I was at the first ripley hunt. I got there at 9:00 am on Wednesday, and it was just like any other year. (besides the 10 dollar fee) It sounded like anyone who showed up before 5:00am was camped on the frontage road along 371. From what I heard people started camping along the frontage road Tuesday night and those are the ones who got charged 30 dollars.

Hunting was pretty tough. Cold and rainy both days, but it sounded like some people did pretty good.

One other thing you might be interested in is that they were very strict about people cutting in line. If you got caught you went back to the end of the line, no excuses.