diff --git a/CHANGE LOG 1.0.6.txt b/CHANGE LOG 1.0.6.txt
index 85a1da5ee..7820afb79 100644
--- a/CHANGE LOG 1.0.6.txt	
+++ b/CHANGE LOG 1.0.6.txt	
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@
 [FIXED] DarkUI hunger and thirst inconsistency with vanilla UI and health system @SplenectomY @icomrade #1622
 [FIXED] Fire barrels not being detected over water @pj999 @icomrade #1559 #1564
 [FIXED] Opening supply crates over water no longer drops the items on the sea floor @pj999 @icomrade #1558
+[FIXED] Plot pole required message not updating to reflect DZE_PlotPole radius @mathewjknott @icomrade #1274
 
 [UPDATED] .hpp files updated in dayz_epoch_b CfgLootPos > CfgBuildingPos. @Uro1
 [UPDATED] .bat files updated in Config-Examples @Raziel23x
diff --git a/SQF/dayz_code/init/variables.sqf b/SQF/dayz_code/init/variables.sqf
index 4798218e8..36211022a 100644
--- a/SQF/dayz_code/init/variables.sqf
+++ b/SQF/dayz_code/init/variables.sqf
@@ -446,7 +446,7 @@ PVDZE_plr_DeathB = [];
 dayz_dawn = 6;
 dayz_dusk = 18;
 DAYZ_agentnumber = 0;
-dayz_animalDistance = 800;
+dayz_animalDistance = 600;
 dayz_zSpawnDistance = 1000;
 
 dayz_maxMaxModels = 80; // max quantity of Man models (player || Z, dead || alive) around players. Below this limit we can spawn Z // max quantity of loot piles around players. Below this limit we can spawn some loot