Originally posted by WarEeyore:

Do I need to be "hunted" everytime I log on...wtf?

"You are being hunted" is a raid/event which can occur inside or outside of a base. As with all raids/events it can only be terminated when the raid/event timer runs down to zero. The timer only counts down when the player is within the red raid/event radius displayed on the mini-map.

Logging off will not stop the raid/event. Thus a player will still be "hunted" every time he or she logs on until the raid/event timer counts down whether the player needs it or not.

In the case of WarEeyore, I am guessing that he or she was killed by wolves before the raid/event timer ran down and that the raid/event radius encompasses the last bed WarEeyore built and claimed. Thus every time he or she is re-spawned or logs off and logs back on, WarEeyore's viking is located within the raid/event radius.

WarEeyore is caught in a death loop. Said death loop will only end when the few seconds he or she lives between re-spawning and dying finally aggregate to more than the raid/event timer.

I try to avoid such a death loop by only claiming a bed in my most heavily defended base. Since sleeping in a bed offers no benefit other than passing time quickly, I avoid doing so except in the most favorable circumstances.

If I simply must pass the time quickly by sleeping, claiming the bed will be the last thing I do before going to sleep. Dismantling or destroying the bed will be the first thing I do upon awakening.

To be strictly accurate, there is another way to end a specific raid/event that does not involve the timer running out. A player can only suffer one specific raid/event at a time.
If "You are being hunted" and the player leaves the raid/event radius, the timer will never run down but it a second "You are being hunted" is triggered, the first will end either immediately or when the second raid/event timer runs down. That has happened to me.