3rd Hunter Dies in Southern Colorado

[cnelk]

Read more here

https://kdvr.com/news/local/sheriffs-office-third-hunter-dies-in-southern-colorado/

 

[505Wapiti]

Crazy

 

[BullNuts]

Curious what the autopsy will reveal.

 

[wytx]

Heart attack maybe??

 

[Huntindog45]

Maybe we should compile 47 pages of speculation even though we have no information or knowledge of the scenario....

 

[KHNC]

Maybe we should compile 47 pages of speculation even though we have no information or knowledge of the scenario....

Plenty of out of shape guys go elk hunting without training. Then find out what the real deal is. Maybe they are tough enough not to quit, maybe not. Maybe their body says you FAFO , and then you die. Its another tragedy regardless.

 

[RockAndSage]

Plenty of out of shape guys go elk hunting without training. Then find out what the real deal is. Maybe they are tough enough not to quit, maybe not. Maybe their body says you FAFO , and then you die. Its another tragedy regardless.

Separate from what may or may not have happened to that 54yo hunter, what you said here is damn serious and no joke. Especially for older guys who had a lot of hardening/fitness experiences when younger, and were largely in shape for their years before 45 or so. Learned this the hard way a couple of times in different, unexpected ways in the last few years.

The danger comes from just not realizing your body can't do what it used to, while your mind can still push past discomfort that makes most people just quit. Especially when you're used to pushing past those discomforts as just a normal part of how you put work in, and even more so when you're not obviously out of shape. The body gets legitimately and unknowingly pushed way too far past what it should have, and gives out on you all of a sudden, or leaves you obliterated the next day or two. The more you were capable of when younger, the more dangerous this kind of thing is in sneaking up on you. Can happen even if you just go a few months without working out how you expect to work your body in the field.

 

[bridgerbenson]

Separate from what may or may not have happened to that 54yo hunter, what you said here is damn serious and no joke. Especially for older guys who had a lot of hardening/fitness experiences when younger, and were largely in shape for their years before 45 or so. Learned this the hard way a couple of times in different, unexpected ways in the last few years.

The danger comes from just not realizing your body can't do what it used to, while your mind can still push past discomfort that makes most people just quit. Especially when you're used to pushing past those discomforts as just a normal part of how you put work in, and even more so when you're not obviously out of shape. The body gets legitimately and unknowingly pushed way too far past what it should have, and gives out on you all of a sudden, or leaves you obliterated the next day or two. The more you were capable of when younger, the more dangerous this kind of thing is in sneaking up on you. Can happen even if you just go a few months without working out how you expect to work your body in the field.

Bad deal and best regards to the 54 year olds family. That’s way too young.

I agree and experienced this last week. My brother and I both tagged out on archery bulls in WY a few days apart. I’m a flatlander from NE, but live an active lifestyle, train, and am as chiseled at 43 yo as I was in high school.

There were a couple times I pushed too far before stopping for a break, and couldn’t get the air needed to recover. Which would lead to a type of claustrophobic panic attack ripping off gear down to no shirt so I could breathe.

Probably way closer to a heart attack than I want to admit. Realized my big bino chest harness and pistol chest harness were a huge factor in the constriction and not getting air so won’t be using either in the future.

I can totally see how people can push a little too hard and have a heart attack on the mountain.


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[KnightExtreme]

Not Good for someone only 54 but they will learn what caused this death or we can hope.
Prayers to his Family & Friends. Never good to be hunting and have this outcome...
KnightExtreme

 

[pacoalcracker]

You typically don't just drop over dead from a heart attack, even when exerting. In most cases there were underlying health conditions that caused or contributed, and sadly in many cases were known. Many have partial artery blockages and when the heart is taxed it can't get the oxygen necessary to perform, or they are just that far out of condition the heart gets taxed easily and overworked. Age itself often times has nothing to do with it. A man has got to know his limitations.

 

[FLswamper]

On the bright side, he died while hunting. There are definitely worse ways to go.

 

[taskswap]

Maybe we should compile 47 pages of speculation even though we have no information or knowledge of the scenario....

LOL instantly after your post we had "it must be fitness" and "it must have been preparedness" (as if any of that matters to lightning bolts). It's almost like you have a crystal ball...

 

[North of 60]

So sad, and yes, let's wait and see if the autopsy results are released to know the real deal.

At least we now know the other two died from lightning...hail/lightning/rain storms are more severe up high than most lowlanders realize.