# Bow Hunter 2017 — user reviews > 62 indexed App Store user reviews of Bow Hunter 2017 by IEntertainment Network, Inc., rated 3.37/5 from 424 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/bow-hunter-2017/id1140933619/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/bow-hunter-2017/id1140933619.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 184 · 4★ 44 · 3★ 41 · 2★ 32 · 1★ 112 ## What do users think of Bow Hunter 2017? Overall sentiment: negative **Pros** - 🎨 High-quality graphics and visuals - 🎯 Realistic hunting simulator mechanics - 🛠️ Wide variety of equipment and customization options - 👍 User-friendly interface and easy to understand - 🏆 Competitive mode with real cash prizes - ⚙️ Detailed bow and arrow selection system - 🎮 Fun and engaging gameplay experience **Cons** - 💸 Aggressive pay-to-win monetization model - 🐛 Unrealistic arrow physics and drop mechanics - 🎯 Inaccurate bow sight calibration and aiming system - ⚡ Energy system doesn't regenerate properly - 🚫 Frequent crashes and game-breaking bugs at higher levels - 🗺️ Limited map variety and repetitive hunting areas - ⏱️ Extremely slow loading times - 🏹 Inconsistent hit detection and kill registration - 💰 Insufficient in-game currency rewards for continued play - 🐛 Login and sign-in screen issues **Commonly reported bugs** - Game won't load or crashes on startup - Sign-in screen freezes and won't allow progression - Energy never restores despite waiting overnight - Arrow trajectory doesn't match sight pins - Arrows fall short of target or miss despite accurate aim - Hit detection fails on perfect shot placements - Game crashes after stage 8-9 during hunts - Thermal vision doesn't register lung shots correctly - Bow becomes inaccurate after 2 shots without repair option - Mission completion fails even after successful kills - In-app purchase transactions don't process correctly **Most requested features** - Ability to sight in and calibrate bows properly - Arrow recovery system after harvesting animals - Adjustable sights for different arrow grains and ranges - Improved energy regeneration system or removal of energy mechanic - More diverse hunting locations and scenery - Better map navigation - Reduced arrow prices and improved currency rewards - Bow repair functionality - Thermal vision improvements - Larger deer models as shown on game covers ## Newest reviews (19 of 62) ### 2/5 — Ok game needs a little work *2025-12-09* Good game just the fact that you have to ame about a foot high is pretty unrealistic I hunt with a compound bow and I don’t exactly have to ame that high but the fact that you can get different camouflage and different grain arrows is pretty realistic ### 2/5 — Looks cool but needs to load faster *2022-01-17, version 2.4.2* When I saw the game I was like cool. But it took like 15 mins to load ### 3/5 — Ok game *2022-01-03, version 2.4.2* When I wate for energy all night it says 5hr please fix that. ### 3/5 — The arrow drop and currency issue *2021-12-19, version 2.4.2* The game is rather fun and has great potential but the arrow will drop about a fifth as much. It will seem to drop Way-more than a real arrow would.if the arrow drop would be fixed then it would be way more fun. A real arrow shot out of a bow only drops about half a foot at 20 yards yet in this game it seems to drop about 4 feet. All-around kind of fun but if you fix the arrow drop and the currency it will be way more fun. One more main issue is the money you don’t get enough for a hunt to continue after about seven or eight hunts. All around pretty fun but fix these issues and it will be five stars ### 4/5 — good game but.. *2021-02-20, version 2.4.2* im stuck on the sign in screen it says you dont have to put in a good email but it wont let me continue unless i type email. what do i do?? ### 1/5 — Completely unrealistic *2020-12-30, version 2.4.2* What’s the point of having all the different bow options if even when the bow is sighted for 45 yards, you have to aim for the sky above the animal at 45 yards to hit the animal, and even at 25 yards you still have to sky aim to hit the animal, completely unrealistic. ### 4/5 — The game *2020-12-28, version 2.4.2* I love it but it should not take like four shots to kill a deer I’ve killed a ton of deer and max amount of shots I use is two other than that I love the game it is super fun.😁 ### 2/5 — Good game but it needs a lot of work *2020-12-10, version 2.4.2* I’ve been playing for a day or two now and I’ve noticed it’s nothing like real hunting in some ways, for instance the range finder is accurate but irl range finders zoom in, and I’ll shoot a deer in the perfect spot and it just runs away and it frustrates me in all sorts of ways. ### 4/5 — Pretty Good Game *2020-12-08, version 2.4.2* I like the game and the fact you can choose arrows, equipment, camo, etc in order to hunt; however, the bow needs to be able to be sighted in, maybe at tutorial or something in order to place shots. Rangefinder is accurate but when placing shots and shoot, the arrow isn’t flying to the deer at proper flight paths. Also, the sights should be able to be adjusted on point just like in the field. Other than that I like the game and it’s fun. Quite challenging too. ### 3/5 — Ok *2020-11-12, version 2.4.2* Has lots of potential but could be way better. Maybe have different sights that are actually sighted in do different ranges for the different grain arrows. ### 1/5 — I would give it a zero rating *2020-09-23, version 2.4.2* Absolutely terrible, how in the world do you think I’m supposed to kill a deer as they are constantly teleporting around faster than you can get to it. pay to win, terrible graphics, and rigged ### 1/5 — Want my refund *2020-08-02, version 2.4.2* I purchased money and was taking out my card but funds never hit on the game want my money back ### 1/5 — To much drop *2020-07-26, version 2.4.2* I’m 16 yards away and aiming with the bottom pin and it goes under the deer ### 1/5 — Needs a ton of work *2020-06-26, version 2.4.2* Way to difficult to navigate the map. ### 2/5 — It has potential. But needs a lot of work. *2020-04-21, version 2.4.2* I will echo the review I saw for Bowhunter 2016. The game is set up to force you to buy in-game currency. The hunts don’t reward you with enough currency to play for free, so you’ll get a few hunts in, and you’ll be stuck. The other issue is the carry distance of arrows. They usually fall well before the target. If the developers fixed these two things, it could be a real Fanta game! Until then, play it for a few games, then delete. ### 2/5 — Need more ways to replenish money. *2020-04-04, version 2.4.2* This game is a lot of fun but there should be a way to get more money to buy arrows without having to pay actual money for it. ### 2/5 — BS *2020-01-20, version 2.4.2* Really fun game until you are forced to pay to continue. (All versions of bow hunter). Or when you have a direct kill shot and they count it as a miss. ### 2/5 — Deer probs *2019-12-23, version 2.4.2* Bigger deer because on your covers there monsters and we don’t get a chance to shoot one!!! ### 2/5 — Problems *2019-12-12, version 2.4.2* I was actually enjoying this game for awhile until it stop working. I bought $8000 bow, i bought $200 arrows, i was buying all kinds of things and everything was working just find until after about stage 8 or 9 it would'nt work. You go in and hit the hunt button and all of a sudden out of no where nothing, didn't do anything. It would have been a nice game if it kept going. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — game needs a little work *2026-01-06, version 2.4.2* Good game just the fact that you have to ame about a foot high is pretty unrealistic I hunt with a compound bow and I don’t exactly have to ame that high but the fact that you can get different camouflage and different grain arrows is pretty realistic ### 1/5 — Don’t play *2025-12-04, version 2.4.2* This game sucks you run one mile a minute hard to play ### 1/5 — Bad *2025-01-12, version 2.4.2* Can’t even load into game ### 1/5 — Can’t even play! *2024-04-14, version 2.4.2* This is so stupid I try to play I won’t let me I sign in and it press continue it doesn’t let me I wish I could give it a zero rating I would ### 1/5 — Not realistic at all *2024-03-21, version 2.4.2* You can’t sight the bow in and distance is extremely exaggerated. In the second campaign, was literally holding over where I could no longer see the animal and missing short on a 30 yard shot… ### 1/5 — Bad game *2023-11-26, version 2.4.2* This is a very bad game ### 1/5 — Gflj *2023-01-05, version 2.4.2* If only it would play there would not be a problem ### 1/5 — SnakeB *2022-11-23, version 2.4.2* Don’t download this game unless your really bored ### 1/5 — H *2022-02-12, version 2.4.2* Would not recommend every time you shoot it goes under the deer and you can be 18 yards away ### 1/5 — What is happening *2021-09-23, version 2.4.2* I like the game but after you get to a certain level you can’t kill anything. I made a head shot for a hut that was for venison only and the deer ran off and stayed alive. Then I shot the deer in the lungs and did the same thing. This game is buggy. And I wasted 4.99 on extra money thinking it was me and now knowing it wasn’t me. That is steeling. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Never played *2020-02-08, version 2.4.2* It an good game butt never play,it sounds fun ### 5/5 — Needs no work *2019-11-07, version 2.4.2* I think this game is fun to play and it’s really hard to kill a few deer; ### 5/5 — The best *2018-12-26, version 2.4.2* I think the game is so much fun I for real love all hunting games but this one is the only one I love to play ### 5/5 — Wow! *2017-06-04, version 2.4* The first thing I've noticed in the game was a big choice of bows and equipment. That's what I like. The graphics are much better than before. I mean, the developers have done a lot of work. Respect! ### 5/5 — Good game *2017-06-04, version 2.4* I like this game. Beautiful graphics, user-friendly interface and realistic archery. I recommend the simulator for all hunters or archery lovers ### 5/5 — Real money! *2017-06-04, version 2.4* The best thing here is a competitive mode with real cash money prize. That combines my favorite game with earning valuable trophies. Very cool. ### 5/5 — Be smart, crafty and calm and you'll become a perfect hunter *2017-06-02, version 2.4* It's an amazing hunting simulator since it's quite realistic (looks like a computer game) and really exciting. Though I haven't tried hunting yet, now I think I can show off some knowledge of this process thanks to this game! ### 5/5 — Great *2017-05-29, version 2.4* I just love this game. It's really exciting and very realistic. It's easy to understand but not very easy to play, you have to be dexterous and practice a lot if you want to get good results ### 5/5 — Be a virtual hunter *2017-05-15, version 2.4* My uncle is into hunting, but the law on doing harm to wild nature made him go on the walks with a gun less frequent. With this game he can experience again what is it like to hunt. At least it's better to kill virtual animals rather than living ones. ### 5/5 — Very realistic game *2017-05-12, version 2.4* It is not very easy to make a good shot, and it's great! You have to understand how to be a hunter, to choose the right bows and other equipment. You need to practice more and more to win the tournament --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-08-30.*