some western I don't know the name of
 

I'm looking for a western(-like) PC game (altough I may be mistaken by the genre), which I played a bit several years ago. If this 'request' is not in the right place, I will be happy to be informed ;)

If I still remember it correctly, you start the game alone, in some kind of 1st person view. You could travel to different places; when going from one to another the view changed to a 'map view' where a new 'path' would be drawn whilst playing some music.

After arriving in a certain place, you could look around (a bit like standing in the middle of a panorama) and then certain things could be picked up or so. You also had an inventory in which at least a rifle and a knife were available.

Not in particular order:
If I'm correct (again :oh:) one of the first places to come was at some lake where you could shoot ducks.
At another place a man stood with his canoe next to a river; he would sell it to you (for a bear skin?) but you could also shoot him, and then take his canoe.
A third place put you in a dark forest, surrounded by a pack of wolves which would appear during time - there you had to keep turning around, shooting at any 'eyes' that would appear until all wolves were killed.
A fourth place put you all of a sudden face-to-face with a bear. If you tried to shoot him, he would kick the gun out of your hands and kill you next. A friend of mine told me there was a certain way you could kill this bear with your knife, but I never 'solved' this problem.

Any help is appreciated!

Befor I forget: the graphics were quite good, so presumably the game is post-1994

Sounds a bit like The Oregon Trail series.

But did you have to fight animals there, like that pack of wolves I mentioned? I have been looking at the series (now and before), but I'm not sure whether this is the game. Also, I still believe you were alone (not with a wagon and other people).

Can't be Oregon Trail...

What you described sounds like some sort of an RPG game set in the Wild West.

Reminds me of:
http://www.mobygames.com/game/colorado

You may be very right with that answer, though it looks older than I remember. I definitely give it a try shortly, thanks!

[edit] I tested it and it really seems to be older. There is nothing like a first-person perspective, and no overview map while travelling. Also, I can remember the rifle had a 'holder' for several bullets, unlike this frontloader with gunpowder.