Cabela's Dangerous Hunts 2009

Cabela's Dangerous Hunts 2009 (known as Cabela's Dangerous Adventures in the PAL region) is a hunting video game published by Activision for the PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, Wii and Xbox 360 game consoles. It was released in the United States on September 23, 2008.

Cabela's Dangerous Hunts 2009
North American Xbox 360 cover art
Developer(s)	Fun Labs (Xbox 360) Magic Wand Productions (Wii) Sand Grain Studios (PS2 and PS3)
Publisher(s)	Activision
Platform(s)	PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, Wii, Xbox 360
Release	NA: September 23, 2008
Genre(s)	Sports
Mode(s)	Single-player

Plot

Hunter Flint Abrahams is hunting red deer in Russia with his friend and mentor Sergei. The two are attacked by a brown bear and Sergei dies. After Flint manages to fight off the bear, he decides to hunt dangerous and large game.

Flint travels to Tanzania to hunt lions with his friend Henry Tally. Henry shows off a large male he killed, and Flint bets he can take down a bigger one. After some lions are lured with impala meat, the rest of the pride attacks Henry's camp. Some workers are building a bridge there and Flint protects them. He eventually kills all the lions and immediately wins the bet.

Flint then heads to Alaska and tracks down a brown bear with the help of a ranger. When he tries to take it down, an avalanche occurs. Narrowly escaping, Flint hurries back to the ranger's cabin to make sure he's alright. He finds him buried under the snow and the bear wandering nearby. Flint kills the bear and rescues the ranger.

Flint's journey continues towards Ecuador, in search of a jaguar. While Flint is hunting, a plane crashes nearby, which scares the jaguar away. He rescues a woman from the burning wreckage of the plane. She tells him that her husband Rodrigo is still somewhere in the jungle. Flint gives her his handgun and goes in search of Rodrigo. He finds Rodrigo and sees that he is almost attacked by a jaguar. Flint kills the jaguar and saves the man's life.

The journey then takes him to India, where a number of striped hyenas have to be taken down, as there are too many of them and humans are being attacked. During this job he comes across some forest rangers who are moving tigers. He travels along on one of these trucks. During the journey, boulders fall on a truck and four tigers escape. Flint takes them down with a tranquilizer gun and brings them back safely.

The next location is British Columbia where Flint goes in search of a cougar. He lures one with meat and kills it. He then travels with Henry Tally and Daniel Heath towards Congo to hunt for Cape buffalo. During their journey they have to fend off Nile crocodiles and hippos on a river. Flint manages to take down a Cape buffalo. However, he immediately discovers that Henry and Daniel are stuck up in trees with a large herd of buffalo at the bottom. Flint kills the buffalo and frees his friends.

Next, Flint heads to Thailand where he has to tranquilize Asian black bears to put their transmitters on them. During this job, he has to kill a leopard and sneak around a herd of Indian elephants.

The next destination is Namibia, where Flint goes on a leopard hunt with Dominic Rousseau. Dominic is injured by a leopard after which Flint carries him towards their truck. However, the truck is attacked by a rhinoceros. Flint kills the rhino and goes in search of help. Flint has to sneak past a number of African elephants and kill a scar-faced leopard, before he finally arrives at a village.

Finally, Flint returns to Russia to hunt wolves with Sergei's son Yuri. Some wolves escape into the forest, where Yuri's car cannot reach. Flint insists on going in alone. After the last of the group of wolves is killed, a bear ambushes Flint. Flint grabs a piece of wood and impales the charging beast with it. Yuri arrives soon after, and Flint confirms it to be the same animal that killed Sergei.

Hunting animals

There are a total of 32 animals in the game. Not every type of animal can be hunted. Of the animals that can be hunted, some animals, especially predators, will attack if the player gets too close. Other animals, such as deer, will run away if they hear, see or smell the player.

Mammals

• Red deer
• Brown bear
• Lion
• Spotted hyena
• Wolf
• Cougar

• Moose
• Jaguar
• Tiger
• Gaur
• African rhino
• Impala

• Leopard
• African elephant
• Striped hyena
• Grizzly bear
• Elk
• Wild boar

• Cape buffalo
• Hippopotamus
• Giant forest hog
• Asian black bear
• Indian elephant
• Capybara

Reptiles

• Black caiman
• Nile crocodile
• Python
• Snake
• Anaconda

Others

• Bee
• Red-bellied piranha
• Vulture

Reception

Aggregate score

Aggregator	Score
	PS3	Wii	Xbox 360
Metacritic	39/100[1]		42/100[2]

Review scores

Publication	Score
	PS3	Wii	Xbox 360
GamesRadar+	[3]		[3]
IGN	5.2/10[4]	4.8/10[5]	5.2/10[6]
Jeuxvideo.com	14/20[7]		14/20[8]

Reception

IGN gave the game a 5.2/10, giving mediocre marks for its novelty appeal, but reported for the Xbox 360 version, "... it has very little lasting appeal and is definitely a better rental than a purchase."^[9] IGN gave the Wii version a lower score by a point, citing the poor control scheme that was implemented.^[10]