outdoor · Mount Kalaga National Park
Hunting returns to a GTA game for the first time since Red Dead-style mechanics arrived in San Andreas (and were perfected in RDR2). Rockstar's Mount Kalaga National Park screenshots prominently feature deer, alligators, and dense woodland — a clear setup for stalk-and-shoot gameplay across the northern half of Leonida. The Mount Kalaga set-piece is one of the most striking environment reveals from the Rockstar press kit. Tall longleaf pines, marsh, and clear stretches of state-park trail give hunting the geography it needs: visibility for spotting, cover for stalking, and water sources where animals congregate. The hunting gear itself isn't shown yet, but the rifles confirmed in the same screenshots — including a bolt-action sniper — slot directly into the activity. Expect hunting to feed back into other systems: pelts and meat for income, photographic challenges for completion, and possibly a wildlife encyclopedia in the pause menu. Rockstar will almost certainly contrast Mount Kalaga's rural quiet with Vice City's neon — hunting is the outdoor anchor of that pairing. Mechanically, Rockstar's RDR2 hunting system is the obvious benchmark: animal-cleanliness ratings, perfect-pelt rewards, and a dynamic spawn pattern that depends on time of day and weather. If a Trapper-equivalent NPC exists in Leonida, expect crafted gear unlocks tied to the highest-quality kills. Mount Kalaga's marsh-and-pine ecosystem also opens the door to species GTA has never featured — alligators, panthers, wading birds, and bass — each potentially anchored to its own track-and-kill challenge with reputation stakes. It's a quietly significant decision — the first GTA hunting system since CJ's brief desert kills, and the most ambitious nature-focused side activity Rockstar has ever shipped on a contemporary GTA map.
Hunting is a side-activity featured in GTA V. It can only be accessed by Trevor Philips between 5:00 and 19:00.
The hunting activity appears to be based on the one featured in the 2010 open-world western '''', another game made by Rockstar Games. The hunting activity takes place in a single location in Blaine County, the Chiliad Mountain State Wilderness. Although wildlife can be encountered in many other locations, and optionally killed by the player, only in this one location can Trevor earn money and points for doing so.
Hunting is available after Trevor meets Cletus and completes his second mission Fair Game. After starting the hunt, by finding the appropriate icon on the northwest side of the map that looks vaguely like an elk head, and entering the trailer at this location, Trevor is equipped with the animal call that Cletus gave him in the intro mission and also has unlimited sniper ammo for the duration of the hunt. He also automatically wears the hunting outfit given to him after "Fair Game". After this, the player can wear the Hunting outfit at their leisure when playing as Trevor by equipping it at Trevor's wardrobe at his safehouse. When hunting, the score, medal, money made, wind direction, and wind speed (measured in mph) will be displayed on the bottom right of the screen.
Each kill must be photographed and sent to Cletus using Trevor's smartphone. Cletus will then send money based on the type of animal killed and how it was killed. Heart shots, neck shots and headshots earn the player extra points and money which will help one move toward higher medal rankings for a single hunt. A Blazer is available outside the trailer. Hunting is available from sunrise to sunset. Cletus will send the player a warning text when time is almost up and a final text when hunting is over for the day and then return to the trailer.
