Others say...

"When animals attack"
I just got the game, so maybe I haven't figured everything out yet, but what's with the ultra-agressive animals? There's no time to hunt, you're too busy defending yourself. The animals are everywhere, no need to lure them in, and they invariably charge. The audio has no directionality (I play with headphones), so every time you hear the crazed grunting of a moose who's bent on running you down you have to scan in all directions and hope you can spot him before he kills you. EVERY animal I've killed has been with a headshot at VERY close range, because they always charge.
The environments are very pretty, but small. The vehicles are irrelevant because you can walk from one end of the map to the other in minutes. Ambient sounds are not well developed, and neither are the animal calls. Each species has one sound that it makes over and over again with no variation.
Can anyone reccommend a game that provides a more realistic and detailed hunting experience? One where patience and stealth count?

"MORE FRUSTRATING THAN FUN - DISAPPOINTING!"
I have enjoyed Cabela's Big Game Hunter games in the past - most notably the 2006 edition. This year's was a major disappointment, however. Most of the negatives that have been covered in the reviews for the 360 and Playstation versions are applicable here. For example, the frequency with which you are attacked. The animals attack so often, and without provocation, it would seem that they must all have rabies!

A few additional observations:
- There are omissions in the manual. For example, I have not yet seen it stated anywhere that you must press the E key to start the dogsled race. It's frustrating to sit there and try to get them to go with the directions you have - they just yap. Another omission - you can go back to the outpost and save your progress - even after you have been, yet again, "killed." Any tags you have filled will remain filled upon your return. I ran into both these points on gamefaqs posts - not on anything from Cabela or Activision.
- You must fulfill the special missions before you fill the tags - otherwise, you won't be able complete them.
- I cannot, with my Compaq XP, get off two shots on the opening round of the waterfowl contest, which greatly hinders winning the contest.
- the interface for the flycasting is the worst I've seen since 1987! It works only occasionally, no matter what you do; it's cumbersome, frustrating, and irrelevant to flycasting. And you need to catch the fish to complete the silly game!
- most of the game tries to be at least semi-realistic. However, in the last contest, the shooting marathon, you are attacked by one savage animal after another! How would this be possible? Infect a variety of animals with rabies and release them one at a time at contestant??? I found this contest nasty and repugnant.
- One plus: it's easier to save the game in this version than in 2006, because you can go back to the outpost at any time.

The variety of regions and game is pretty good, and the scenery is lovely. Some of the concepts, such as the waterfowl hunting, are enjoyable. Those are the only positives I can come up with.