Hunted

[Josquius]

One thing that seemed to get the two brothers caught and I can imagine being a big issue is boredom.
All well and good to say you'll hole up in a tent in the mountains with a bunch of food and water....but damn would that get dull fast.
Since its just a TV show and not a genuine life or death thing it would be even more pressing.

You guys are cute.

I am quite convinced these "reality" shows are at least half scripted. They just don't want to pay for actors, and the audience actually appreciates it more because its "real"

You don't say.

The strategy would depend on assumptions about how the hunt is run. I'm assuming that (1) the target has no notice, so only has what s/he has on him or her normally; (2) the hunters only start hunting when the target starts running; and (3) it isn't in the winter.

On the one I watched they told the Sikh guys to go on the run when they were just out on the street, they told the hunters who they were looking for at the same time. The runners had a little while to go back home and grab a rucksack, supplies, etc... before the hunters got their shit together.
And of course they applied to go on this TV show before hand so...It seems sensible they would have something worked out.

[Eddie Teach]

One thing that seemed to get the two brothers caught and I can imagine being a big issue is boredom.
All well and good to say you'll hole up in a tent in the mountains with a bunch of food and water....but damn would that get dull fast.
Since its just a TV show and not a genuine life or death thing it would be even more pressing.

I think most people could hole up in a tent in the mountains for a month if the reward is big enough.

[Malthus]

One thing that seemed to get the two brothers caught and I can imagine being a big issue is boredom.
All well and good to say you'll hole up in a tent in the mountains with a bunch of food and water....but damn would that get dull fast.
Since its just a TV show and not a genuine life or death thing it would be even more pressing.

I think most people could hole up in a tent in the mountains for a month if the reward is big enough.

Yup. As long as you know it's for a month, you can put up with a lot of boredom, if it's for a big pay-off (or to avoid jail, or worse  ).

[dps]

One thing that seemed to get the two brothers caught and I can imagine being a big issue is boredom.
All well and good to say you'll hole up in a tent in the mountains with a bunch of food and water....but damn would that get dull fast.
Since its just a TV show and not a genuine life or death thing it would be even more pressing.

I think most people could hole up in a tent in the mountains for a month if the reward is big enough.

Yup. As long as you know it's for a month, you can put up with a lot of boredom, if it's for a big pay-off (or to avoid jail, or worse  ).

Yeah, though I think it would be easier to evade the actual police than the "hunters" on the show.  Unless you've committed a major felony, the real police aren't really going to put any resources into hunting for you.  In many (most?) cases the police don't even know who they're looking for.

[Warspite]

It seems there are a lot of passive strategies here, when with a mobile phone, an alarm clock and some everyday household explosives you could make a pretty passable IED. Let's see the hunters keep up their pace when two of them have their legs blown off.

[Pedrito]

It seems there are a lot of passive strategies here, when with a mobile phone, an alarm clock and some everyday household explosives you could make a pretty passable IED. Let's see the hunters keep up their pace when two of them have their legs blown off.

Just imagine the audience skyrocketing.

L.

[The Brain]

Those two dudes who escaped from Dannemora did a pretty good job.  My strategy would be to head for New York State, break into the prison holding the surviving guy and then break into the SHU, get his advice, then break back out and start lamming it.

Dannemora? The Swedish iron ore mine?

[Brazen]

A friend just posted this on Facebook: "In case anyone's interested, my company has been working with Channel 4 to make this programme. Some of our cyber security experts have been working with ex-police to hunt people down."

So I'd probably bribe him to ensure the cops got fake results.

[Josquius]

It seems there are a lot of passive strategies here, when with a mobile phone, an alarm clock and some everyday household explosives you could make a pretty passable IED. Let's see the hunters keep up their pace when two of them have their legs blown off.

Better shank the cameraman following you first.

[Warspite]

It seems there are a lot of passive strategies here, when with a mobile phone, an alarm clock and some everyday household explosives you could make a pretty passable IED. Let's see the hunters keep up their pace when two of them have their legs blown off.

Better shank the cameraman following you first.

Behead him, and put the video on social media. Though you'll have to avoid the ISIS mistake of leaving geotagging on. You don't know whether the hunting team have Reaper drones flying overhead.

[MadBurgerMaker]

You'd have to behead the cameraman asap, but then follow the investigators back to their home base after they check out your house before employing your phone IED.  They can't find you if there's no one left.  Hire a homeless guy to deliver it for you.  This whole thing would be like...half an episode long.

[katmai]

You guys are cute.

I am quite convinced these "reality" shows are at least half scripted. They just don't want to pay for actors, and the audience actually appreciates it more because its "real"

[Eddie Teach]

If most reality shows are scripted, they should fire the writers.

[Zanza]

I would go to Mumbai, live in a slum there for a while, become friends with the local organized crime chief and start working as a weapons smuggler.

[katmai]

If most reality shows are scripted, they should fire the writers.

none of the "writers" are paid as writers. Mostly comes from the exec, supervising and segment producers.