[FoxHunt] Fox hunt scoring

[Larry Benko]

Bob,

Here in Colorado we have the exact same circumstances.  One third win
regularly, one third win infrequently, and one third never win.  For our
group the fox gets to make ALL the rules so anything goes.  Since some
don't like the idea of a lottery probably due to the luck aspect there
are other things you can do.  Try a hunt where the score is determined by
points such as miles + penalties.  The fox only transmits one time for
1 minute.  Assuming all the hunters are licensed and that they all run
much higher power than the fox, the only fox transmissions occur for 1
minute after one of the hunters asks for a transmission.  However
requesting a transmission causes the requesting person a 5 point penalty
but everyone gets the benefit.  My experience is that a different group
of people will win a hunt such as this.  Some people will never ask for
a transmission no matter how many miles they drive.  There are several
other non-standard types of hunts we have done if you need more ideas.

73,
Larry Benko, W0QE


Bob Rex wrote:
> Greetings from Pennsylvania!
> We have an active fox hunting group with eight to ten teams showing up 
> monthly for our hunts.  The problem is the winner of the hunt is usually 
> one of four individuals.  The rest of the hunters just don't do that 
> well to finish first.  We have hunters for many years that have never 
> won a hunt.  We have tried to tutor some of these guys to improve their 
> performance but I think some of them are permanently directionally 
> impaired.  In spite of this, these guys consistently show up and love 
> fox hunting, sometimes I wonder if they are sandbagging!!
> We use lowest mileage as the winning criteria with time as a tie breaker 
> if the mileage is within 5%.   The winner of the hunt is the fox for the 
> next hunt.
> 
> Does anyone have any suggestions as to how we might improve this so 
> other individuals might be the fox.  We tried using second place if the 
> first place winner had already served as a fox within the last 12 months 
> but that didn't work because the second place winner was usually one of 
> the top four.  Our goal is to circulate the fox duties among the active 
> participants.
> Our latest idea is a lottery that all the players are put in a hat 
> except for those that have been a fox within the last 6 months.  Some 
> like it some don't.
> 
> Any suggestions?
> 
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> Thanks & 73
> Bob K3DBD
> 
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