▁of ▁ 2 0 1 8 ▁there ▁have ▁been ▁a ▁total ▁of ▁ 1 8 ▁Hun ts ▁( plus ▁one ▁played - from - home ▁' non - h unt '). ▁ ▁The ▁w inners ▁of ▁the ▁ 2 0 1 1 ▁Her ald ▁H unt ▁were ▁Jeff rey ▁Kob al , ▁Ch ery l ▁Kob al , ▁and ▁Adam ▁Hor ow itz . ▁ ▁Early ▁history ▁and ▁name ▁change ▁ ▁The ▁h unt ▁got ▁its ▁name ▁from ▁the ▁Sunday ▁magazine ▁supp lement ▁to ▁the ▁Miami ▁Her ald ▁called ▁Trop ic , ▁in ▁which ▁Dave ▁Barry ▁had ▁a ▁regular ▁column . ▁For ▁the ▁H unt , ▁the ▁magazine , ▁and ▁a ▁large ▁section ▁of ▁South ▁Florida , ▁were ▁turned ▁into ▁a ▁large ▁sc aven ger ▁h unt / p uzz le , ▁which ▁has ▁attract ed ▁thousands ▁of ▁people ▁from ▁all ▁over ▁the ▁United ▁States . ▁The ▁h unt ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 8 ▁was ▁the ▁last ▁Trop ic ▁H unt , ▁because ▁the ▁Miami ▁Her ald ▁ceased ▁publishing ▁Trop ic ▁magazine ▁shortly ▁there after . ▁ ▁The ▁Miami ▁Her ald ▁re inst ated ▁the ▁h unt ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 1 , ▁now ▁calling ▁it ▁the ▁Her ald ▁H unt . ▁It ▁creates ▁a ▁special ▁magazine ▁section ▁each ▁time ▁for ▁the ▁H unt . ▁ ▁Format ▁ ▁The ▁first ▁two ▁years , ▁the ▁H unt ▁was ▁a ▁car - based ▁ch ase ▁around ▁South ▁Florida , ▁In ▁ 1 9 8 6 , ▁it ▁changed ▁to ▁the ▁still ▁current ▁design