Just a little tip for those interested. I found that hunting is made incredibly easy by riding an elephant. The large predators (tigers, leopards, and bears) don't attack the elephant and don't run that far away every time you put an arrow in them.

This allows you to toss out some bait and pick them off with your bow from a safe and elevated position while getting clean kills (2X the skins).

Interesting. Not that it's necessary though. The game is pretty easy even if you're running up to tigers with your bow and clumsily loosing arrows into them.

@impartialgecko: Gotta be careful on Hard, which is what I'm playing on. A pack of dholes will take you down pretty quickly if you're not on point with a shotgun.

@impartialgecko: Certainly not necessary, but it made crating the third level items very quick and easy for me.