The Hunting Simulator 3 animal list runs to 37 species: 19 in the Colorado reserve and 18 in Texas. The 37 figure is the combined headline number for both launch maps, so treat the two rosters as separate per-map lists rather than one list of 37 different animals. Two of them — jackrabbit and pheasant — appear on both rosters, which is why the two counts do not describe 37 entirely different-looking animals.
Hunting Simulator 3 animal list: how the 37 species split
The two reserves hold genuinely different wildlife. Colorado is the mountain and forest map: bighorn sheep, Rocky Mountain elk, Rocky Mountain mule deer, Great Plains bison, grey wolf, North American cougar, American black bear, red fox and bobcat all live there. Texas is the prairie, marsh and desert map: American pronghorn, nilgai, aoudad, scimitar-horned oryx, desert bighorn sheep, desert mule deer, feral pig, collared peccary, Texas Plains coyote and bobcat.
Each reserve has its own complete set of missions, its own Field Journal and its own hunting lodge, so the species on one roster never turn up in the other. Texas has no elk, bison, cougar, black bear, red fox or grey wolf — those are all Colorado animals.
The developers have also said no further species will be added to the two existing regions after launch. New species are planned only alongside future hunting grounds, so the roster you learn now is the roster you keep.
What every species entry gives you
Every species in the game carries its own in-game animal logo and its own Field Journal entry. That entry is where you track the animal you have taken, and it is also where the species' hunting details live.
The three things a species entry is tied to are its need zones, its legal calibers and its journal entry. Need zones are the feeding, drinking and resting areas where the animal spends its day, and they are marked on the world map for every species. Legal calibers are the ammunition the game will accept for that animal, and they are checked when you harvest it rather than when you fire. The journal entry is filled in as you hunt, which is also what unlocks the detailed routine for the species in the in-game hunter wiki.
Which animals you can trophy
There is no separate trophy catalogue. Any animal you harvest can be sold for Credits or preserved as taxidermy, so the trophy list is the species list itself — every one of the 37 animals is a legitimate wall piece. The in-game rating shown at the harvest screen is a judgement of that individual animal, not a trophy type, and it is a different thing from the console trophy list, which is a separate account-level list with its own conditions. A Gold-rated buck does not by itself unlock a console trophy.
The rating itself comes from the animal's age, its DNA score and the traits those produce, and the trophy scoring guide covers how those readouts work and how to aim for a better individual.
See the full rosters
Both regional lists are broken out with what each animal is and where it sits in the terrain:
- Colorado animals — the 19 species of the mountain and forest reserve, from bighorn sheep to Canada goose.
- Texas animals — the 18 species of the prairie, marsh and desert, from pronghorn to Texas Plains coyote.
Try the roster system in the free demo
The free Steam demo opens on a restricted part of Colorado and licenses exactly three species. It is the cheapest way to see how the roster system works — the animal logos, the need zone markers on the map and the Field Journal entry for a species — before you commit to the full game, and the demo's first mission is built around rabbits with a shotgun.