[FoxHunt] Hunts.

[WBob]

We have a large variety of mobile hunts in Southern California. 
They range from start anywhere at the starting time and first one 
in wins to start here and lowest mileage wins and several 
combinations of the two. With easy hunts, you find the same folk 
seem to win everytime (there is a lot of skill in this game) so 
change it to the third person in wins or something. All serious 
hunts for experienced hunters seem to be mileage and with formal 
correction factors as they get awful close (0.1 mile in 200).

We also have the FFA (free-for-all) where we meet for breakfast, 
leave together at a certain time and hide transmitters and they 
all have to be hid in an hour after leaving the breakfast. The 
transmitters are left on until 5:00PM He who finds the most plus 
hides the most found wins. With 8 hiders, we get around 30 
transmitters all within an hour of the "start" place. By dinner at 
6:00PM the winner will have found around 12 and placed and picked 
up around 4. My problem with this hunt is trying to remember and 
find the 10 transmitters I placed.

Bob, WB6JPI

Joe Mayenschein wrote:
> Greetings from Wisconsin!
> 
> I'm new to the list here,  I'm Joe Mayenschein WB9SBD been an amateur
> since 1975 and loved fox hunting in the late 70's.
> 
> I then got married and all that type of stuff stopped, Maybe because it
> was the way we did our hunts he he eh.. How things have changed.
> 
> I ask you all,, How do you do your hunts?
> 
> The way we did ours was,
> 
> The fox was a live person, not just a transmitter on a timer system  but
> a real live ham.  they would go out and hide someplace,,  we had only
> three rules,
> 
> 1-  The Fox must be on public property
> 2-  The Fox must be able to be heard from the designated starting area
> 3- the first 5 transmissions the signal can not be changed in any way.
> 
> That was it,,
> 
> #3 was fun later guys were varying power levels even during
> transmissions,, or using beams that they turned while transmitting
> anything that would mess up a field strength.. it was a blast.
> 
> Anyway,, They would transmit one minute every 5 minutes.
> 
> who ever found them first got to be the fox the next month, or could
> give the fox privilege to anyone they choose to give it to.
> 
> anyway they got to be the fox for next month, and they went to a local
> pizza place where the rest of the teams had to pick up their tab for all
> the free pizza and beer they could or would want to consume!
> 
> (I think that part is the part that killed my hunting he he he  way too
> much beer!)  Plus that was in the days that if you went driving home in
> that condition and a cop found ya he followed you home to make sure ya
> got home safely,,  well how times have changed huh? he he he,
> 
> soo all   How are your hunts done?
> 
> Joe WB9SBD
> 
> 
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