Butcher Boys

"'Bad Muthas are the worst of 'em. Damn cannibals, you ask me. We get some Butcher Boys, too.' - a response from a DMC guard when the player asks them about local gangs."Butcher Boys are a scavenging incident in open fields. Using Tracking during the scavenge attempt raises the odds of encountering a Butcher Boy, otherwise it's almost impossible to meet one.

Appearance
Butcher Boys typically wear a hunting vest, a plaid red shirt, jeans, pack boots and a red plaid cap. They come along with either a compound bow or a .308 hunting rifle equipped as a weapon. Rarely they may even be found wearing either night or thermal vision goggles. For visible traits, they often have Strong and/or Tough.

Tactics
If the player is not careful, then they can easily lose their run because of an encounter with a Butcher Boy. Fortunately, they are entirely avoidable if the player plays their cards right (i.e. never scavenges in open fields or doesn't use Tracking when scavenging in an open field).

Trivia

 * They sometimes have morphine and/or scent killer on them. Additionally, they are a good source of ranged weapons (the compound bow and the .308 hunting rifle they spawn with).
 * Despite being mentioned in vanilla NEO Scavenger (once), they were never implemented into the base game.