[answered] - [question] Searching for a book where a group of friends hunts people (thriller)

Edit: I found it! It is "Open Season by David Osborn."

Original:

Hey ☺️

A few years ago I read a book where a group of friends kidnapped strangers to hunt them down. It was a yearly (?) event for them. They went to a cabin and released the victims into the woods. After a given time they started stalking them. It was set in the US. They basically pretended to be just old school friends having a traditonal reunion weekend in their cabin.

I could have sweared it was just called "Hunting Season." However, I do not find it under this name. Same goes for "Killing Season."

If I recall correctly, the book was released in the 70s, maybe the 80s.

Is anyone of you able to identify that book?

Thank you so much!

6 Comments

VeryVito@lemmy.ml · 6 pts · 273d (3 replies)

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banause@feddit.org · 2 pts · 273d

Thank you for your reply. But none of that relates to said book. Apart from the very common trope, yes.

P00ptart@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 273d

And "the hunt" with Betty gilpin in 2020. They did it well.

A_norny_mousse@feddit.org · 1 pts · 273d

Yes, and I feel like I watched an episode like that in at least 3 different TV shows. Usually crime stuff, but one Black Mirror episode is also somewhat similar.

ZDL@lazysoci.al · 2 pts · 271d (1 reply)

QUESTION POSED TO INTERNET: "Can anybody tell me the name of the that had a story about ?"

INTERNET:

<insert history lesson on the tropes in asker's question>
Have you tried this other thing that's in an entirely different media?
How about this other thing that's in a different media again?
How about more things from different media that are not related to the question?

banause@feddit.org · 2 pts · 270d

Right?! 😂😭

banause@feddit.org · 2 pts · 232d

Found it myself! 🥳 It is "Open Season by David Osborn."