diff --git a/configs/config.json.hunter.example b/configs/config.json.hunter.example
index f937ae1c45..fc3205ec95 100644
--- a/configs/config.json.hunter.example
+++ b/configs/config.json.hunter.example
@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@
                 "max_distance": 1500,
                 "hunt_all": false,
                 "hunt_vip": true,
-                "hunt_pokedex": true
+                "hunt_pokedex": true,
+                "lock_on_target": false
             }
         },
         {
diff --git a/pokemongo_bot/cell_workers/catch_pokemon.py b/pokemongo_bot/cell_workers/catch_pokemon.py
index d7ab841e98..c9f21c448e 100644
--- a/pokemongo_bot/cell_workers/catch_pokemon.py
+++ b/pokemongo_bot/cell_workers/catch_pokemon.py
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ class CatchPokemon(BaseTask):
 
     def initialize(self):
         self.pokemon = []
+        self.ignored_while_looking = []
 
     def work(self):
         # make sure we have SOME balls
@@ -50,11 +51,34 @@ def work(self):
 
             random.shuffle(self.pokemon)
 
+        # Filter out already ignored mons
+        if self.bot.hunter_locked_target != None:
+            self.pokemon = filter(lambda x: x["pokemon_id"] not in self.ignored_while_looking, self.pokemon)
+        elif len(self.ignored_while_looking) > 0:
+            self.logger.info("No longer hunting for a Pokémon, resuming normal operations.")
+            # Reset the ignored list when no longer needed.
+            self.ignored_while_looking = []
+
         num_pokemon = len(self.pokemon)
         if num_pokemon > 0:
             # try catching
+            mon_to_catch = self.pokemon.pop()
+
+            if self.bot.hunter_locked_target != None:
+                bounty = self.bot.hunter_locked_target
+                mon_name = Pokemons.name_for(mon_to_catch['pokemon_id'])
+                bounty_name = Pokemons.name_for(bounty['pokemon_id'])
+                if mon_to_catch['encounter_id'] != bounty['encounter_id']:
+                    # This is not the Pokémon you are looking for...
+                    self.logger.info("[Hunter locked a {}] Ignoring a {}".format(bounty_name, mon_name))
+                    self.ignored_while_looking.append(mon_to_catch['pokemon_id'])
+                    if num_pokemon > 1:
+                        return WorkerResult.RUNNING
+                    else:
+                        return WorkerResult.SUCCESS
+
             try:
-                if self.catch_pokemon(self.pokemon.pop()) == WorkerResult.ERROR:
+                if self.catch_pokemon(mon_to_catch) == WorkerResult.ERROR:
                     # give up incase something went wrong in our catch worker (ran out of balls, etc)
                     return WorkerResult.ERROR
                 elif num_pokemon > 1:
diff --git a/pokemongo_bot/cell_workers/pokemon_hunter.py b/pokemongo_bot/cell_workers/pokemon_hunter.py
index 010149cfb0..4b60c0d9fe 100644
--- a/pokemongo_bot/cell_workers/pokemon_hunter.py
+++ b/pokemongo_bot/cell_workers/pokemon_hunter.py
@@ -32,6 +32,9 @@ def initialize(self):
         self.config_hunt_all = self.config.get("hunt_all", False)
         self.config_hunt_vip = self.config.get("hunt_vip", True)
         self.config_hunt_pokedex = self.config.get("hunt_pokedex", True)
+        # Lock on Target; ignore all other Pokémon until we found our target.
+        self.config_lock_on_target = self.config.get("lock_on_target", False)
+        self.bot.hunter_locked_target = None
 
     def work(self):
         if not self.enabled:
@@ -63,6 +66,8 @@ def work(self):
 
                 self.logger.info("New destination at %(distance).2f meters: %(name)s", self.destination)
                 self.no_log_until = now + 60
+                if self.config_lock_on_target:
+                    self.bot.hunter_locked_target = self.destination
 
                 if self.destination["s2_cell_id"] != self.search_cell_id:
                     self.search_points = self.get_search_points(self.destination["s2_cell_id"])
@@ -87,6 +92,8 @@ def work(self):
                 self.lost_counter = 0
 
             if self.lost_counter >= 3:
+                self.logger.info("I haven't found %(name)s", self.destination)
+                self.bot.hunter_locked_target = None
                 self.destination = None
             else:
                 self.logger.info("Now searching for %(name)s", self.destination)
@@ -96,6 +103,8 @@ def work(self):
         elif self.no_log_until < now:
             distance = great_circle(self.bot.position, (self.walker.dest_lat, self.walker.dest_lng)).meters
             self.logger.info("Moving to destination at %s meters: %s", round(distance, 2), self.destination["name"])
+            if self.config_lock_on_target:
+                self.bot.hunter_locked_target = self.destination
             self.no_log_until = now + 30
 
         return WorkerResult.RUNNING