I remember building the hunting lodge early in my play through and got a bunch of hunters to gather leather and meat. In the beginning, everything works great as i actually see the NPCs leave the building to the forest nearby to aim arrows at imaginary deer.

My village expanded alot since then but never moved the hunting lodge. I employed 4 hunters to date but all they do is wear their robin hood gear and stand in front of the chest all day. I understand functionally they still magically produce meat and leather but I kinda wish the hunting animation still played. (There are still forests around my village but I deleted the closest one before to make way for the farm expansion.) Did I break something or how do I get that imaginary hunting animation to return?