This episode shares its title with The Hunt (1962), the first episode of The Twilight Zone (1959) written by this series' creator Earl Hamner Jr..
Ike Godsey is shown reading an April 1938 issue of Liberty magazine, an issue that contained articles by H.G. Wells and Clark Gable. The date is five years out of sync with the storyline, established in recent episodes as being the spring of 1933.
This is the only time John-Boy is addressed as Sprocket, his childhood nickname.
First mention of the beloved, bootlegging Baldwin sisters, though they wouldn't be seen until the following episode, The Typewriter (1972). Emily Baldwin was mentioned in the previous episode; she was taken Liv's quilt, which she wanted to buy, as a means of raising money to buy back the calf.