be used in seasons where there are no firearm restrictions. The player also has access to three types of bows: the compound bow, the recurve bow, and the crossbow which comes equipped with a scope. Bows can be used in seasons without firearm restrictions, but must be used in the three bow-only seasons the game features.

Backpack

The player has access to many backpack items that are useful on the hunt, but none of them entirely necessary. There are three types of tents, light, medium, and heavy weight, depending if the player chooses the stay in the area overnight to continue hunting. The player has access to food packs, hydration bladders, first aid kits, decoys, lures, scents, calls, binoculars, rangefinders, scent cover, and clothes with different colouring and insulation depending on environment. Other larger items such as tripods, tree stands, and ground blinds are available as well.

In order to set up a tripod, tree stand, ground blind, or tent the player must be in an appropriate position, usually over flat open ground. If the player is not in an ideal spot for setup, the game will prompt the player with a message in white text at the bottom-right of the screen: "unable to place item." Text will also slide in from the right to the centre-top of the screen, prompting the player to move to a location of flat open ground. The text will idle momentarily, and then slide out to the left of the screen.

The player can buy and infinite amount of food, medical bags, water bladders, scent call, and lures from the shop, but items such as the tents, tripod stands, binoculars, and other reusable items can be purchased only once. The item will remain in the player's inventory, where it can be equipped and unequipped, sold back onto the market, and re-purchased at a later time. The player can only equip four instances of food, water, medical bags, and cover scent, however, can refill hydration bladders by wading into water and using the bag. The player can hold a maximum of ten individual items per hunt, while clothing does not take a slot. If the player takes food, medical bags, water, and scent cover in instances of four, it will only take up one inventory slot.

Maps and GPS

The player is able to purchase a map and/or a GPS from the shop. Only one instance of either is required; the map/GPS does not need updating with each location change. The map will show the player's location, as well water, buildings, trails, and topography. The player can place and remove various marks on the map as well.

The GPS is more expensive but much more useful, as it accomplishes all that the map does but it also has a vehicle marker, as well as global coordinates of the hunting location at the top of the GPS screen.

For both the MAP and the GPS, the player is represented by a green pixel, the vehicle is represented by a blue pixel, all trails are represented in red lines, bodies of water are blue, houses are represented by rough sketches of buildings, and all topography is illustrated in black lines. Boats are not represented on the map or GPS. <Cabela's Big Game Hunter 2005 Adventures></Activision>

Clothing

The player has access to various amounts of clothing, organized by light-weight, medium-weight, and heavy-wight, and then by colour for different environments, such as forest (green/camo), orange (autumn/desert), and winter. The player can only wear one instance of clothing on a hunt and must equip clothing before entering a hunting area.

Tags

Tags are purchased for each area. The player must scroll the location on the menu, then go into the store tab to buy tags. Tags do not need to be equipped like weapons, clothing, and equipment. If the player purchases tags for a location, returns to the menu, scrolls to another location and enters the store, the tags that were previously bought but not fulfilled will not appear there, but will still exist when the player returns to the store page for the previously selected location. The player is able to buy all tags for each location before hunting in any of them - assuming they are all unlocked - but only the tags purchased for the area in question will appear when the player enters that hunting area. Tags can be purchased for $200 and sold for $140. It is far more cost-effective to hunt the animal than selling the tag. The player can only buy one instance of a tag per hunt. Coyotes and wolves must be hunted in instances of four and the barren-ground caribou (only found in Yukon) must be hunted in instances of two. The player must bag all of those quantities in order to fulfill bag limits to unlock the next location. The player is not able separate the tags of those quantities. The player can hunt an incomplete quantity, return to the shop and sell the remaining tags. <Cabela's Big Game Hunter 2005 Adventures></Activision>

Controls
  • W - accelerate/walk forward
  • S - decelerate/reverse/walk backward
  • A - strafe left/turn left
  • D - strafe right/turn right
  • E - Analyze track/claim trophy/exit bullet camera/exit trophy camera/mount vehicle/dismount vehicle/toggle x-ray vision/stop sleeping
  • Mouse 1 - Fire weapon/select item
  • Mouse 2 - Zoom scope/aim down sight
  • Left Shift - Toggle or Hold Run/vehicle horn
  • Left Control - Toggle or Hold Crouch
  • X - Tracking Camera
  • Space - Inventory
  • Escape - Pause and Menu
  • Q - Cycle last-selected weapon
  • C - Change perspective (first and third person)
  • ~ - Console
  • Mouse Wheel - Scroll items when in backpack, store, or menu
  • F1-10 - Use/Activate respective inventory item

Gameplay (PC)

The player will always have to purchase tags before a hunt. Only one instance of each tag may be purchased per hunt. Game that must be hunted in instances of two or four can only be purchased in those quantities. The player must also have no more than two firearms coinciding with restriction in the area and season and clothing to enter the hunting area. The player will always load into a location with a brief visual, bearing the location name, longitudinal and latitudinal coordinates, a spinning compass, and a photo of the location in the selected season. The player will have four spawn points to choose from at the menu, however the exact location cannot be chosen. The spawn points are set to a position on the map. The player will always spawn next to their vehicle (with the exception of Yukon Territory), and the player will always start a hunt at the beginning of hunting hours with clear skies. The player cannot choose the time of day or weather to begin the hunt at.

Game will always spawn throughout the map, however in differing quantities every hunt. There will always be at least one of each animal in the selected season. No less than the minimum variety of animals will spawn in a level upon loading. No more than twelve will spawn in any level. Game that requires multiple trophies per level will not have an effect on the spawn rate. For example, a player will need to bag four coyotes in one level. It is possible for only one coyote to spawn per level, requiring the player to find the next target when it respawns. Some animals may spawn within close proximity of the player; if it is a hostile animal, the player has a small chance of being attacked upon spawn.

The player will receive money for each trophy bagged, depending on distance, weapon used, and point(s) of impact. The player will also receive a clean shot bonus if the trophy is bagged in one shot. The player uses money to buy tags for each location ($200 each), as well as more firearms and bows, and more equipment as needed.

When the player wades into water deeper than waist-level, they will automatically swim and the same controls for walking apply. The player may not equip a weapon or use any items while in the water. If the player drives their vehicle into the water, they will not be able to recover the vehicle without restarting the hunt.

Any objects that the player uses - besides their weapons - will not actually be shown, even in third person. Calls, lures, food, water, medical bags, and scent cover will only play a fixed sound and give the desired effect when used. Decoys, tripod stands, tree stands, ground blinds, and various lures and baits will be shown in front of the player when used, but there is no animation for these objects.

The player only takes damage from being attacked by animals, drowning, crashing their vehicle, or overextending themselves physically when they have no energy. The player will not take fall damage from any height, walking into cacti or other natural entities, and falling into water.

Quick Hunt

The quick hunt option allows for the player to choose a character, choose one location and basic equipment and one tag. Quick hunt locations will only be unlocked when they are unlocked in the career hunt mode. Quick hunts have no effect on the player's stats, cabin, or campaign progress/

Career Hunt

The career hunt option allows for the player to create a character, name their profile, choose a log cabin to display their trophies, and unlock locations by bagging each game mammal from the locations. There are ten locations to unlock. The player receives money for bagging each target based on efficiency, skill, and distance and will receive a clean shot bonus if their trophy is bagged in one shot. The player's best trophies from the locations will be displayed in the log cabin and are able to be viewed by the player. Upon completion of the career hunt, the player will be shown pre-recorded compilation footage set to the theme music and will be able to return to any location in their profile. The player may also use their profile to upgrade their character's statistics, such as stealth, endurance, strength, tracking, and resilience. <Cabela's Big Game Hunter 2005 Adventures></Activision>

Log Cabin

The log cabin has a preset design and observable location from the windows. The player does not physically enter or exit the cabin. It is accessed in their career hunt profile menu. The player cannot freely walk around the cabin, and must scroll between the trophy heads on a preset wheel. The player can view each trophy - the best of each species they bagged on their campaign hunt - and view statistics for the mammal, such as weight, height, sex, age, location, weapon used, and points of impact. Scoring information exists for each species, such as skulls, antlers, and horns depending on the species. <Cabela's Big Game Hunter 2005 Adventures></Activision>

HUD

The player will always have the same Heads Up Display every hunt, regardless of season, equipment, or location. The only changes in the HUD depends on the ammunition of the player's selected gun and the tags the player has purchased before starting the hunt

The bottom left corner of the screen will show a blue bar. This is the player's energy bar, which decreases when the player moves for extended periods of time. If the player does not stop to rest, the bar will diminish entirely. The bar will naturally regenerate back to the top if the player is not moving physically, sleeping in a tent, or operating a vehicle. The speed at which the bar drops and regenerates depends on the given environment. The appropriate clothing for the environment can be chosen before starting the hunt to ensure optimal energy consumption and regeneration. To the right of the energy bar is the outline of a person with camo-coloured filling. This is the player's health bar. It is always outlined in a bright lime-green at the start of every hunt. When the player takes damage - being attacked by an animal, drowning, crashing a vehicle - the colouring in the centre will lower gradually downwards, while the green outlining will change colour. Damage is scaled from moderate to severe and is represented from green to red. Points of impact and pain are also shown on the body. When the player's energy bar is fully depleted and the player continues to move, health will be taken from the health bar. To the right of the health bar are three separate bars. The red bar indicates a player's visibility level. The more visible the player is, the higher and brighter the bar will become. Crouching, using camouflage clothing, ground blinds, tree stands, and using natural fauna as cover will lower the bar. The yellow bar is the player's noise level. The more noise a player makes from walking, firing a weapon, driving, or using calls will cause this bar to move down. This bar is often the most changing in the game and can constantly be seen brightening and rising up after a gunshot. The rightmost bar is blank at the start of a hunt. This is the player's scent bar. It can only be activated by using scent cover, an item from the shop purchased before a hunt is started. When applied, the bar will rise a certain amount and gradually diminish as the scent cover wears off. The higher and brighter the bar is, the less an animal will be able to smell the player.

In the top left corner of the screen is the compass. The compass always appears the same every hunt.

In the top right corner of the screen are the tags. This depends on the tags the player purchases for the hunt. The player can purchase all tags for the given location and all will be displayed in the tag corner. However, the hunt will have to be manually concluded to switch the season to bag the outstanding trophy. Tags will blink when an animal is wounded and the tag will disappear once the tag has been fulfilled. Beneath the tag(s) is a red flag that display the intensity and direction of the wind.

In the bottom right corner of the screen is the player's ammunition. Typical rifles will hold five rounds, all rifle ammo appears the same in the corner. Shotgun rounds and arrows will all appear the same regardless of the specifics of the weapon being used. The ammo will only appear and change when the player is holding and using the weapon. Ammo will disappear one by one until the player runs out. The player will automatically reload. The player can also manually reload at any point by using the hotkey. Ammunition is also unlimited in the game. Above the ammo, the game will also display abilities when the player is able to use them. Prompts to drive or dismount vehicle, examine tracks, use X-ray vision in a rifle scope, leave a tent, and bag trophies will appear when appropriate, along with the given hotkey.

When the player presses the inventory hotkey - SPACE by default - they will see their entire inventory with hotkeys F1-10 respective to the items in question. Players will also see quantities of objects they have brought on the hunt. The large space below shows the tags remaining and the quantities of animals they must bag on the hunt. Tags that are not applicable to the season will still appear in this section. On the right side of the panel under the inventory will show time and temperature. <Cabela's Big Game Hunter 2005 Adventures></Activision>

Game Animals

Game animals have rather generic behaviours. Non-hostile animals, such as deer, moose, elk, sheep, goat, antelope, and caribou will run at different speeds depending on their respective species. Upon approaching an animal, either stealthily or loudly, the animal will react and run in the opposite direction, given there is no map border hindering it. The animals will also sense the player if they are downwind of them. Vehicles produce more noise, but the animals cannot outrun them. However, the player will receive a penalty for striking an animal, game or non-game, with their vehicle.

Animals of different variations of a species will look identical to each other, and operate the same way. For example, a mule deer and a whitetail deer will look the same, respond to stimuli similarly, will give the same calls, and will run as fast as each other. This is where the game lacks realism, and it is also one of the many critical points of the developers.

Hostile animals share the same properties. For example, all bears, except the polar bear, look, sound, and usually weigh the same amount. The only difference is their colour. Wolves and coyotes look and sound considerably different. Javelina and wild boar are also different from one another. Hostile animals will often run from the player when approached, or when the player is sensed. The animal could also charge and attack the player, making them lose a considerable amount of health, or kill them. If a player loses their health to an animal, they will collapse on the ground and a window will appear saying that they need medical attention. An animal will not attack a player in a ground blind or tree stand or while on a tripod stand or vehicle. Animals do have occasional tendencies to attack players while sleeping in their tent, however the player will not take damage.

Game mammals typically share the same behaviours. After running from a player after being sensed or shot at, the animal will likely run behind a ridge or trees, obscuring themselves from the player. Game mammals do not typically run in the environment or respond to actions other than those of the player. On occasion, mammals can be seen running in the environment, but usually not for long periods. Hostile and docile animals - as well as natural predator and prey - can usually be within close proximity of one another without any ostensible action. Game mammals, when observed, can be seen walking, looking around, laying down, and sounding their natural calls.<Cabela's Big Game Hunter 2005 Adventures></Activision>

Non-Game Animals

The game also introduces multiple non-game animals. These animals cannot be legally hunted, are not marked (even with the trophy beacon option on), and are protected under the same penalties as the legal game animals. For example, the player will be fined if they are to shoot a non-game animal or strike them with their vehicle. This presents a challenge, as non-game mammals cannot be marked, and are often to hard to detect in the environment. Foxes, snakes, rabbits, lynxes, and beavers will spawn in locations according to their appropriate environment. Lynxes spawn in almost every location, aside from the arctic and lush forest maps. Lynx are also hostile; this provides a challenge as they are not marked.

Restrictions

Upon breaking the rules of the game, which are explained in the career mode tab labelled "guide," the player will receive warnings, fines, and eventual eviction from the warden of their respective area. The player can achieve these penalties by:

  • Firing the weapon after hunting hours: one half-hour after sunset to one half-hour before sunrise. This can be a challenging rule to comply to, as the time restrictions will change based on the area. For example, hunting hours usually begin at six o'clock in the morning and end at around eight o'clock at night on most maps, like South Dakota, Nevada, and Sonora. However, other maps require different hunting hours, like the Yukon or Nunavut, where morning begins at eleven o'clock and end at around six o'clock in the evening.
  • Shooting animals that the player is not legally allowed to hunt. This includes animals the player has already claimed, did not purchase a tag for before starting the hunt, or shooting non-game animals. This excludes animals that the player is required to bag multiple of, such as coyote (four tags), wolf (four tags), and barren-ground caribou (two tags). When the player has bagged all multiples, the tags will become invalid.
  • Firing a weapon in the perimeter (fifty yards) of an inhabited building. Only four maps include buildings. Kentucky, which has a small cabin located at the top of the map, hidden in a mountain. Michigan contains a small cabin with a dock on the shore of what is probably Lake Superior. Nunavut features an Eskimo village at the top. However, the player cannot access the grounds due to a chain fence hindering the player and game. Sonora has a small cabin on the far side of the map, surrounded by mesas. The other maps either contain trails, or no trails at all. Nevada and Utah are the only maps that do not have trails. This rule can be disputed, as there is no evidence that these buildings are inhabited. If the player's target, is around the building, the player can move back beyond the restricted point, and fire a shot near, or even directly at the building(s), and they will not be charged.
  • Failing to claim a dead trophy. If the player chooses to use the trophy beacon option, the red dot of their dead target will turn blue. If the player fails to claim it, they will receive a penalty. <Cabela's Big Game Hunter 2005></Activision>

Trivia
  • The loading screens shown with the name and screenshot of the location also show the times of sunrise and sunset in the area (based on season), as well the latitudinal and longitudinal coordinates.
  • The GPS when opened in game will show the player's global coordinates.
  • Only two maps in this game do not share geographical borders with maps from the Cabela's Big Game Hunter: 2004 Season: Kentucky and Michigan. The only map in the 2004 Season that does not border a map from its own game or this game is Texas.
  • The game's guides to each game mammal are identical to the guides in the 2004 Season.
  • Upon installing the game, the main menu's movie library contains two demos: one of a hunt in Nevada by a female avatar, and one of a hunt in South Dakota by a male avatar.
  • Upon loading, watermarks for Activision and Magic Wand are shown. A short compilation of in-game footage is shown to rock music.
  • Upon completing the career hunt, the player will be shown compilation footage set to the theme music.
  • In the game's location guide, South Dakota's description mentions Mount Rushmore, given that the map is modeled after the National Black Hills Forest.
  • The game features seven US States, two Canadian territories, and one Mexican state.
  • Between the 2004 Season and 2005 Adventures, this game is the only one to feature a Mexican state/territory.
  • Map borders in this game are defined by steep mountains, ocean, lakes, and fences. Some collision meshes do exist, giving the maps an endless feel, but also taking away from the realism.
  • Only two maps do not contain trails of any type: Nevada and Utah
  • Only four maps contain buildings: Michigan (a cabin on the lake), Kentucky (a small cabin at the end of a small and tortuous trail), Nunavut (a village behind a chain-link fence at the end of the trail), and Sonora (a small cabin at the end of the trail).
  • South Dakota is the one of two maps in which all trails do not connect with one another. There are two separate trails that never intersect. The player must walk short distances between them. The other map is Vermont: a small trail is placed ahead of the spawn point "Frozen Brook." The trail does not connect the player with the rest of map, as it only connects an off-centre patch of woods to the northwestern map boundary. The rest of the trails are tortuous, but navigate through the rest of the map.
  • South Dakota is featured prominently in the intro video to the game, and video shown upon completion of the career hunt.
  • Idaho is the most densely forested map.
  • Due to the dense nature of Idaho, the map will often have lower framerates on older machines and operating systems.
  • Given that the location for Idaho is based on the Coeur d’Alene National Forest in the panhandle, Idaho is the northernmost US state featured in this game.
  • Kentucky's trail is bisected by a river, across which the player cannot drive. This makes travel to the isolated part of the map via vehicle incredibly challenging.
  • Kentucky is the only map with a shotgun-only season. However, this hunt is not necessary, as only the elk does not appear in the winter. All game mammals for the map appear in the autumn.
  • In Michigan, a small island lies off the shore of the lake by the cabin. In autumn, the player can swim to it. In winter, ice forms so that the player may walk or drive to it.
  • Both seasons (autumn and winter) in Michigan will provide the player with an ATV.
  • Nevada is the hottest map in the game, nearing temperatures of 110 °F in the summer.
  • Nevada is the only map with no signs of civilization. Every other map has fences, trails, or buildings.
  • Nevada is the only map in which all of the water present is shallow enough for the player to wade or drive through.
  • In Nevada, if the player dismounts the ATV or pitches a tent in the shallow water, they will not be able to leave their tent or re-mount their vehicle.
  • Nevada is the smallest map, with Sonora, Michigan, and Vermont being some of the smallest.
  • In the autumn season in Nunavut, temperatures do not exceed 32 °F (0 °C), yet it will still rain.
  • Nunavut is the coldest map in the game, nearing temperatures of -40 °F in the winter.
  • Nunavut is the only map with multiple buildings.
  • Icebergs can be seen from the shores of Nunavut.
  • Nunavut is the northernmost map in this game.
  • Given that Nunavut was admitted as a Canadian territory in 1999, Nunavut is the most recently incorporated map in the game. When the game was developed in 2004, the territory was only five years old.
  • Sonora is the southernmost map in the game.
  • Sonora is the only Mexican map between the 2004 Season and the 2005 Adventures.
  • Sonora is referred to as the “Sonoran Desert in the game guide. This would possibly make this map part of Arizona or another Mexican state.
  • In the location guide for Sonora, the Mexican Wolf and the Sonoran Pronghorn are mentioned, but do not appear in the game. The message in the guide is followed by information regarding their endangerment and preservation efforts.
  • The map of Utah is bisected by a gorge river, allowing the player exit from the river (via docking the boat or walking out) at very few points. This can prove fatal to the hunter if they should fall in the river far from a point of exit. Because of the steep slopes, the second half of the map is accessible by swimming across the gorge, and carefully finding the points that player is able to trek. From there, the player can continue, but must gain access to that same point again if they wish to return to the other half of the map. Game rarely spawns on this side of the map. Another point of entry is on the southwestern side of the map, accessible by boat or bridge. The player will notice a gap in the canyon wall with one tree in it. The player can drive up to this point and carefully navigate down through the gorge, placing them on the other side of the map. This is only accessible by vehicle.
  • While on the remote side of the map, the player can disembark their vehicle, but will be spawned on the other side of the water deposit there. They will still remain on the remote half of the map, but will not dismount next to their vehicle.
  • On this remote side of the map, some instances can allow the player to stand on top of their vehicle when disembarking.
  • Some points in Utah are accessible only by vehicle.
  • Utah's autumn loading screen is the only loading screen that shows a vehicle. An ATV parked on a slope is visible in the bottom-right corner of the screen.
  • Utah is the only map with a bridge.
  • If each map is played in order, Utah's game is not original to the player at all. At this point, the player will have bagged pronghorn from South Dakota and Nevada, Shiras Moose from Idaho, Elk from Michigan and Kentucky, and black bear from Michigan. However, each mammal is required to be bagged from Utah to allow the player to unlock the next location.
  • Vermont is the easternmost US state featured in this game. It is also more easterly than any of the other US states in the 2004 Season.
  • Vermont is the smallest US state featured between the 2004 and 2005 games. Vermont also has the smallest area of any of the other real-life locations in this game.
  • Vermont is the only map in which a river is featured that the player can walk through unhindered. Despite the icy river moving noticeably fast, the player can walk through and stand in it unaffected.
  • The player does not receive a vehicle in either season in Yukon Territory.
  • At the location menu and the for both loading screens, Yukon Territory is labelled as such. However, when the player is selecting a location to unlock, it is referred to simply as "Yukon."
  • Utah and Yukon Territory are the only maps in the game that provide the player with a boat.
  • Yukon Territory does not provide the player with an ATV, snowmobile, or truck in either season.
  • Yukon Territory features the most varied and exclusive game of all the locations. It features six animals, all of which are exclusive to the location.
  • Sonora and Yukon Territory are the only maps that offer spring seasons.
  • South Dakota and Nevada are the only maps that offer summer seasons.
  • 15 of 36 game mammals appear in only one season in one location.
  • Idaho, Kentucky, and Sonora are the only locations to provide the player with a pickup truck. Faint pixel images of the states' license plates can be vaguely made out in each location.
  • Coyote, whitetail, elk, black bear, and pronghorn are the most prevalent game. They make three appearances each throughout the maps.
  • There only three bow-only season: autumn in Sonora, autumn in Vermont, and winter in Yukon Territory.
  • It is impossible for Canadian moose, Dall sheep, or stone sheep to be bagged with a firearm, as all three species appear exclusively in bow-only seasons.
  • It is impossible for musk ox, grizzly, polar bear, and Labrador caribou to be bagged with a bow.
  • Nunavut is the only location to have firearms restricted to rifles and shotguns only in both seasons.
  • A cougar cannot be bagged with a bow in Sonora; the spring season is restricted to rifles and shotguns.
  • Animals have been known to die spontaneously, although rarely. This is likely due to a bug in the game.
  • The player can spawn next to an animal. This can sometimes result in the player being attacked by a hostile animal upon spawning.
  • Coyotes and wolves must be hunted in instances of four. The store will automatically provide the player with four tags when equipping.
  • There are three species of caribou in the game, but only the barren-ground caribou must be hunted in instances of two. The store will automatically provide the player with two tags when equipping.
  • Animals killed and bagged by the player, animals that die of wounds, or animals that die due to the environment, have a chance of spawning within close proximity of the player. Any time this occurs, the player will hear the noise the animal in question emits, and may possibly be attacked if the animal is hostile.
  • There are four types of deer, four types of bear, three types of moose, three types of sheep, and three types of caribou.
  • A player can increase their tracking skill by pressing the track key during hunts. Crouching and examining tracks allow the player's perception of tracks within a certain radius to increase.
  • Although Lynx are not game mammals, therefore they are not marked, the player can still track them and be attacked by them.
  • Animal droppings can be found with animal tracks.
  • A glitch has been known to make hostile animals attack the player's tent while sleeping. The player will not take damage, but the animal will remain outside the tent and likely growling or making an aggravated noise. The player will have to shoot them upon leaving the tent. This glitch has most notably happened with black bears in Vermont.
  • Moose are not hostile in this game.
  • The target range in this game is identical to the target range in the 2004 Season.
  • In the career hunt menu, the button is labeled "Target Range," but the loading screen is labelled "Shooting Range."
  • The terrain and nature of the target range is most similar to that of South Dakota.
  • In the target range, the player can only bring two weapons. The player is not affected by temperature, and the player's health and stealth HUD does not appear. The player does not need to rest from running.
  • While the player cannot bring a tent to the target range, they can stay in the range indefinitely, even through the night. However, time moves at a normal pace.
  • The shooting range offers multiple targets and posts, as well as decoys. There are several decoys on moving tracks, while most others are freestanding. The player can practice on decoys of pronghorn, wild boar, deer, cougar, lynx, and fox.
  • Yukon Territory, South Dakota, and Idaho are among the largest maps. <Cabela's Big Game Hunter 2005 Adventures></Activision>
  • Nevada, Sonora, and Vermont are the smallest maps.
  • South Dakota, Michigan, Nevada, Utah, and Vermont are the only maps without unique game. All game featured in these locations appear at least twice each in the game overall.

References
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  3. "Game Boy Advance release information".
  4. "Xbox release information".
  5. "GameCube release information".
  6. "Activision Value's Cabela's Big Game Hunter 2005 Adventures Ships to Retail Outlets Across North America; Live The Adventure!". Business Wire. Berkshire Hathaway. November 12, 2004. Retrieved July 5, 2019.
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