2025 Eagle Medallion Hunt clues explained

This year’s medallion was affixed to the lid of a beef jerky chew can and hidden in an island in a public parking lot – Lot D – near Waterman and Mead.

Here are each day’s clues and what they meant.

Day One

Good afternoon, happy hunting friends.

This is clue one; six follow then it ends.

Follow the rules, and narrow it down.

Find the medallion: it’s just lying around.

The big clue on day one revealed that the medallion was lying on the ground. It also offered hints to handle a later clue involving numbers (“follow the rules” and “narrow it down”).

Day Two

The rules say the disk is hidden in Sedgwick County,

And the prize for winning is a $1,000 bounty.

The county is big, but not infinite.

This year, there’s no reason to push beyond the limit.

Day two’s clue told hunters to limit their search to Wichita.

Day Three

As you ruminate, think back, be primitive.

Something like Navin, a comedic derivative.

We took a little off the top, put the treasure inside.

Find the missing links, you’ll discover the hide.

This clue revealed that the medallion was hidden in the lid of a beef jerky chew can. “Ruminate”=thinking and chewing. Like Navin Johnson = Jerk-y. The brand was Jack Link’s. Thus, “missing links.”

Day Four

144, 153, 180, 198, 180, 180, 186

(Yes, that’s the clue)

This clue gave hunters the clearance height list on signs above each railroad overpass running through downtown Wichita. Waterman=12 feet or 144 inches; Douglas=12 feet 9 inches or 153 inches; First Street=15 feet or 180 inches; Second Street=16 feet 6 inches or 198 inches; Central=15 feet or 180 inches; Murdock=15 feet or 180 inches; 13th Street=15 feet 6 inches or 186 inches. The medallion was hidden near the Waterman underpass. Its height — in inches — was underlined.

Day Five

And now it’s time to stop then go on your way.

This is usually free, but sometimes you pay.

Stashed in a noun? We’re going to wirble.

4th Grade English lets you get verbal.

This clue played with the word “park.” Parking — a verbal noun — in Lot D is usually free but costs during some events. Fourth Grade English hinted at the plat where the medallion was hidden (English’s 4th Addition). The first letter of each word in the clue (ATSF) matches the railroad next to the parking lot that travels on the overpass referenced in Clue 4.

Day Six

Memories change, and most people forget.

The place where Macon and Decatur met.

And would it be ironic, don’t you think,

To hoard a treasure where vikings run out of drink?

The medallion was hidden near what used to be the intersection of the streets Macon and Decatur in the late 1800s. Currently, the entrance to Lot D is where Mead — a street in downtown Wichita and a popular alcoholic beverage for vikings — runs out past Waterman. Alexander King used an old map to locate Macon and Decatur and found the medallion hours after this clue published.

Day Seven

What’s next is a lot, and it’s right past the sea:

Find 19 islands, no sand, no water, a tree.

Look for a delta to find what you seek.

Makes no sense? Maybe it’s all Greek.

A lot right past the sea (a homophone of the letter C) = Parking Lot D, a parking lot with 19 islands where plants and trees grow. “A tree” pointed to the lone island with one tree (others had two or none), where the medallion was hidden. Delta, in Greek = D.

This story was originally published June 4, 2025 at 12:22 PM.