What would you do if you are tracked by a patrol of scouts for a night and all you have is a daypack with 1 set of clothes, enough food for 2 meals, a poncho, a PSK, and a canteen of water. You have a headstart of 1 hour before the hunt begins. How do you avoid getting caught? Especially if you're going to build a fire at night and shelther to sleep.

Kenneth

Set various deadfalls, pungi traps and other devises constructed with my SAK. Slip into the scout's encampment, slit the throat of a few, make a whole lot of noise, render a universal hand signal and leave through my escape route dotted with the previously constructed devises.

I would go to the nearest road, hail the first vehicle I see, go to the nearest motel, take a hot shower, and watch television with the vibrating bed off while the dumbies are out there sweating their butts off looking for me in the most absurd places.

Reminds me of that Dustin Hoffman film "Straw Dogs", where they took him out on a snipe hunt while they doubled back and had their jollies with his wife.

Bountyhunter

Well, the scouts here in this scenario are 2 scout masters and 2 other venture scouts. I don't really want to explain to their next of kin as to why I slit their throats at camp.
Its one of those wide area games. Cat and mouse only in jungle environment and over a very long period of time. Its sorta like a test of our scouting skills. I wont be wearing BDUs but a grey shirt and a pair of faded black pants. Any advice on avoiding capture?

Are the 2 scout masters wives attractive?

Load up on Viagra ahead of time, and bring a small bottle of oxygen with you, then double back and-------------------- <img src="/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/images/graemlins/shocked.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/images/graemlins/smirk.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />

Bountyhunter

O.K. Ken, we've had our fun. Ask anyone involved in E&E ( escape and evasion) and they will give you a very simple reply. Forget fire, shelter, sleep. Forget setting ambushes, false trails and camoflage. You have one hour head start. You move-fast, hard and without letup until you reach safety.

Yep. The longer the head start, the more thousands of square feet they have to cover. Use it.

The area to search goes up by the square of your distance.

I think I'd keep moving until I was well away from (or had eliminated) the tracking team. Until then, I don't think I'd take the time or risk of stopping to make camp, and I definitely wouldn't build a (here I am, come and get me) fire.

If I weren't being actively persued, and didn't feel like having company, my Hennessy hammock and a SMALL fire would do nicely (my Hennessy goes everywhere with me). If I didn't have the hammock, I'd try to make a basic one to get me off the ground while I slept (lots of really NASTY nasties in most jungles). Hope this helps.

Troy

I thought your last name was Kavanaugh... not Rambo <img src="/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />.