Maxing Carcass Quality

Core rule: size matching

Match your ammunition to the animal size to get the highest carcass price, integrity, and quality.

Example: a .243 round (target size B) is best used on size B animals.

If you take down a smaller animal with a round one size up — or anything far too powerful — quality, integrity, and price are set well below the tier’s normal range. Bigger is not better.

The four factors

1. Vital organ hit
2. Instant kill
3. No headshot — hitting the head is a penalty
4. Ammunition matched to the animal size

All four must be met — vital hit, instant kill, head untouched, size matched — for the carcass to score at its maximum.

In short

Check the species’ animal size → load size-matched ammo → one clean vital shot, avoid the head, drop it instantly. That’s the whole game.