Monster Hunter Tri Demo (Cont.)

I finally brought down the mighty Jaggi with my massive hammer weapon character. Actually, maybe not so mighty Jaggi - I am thinking it is probably one of the smaller monsters in the game.
I forgot to mention in the previous post that you get two continues in the game. If the monsters thrash you bad enough, you faint, and then are placed on a cart and brought back to your hut (the original spawn point in the demo version). Then you get to try again.
I managed to set a shock trap for the Jaggi which he readily fell into, to my surprise. A shock trap freezes any monster that falls into it for about 10 seconds. While frozen, it also damages them by causing what looks like bolts of electricity to swarm over the hapless creature. You can also attack the frozen monster during this time, inflicting even more damage.
I can't believe I actually managed to bring this creature down all by myself. It only took me about 100 tries. Not really, but seriously, it does take a while to get used to the controls and the characters.
Immediately upon my successful Jaggi quest, I went after the Qurupeco. I tried using both the medium blowgun and the light bowgun at first. You can actually aim by pressing the "R" button if you are using the classic controller. Aiming is a bit herky-jerky though, unless you scope in, which you can do by quickly tapping the "R" button on the game pad. Even scoping in, it seemed to me that the bowguns are fairly inaccurate, especially at distance. And if the Qurupeco flies, you can only aim so high with the bow gun before the monster is beyond the bowguns scoping capabilities.
After failing twice with the bowgun, I switched to the long sword. My attack and dodge speed significantly increased and I actually did pretty well, although I still failed the Qurupeco quest. At one point in the same zone, I was fighting the Qurupeco, a Jaggi, and a pack of baby Jaggi all at the same time. It was not easy. I discovered that if you get up close and personal with the Qurupeco, it can not hit you with it's slime spit, and under it's body and wings, the Jaggi could not reach me. So for about a minute I was able to attack it untouched.
I even managed to lure the Qurupeco from flight by placing raw meat on the ground in the zone I was in. This was better than trying to follow it in the air.
I also discovered that if you kill one of the harmless, vegetarian monsters in the demo version, you can then harvest meat and bones from them by pressing the "A" button while standing over the dead body. This was very exciting for me, and I must give credit to a friend of mine for suggesting I try this. You know who you are. I plan to continue the hunt for the Qurupeco again today.
All in all, it is an extremely fun and challenging game to play.

Happy Hunting!!