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[Ord]

Alright i want to make a hunter dwarf but i have no idea what skill he needs at the start - could someone help me?

[WealthyRadish]

Ambusher, marksdwarf, and archer are the relevant skills. He'll need a quiver, crossbow, and some bolts to hunt, and you'll also need a butcher's workshop up early on for him to be useful. Don't bother bringing a butcher though, skill is pretty unimportant.

[weenog]

Is archer actually relevant if you're not using a bow?

[MenacesWithSpikes]

Is archer actually relevant if you're not using a bow?

Yes.  It's the ranged version of the Fighter skill.

Personally I always embark with a hunter (assuming a non-evil biome).  5 points Ambusher, 2 Marksdwarf, 2 Archer, 1 Swimming.

The swimming is so that if your hunter dodges right into a murky pool/river, he's more likely to survive.

Your hunter will not start out with a crossbow or ammo.  Personally I just turn on the crossbow-making and woodcrafting labors for my hunter immediately after embarking, build the appropriate workshops, and have the hunter craft a crossbow and some bolts.  Once he's hunted a few things, another dwarf will start churning out bone bolts for the hunter to use.

[Garath]

Is archer actually relevant if you're not using a bow?

crossbow also uses archer for a boost, while an archer would only use archer skill

[Jacob/Lee]

Archer, ambusher, and marksdwarf skills for firing their crossbows. Armor user won't be that helpful since hunters wear very light leather armor. Dodger, hammerdwarf, fighter, and likely every unarmed combat skill will be used if their opponent charges and drags them into a melee fight.

[Ord]

Is archer actually relevant if you're not using a bow?

Yes.  It's the ranged version of the Fighter skill.

Personally I always embark with a hunter (assuming a non-evil biome).  5 points Ambusher, 2 Marksdwarf, 2 Archer, 1 Swimming.

The swimming is so that if your hunter dodges right into a murky pool/river, he's more likely to survive.

Your hunter will not start out with a crossbow or ammo.  Personally I just turn on the crossbow-making and woodcrafting labors for my hunter immediately after embarking, build the appropriate workshops, and have the hunter craft a crossbow and some bolts.  Once he's hunted a few things, another dwarf will start churning out bone bolts for the hunter to use.

So you can make wooden bolts? any type of wooden crossbow possibly?
EDIT: Used wiki yes you can... Amazing what a wiki can do

[Garath]

So you can make wooden bolts? any type of wooden crossbow possibly?
EDIT: Used wiki yes you can... Amazing what a wiki can do

the wiki is your best friend when playing DF

[Ord]

the wiki is your best friend when playing DF

I only use it for minerals i know mostly everything else ( except military and wiki isnt good for that to me )
I also have a friend that i can ask questions

[Facekillz058]

The dwarfiest hunters use Magma and Battleaxes while hunting.

Just throwing that out there.

[Quietust]

Is archer actually relevant if you're not using a bow?

crossbow also uses archer for a boost, while an archer would only use archer skill

Wrong - a bow-user uses the Bowman skill (along with Archer), while a crossbow-user users the Crossbowman skill (along with Archer). Similarly, a blowgun-user uses the Blowgunman skill (along with Archer), and Throwing (in Adventurer mode) uses the Thrower skill (again, along with Archer).

[Garath]

I stand corrected 

[lcy03406]

Is archer actually relevant if you're not using a bow?

crossbow also uses archer for a boost, while an archer would only use archer skill

There is a different skill for 'archer'(I guess you mean bowman). 'Bowman' skill works as 'crossbowman' skill if using a bow. And 'blowgunner' skill if using a blowgun. 'Archer' skill is used by all range weapons. 'Bowyer' skill is totally different than 'bowman', it is used when making a bow or crossbow.

EDIT: Ignore me, same as Quietust said.

[lcy03406]

And a hunting dog can prevent the hunter from melee attack.

[knutor]

I've got some inquiries on Hunting Dogs.  Do Hunting dogs help conserve a Hunters footfalls?  Like by retrieving, spotting prey, or tracking directly to game fields, instead of looping in from an curved path? 

What seems like odd behavior?  I wanna know, why this Hunting dog assigned to a Hunter, just ran back to the pen activity zone where he was trained to hunt with his favorite chew toy.  He departed the side of my hunter as he was sleeping in the field, midway thru a gander slaying shootout? 

This pooch has been released from the pen for atleast 15 minutes of realtime gameplay now.  So why did he run back?  To plant a wet one, kiss, on the other dogs in the pen, to sniff some ass, to bury a bone?  Hmm.  Odd.