Well, I've had a incredibly awesome 5hrs hunt with a buddy to check out what quickly became our new favorite reserve, besides Hirschfelden.
First, the bragging:
And now some words.
Ibex difficult to hunt? Not at all, really.
In many places you have a great view and in greater hights (where the Ibex are), you won't find many obstacles. You can easily spot them with your MkI Eyeballs and rifles like the .300 make it a piece of cake to drop em, even at large distances. Side note: do not use the 9.3mm at these ranges, I decided to test the weapons long range capabilities today and was shocked how displaced some shots are compared to the .300 (no doubt the best long range weapon in the game).
They do however notice one quickly and flee. Thanks to the bad AI Expensive World has gifted us, they get stuck often or have difficulties finding a way out and sometimes even return. After a while, they stop running, mostly never leaving line of sight.
They go in groups, mostly and do stop rather often to feed, not like the Reindeer which are constantly walking their eternal march to doom.
Regarding strength, 9 of 11 animals were dropped dead in their tracks, 2 tried to run...for like 5 meters. Calibers used where 6.5mm and 9.3mm.
Overall, I didn't think I'd love them so much, they are fun to hunt!
On Vale des Bois in general...
Awesome map. The view is breath taking for tH possibilities and the map offers everything you can want. Wide and open terrain, soft hills, sharp rocks and mountains, rather thick forests, a river (that is very accessible) and some lakes. In one spot of the map you think you're in the Scottish lowlands, on the other side of the map you can nearly smell the fresh air of the Alps, it is amazing.
The sound athmosphere is, so far, great as well and underestimated in importance by many users I think.
You hear eagles cry while high in the mountains, birds tweet in the forests and the river running smoothly beside you. No annoying grass hoppers or super loud birds, something people often complain about in regard of other maps.
There is a lot more to say about it, especially positive things, but I'm tired and discovering it for yourself is better anyways.
One thing that annoyed me where lots of glitche in the graphical section though. Transparent rocks, flickering and other weird stuff. My buddy experienced some of it too. Also, my buddy got stuck while standing next to a cliff. There was no obstacle or anything that would explain that... map glitch I guess.
I hope they are going to flesh it out sooner or later...
Tl;dr: Great map, Ibex is fun and rewarding to hunt.