# TV Show "Hunted" How would you stay hidden? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [February 2, 2017, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-show-hunted-how-would-you-stay-hidden/778796 "2017-02-02T02:36:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2017, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-show-hunted-how-would-you-stay-hidden/778796/41 "2017-02-03T16:15:25Z")
> [@Doctor\_Jackson](#): > > I haven’t watched the show, I’m only going by what I read. It wouldn’t be beyond the AJC to be wrong. OTOH, who knows what lie the contestants may have told the friend? “We’re actually international spies and our cover has been blown - please help!” “And the cameraman? And the guy with the boom mike?” “Uh, deep cover operatives, man.” “I don’t believe you.” “See? _Even after you’re told,_ you think he’s a cameraman! The perfect disguise!” ---
**Author:** ![LH75](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lh75/32/4438_2.png) [@LH75](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LH75)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2017, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-show-hunted-how-would-you-stay-hidden/778796/42 "2017-02-03T21:36:18Z")
First thing, in the hour head start, empty my bank account. Second thing, Lose the camera crew that is assigned to follow me. Third, slide into the nearest slum. A visit to a thrift store for different clothing would do the trick. I grew up in a neighborhood like that. I could certainly disappear for four weeks or so. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2017, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-show-hunted-how-would-you-stay-hidden/778796/43 "2017-02-03T21:43:34Z")
I would think losing the camera crew would instantly disqualify you. This is first and foremost an entertainment show. Plus, someone upthread said you can only withdraw $100 at a time, out of the $500 total available to you. ---
**Author:** ![Projammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/projammer/32/559_2.png) [@Projammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Projammer)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2017, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-show-hunted-how-would-you-stay-hidden/778796/44 "2017-02-04T00:38:59Z")
I’ve got thousands of acres behind my house and a tent and sleeping bag. I’ll use the funds to restock and then head south. Or west. East maybe. Better break out the drones. I can travel miles in a day if movement is a requirement. ---
**Author:** ![Mangosteen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Mangosteen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangosteen)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2017, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-show-hunted-how-would-you-stay-hidden/778796/45 "2017-02-04T02:26:26Z")
> [@Projammer](#): > > I’ve got thousands of acres behind my house and a tent and sleeping bag. I’ll use the funds to restock and then head south. Or west. East maybe. Better break out the drones. I can travel miles in a day if movement is a requirement. Their bloodhounds would find you in a matter of hours. ---
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2017, 6:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-show-hunted-how-would-you-stay-hidden/778796/46 "2017-02-04T06:49:38Z")
I’m doing it the _smart_ way…they’re not going to be _looking_ for a John Doe with hideous facial injuries and all his fingerprints burned off, right? ---
**Author:** ![sinjin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ebca7d/32.png) [@sinjin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sinjin)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2017, 6:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-show-hunted-how-would-you-stay-hidden/778796/47 "2017-02-05T06:31:06Z")
> [@Mangosteen](#): > > Here’s the rules: > > Fugitives must stay within a 100,000-square mile hunt zone. > Fugitives will be given a one-hour head start before Hunters are alerted. > Fugitives are provided limited funds. > Command Center is given only a name, photo, and last known location. > Fugitives that evade capture for 28 days, win $250,000 per team. > > Location is in southeast part of US. > > How do you stay hidden for 28 days? Run or hide or a little of both? > > [http://www.cbs.com/shows/hunted/news/1006425/these-are-the-rules-of-hunted/](http://www.cbs.com/shows/hunted/news/1006425/these-are-the-rules-of-hunted/) Buy camping equipment, take the bus, eat ramin noodles, ignore friends and family (I do this now so no biggie)…PROFIT. ---
**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2017, 7:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-show-hunted-how-would-you-stay-hidden/778796/48 "2017-02-05T07:54:15Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > I would think losing the camera crew would instantly disqualify you. This is first and foremost an entertainment show. One can only imagine the justified fury of a captured contestant whose whereabouts were betrayed - intentionally or unintentionally - by his tailing camera crew. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2017, 9:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-show-hunted-how-would-you-stay-hidden/778796/49 "2017-02-05T09:16:38Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > I wonder if they are truthful with their methods of finding the contestants. There is a lot of information on the internet that people have posted or is available commercially. We use that at work. But things like tracking cellphones or subscriber information for IP addresses need a court order. Reality TV is not probable cause. That’s kinda what I was thinking; watch the show and see what techniques the hunters are using and what information they have access to. On the other hand, $500 for 28 days isn’t very much. You really couldn’t afford food and lodging out of that budget. Maybe the whole premise of the show is that you’ll have to contact someone you know to get assistance, and if the hunters can figure out your contacts then that’s the best way to find you. Someone said that one team is staying with some acquaintances, but can you get help from people outside the game area? If I contacted my dad and said “can you wire me a couple thousand bucks, I can’t tell you why” I think he’d do it. Not sure what I’d do then, but having some funds would give me a fighting chance. ---
**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2017, 9:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-show-hunted-how-would-you-stay-hidden/778796/50 "2017-02-05T09:50:47Z")
> [@Ranchoth](#): > > I’m doing it the _smart_ way…they’re not going to be _looking_ for a John Doe with hideous facial injuries and all his fingerprints burned off, right? You gotta Silence of the Lamb this operation, kill one of the cameramen peel his face off and wait for them to put you on an ambulance: profit! ---
**Author:** ![LH75](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lh75/32/4438_2.png) [@LH75](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LH75)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2017, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-show-hunted-how-would-you-stay-hidden/778796/51 "2017-02-05T20:51:58Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > I would think losing the camera crew would instantly disqualify you. This is first and foremost an entertainment show. Plus, someone upthread said you can only withdraw $100 at a time, out of the $500 total available to you. The continued contact with the camera crew is not in the rules as stated. If I vanished as planned, and showed up at the finale 28 days later I should be the winner ---
**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2017, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-show-hunted-how-would-you-stay-hidden/778796/52 "2017-02-05T21:28:36Z")
The Atlanta Georgia area? I have contacts in the gay community there, and it’s a big community. Show up with a film crew and say I need to disappear for 28 days? I’d have good chances I think. It’s so easy to hook up with somebody who knows somebody who knows somebody and gays are pretty good at keeping people’s secrets. There’s no way everyone wouldn’t know what show I was on, and they’d love not telling the hunters a thing. ---
**Author:** ![Mangosteen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Mangosteen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangosteen)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2017, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-show-hunted-how-would-you-stay-hidden/778796/53 "2017-02-06T00:11:49Z")
To everyone who thinks they could evade the hunters for 28 days, do yourself a favor and just watch one episode and see what tools the hunters have. I’m not saying its impossible not to be found, but its a lot harder than you might think. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2017, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-show-hunted-how-would-you-stay-hidden/778796/54 "2017-02-06T00:28:09Z")
> [@LH75](#): > > > [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > > > I would think losing the camera crew would instantly disqualify you. This is first and foremost an entertainment show. Plus, someone upthread said you can only withdraw $100 at a time, out of the $500 total available to you. > > The continued contact with the camera crew is not in the rules as stated. If I vanished as planned, and showed up at the finale 28 days later I should be the winner Are you referring to the rules given in the link in the OP? If so, I’m sure that the actual contract signed by the contestants is much more complex. ---
**Author:** ![DorkVader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/73ab20/32.png) [@DorkVader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DorkVader)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2017, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-show-hunted-how-would-you-stay-hidden/778796/55 "2017-02-06T01:05:02Z")
as has been said, if the actual rules don’t forbid it, lose the camera crew(s) (or Hannibal Lector one of them_evil grin_). I could disappear for 28 days in the square mileage given and never touch the allotted funds if I could ditch the cameras. I don’t even live in a large metro area. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-show-hunted-how-would-you-stay-hidden/778796.md?page=2)