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.

 

[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.

 

[Huntindog45]

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...

right... exactly what i was talking about.

 

[KHNC]

A Third Hunter Has Been Found Dead in the Colorado Wilderness

Todd Shoulders, 54, died in the South San Juan Wilderness, just ten miles away from where two other hunters were recently killed by lightning

www.outsideonline.com

Just adding this to have all info in one place. Name released.

 

[pods8 (Rugged Stitching)]

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

Assuming he wasn't pushing himself well outside his abilities caveat, this is my thought. I'd rather die in the woods than siting at a desk working...

 

[doc holiday13]

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

While we're at it, we should all put in our speculation about the guiltiness of Ryan Lampers in his poaching case

 

[LookinforDirt]

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.

This happened to my brother in his mid forties. He was snowboarding in Breckenridge and was really doing nothing exerting. He had just got off the lift and was boarding over to where his friends were waiting for the first run of the day. And he just dropped in his tracks. He had a cardiac arrest and was clinically dead. Ski patrol was there in less than 2 minutes, maybe a minute, and used a defibrillator on him. His heart was stopped for nearly 4 minutes. Got him on a life flight to a hospital in, I believe, Lakewood. Put him on an Arctic Sun machine for several days. It puts your body in a state of therapeutic hypothermia which helps recovery for someone whose brain was deprived of oxygen for an extended (I.e. minutes) period. They were one of limited hospitals to have this machine at the time a decade or so ago. He recovered with nearly no after effects. Which is damn close to a miracle for someone whose brain went 4 mins with no oxygen and was clinically dead.

Cause of cardiac arrest? A build up of noncalcified soft plaque in his arteries. The plaque broke loose (ruptured) and caused a full clog instantly stopping his heart. Pretty much guaranteed death unless proper medical help is immediately available. And even then unlikely to survive.

 

[Poser]

This happened to my brother in his mid forties. He was snowboarding in Breckenridge and was really doing nothing exerting. He had just got off the lift and was boarding over to where his friends were waiting for the first run of the day. And he just dropped in his tracks. He had a cardiac arrest and was clinically dead. Ski patrol was there in less than 2 minutes, maybe a minute, and used a defibrillator on him. His heart was stopped for nearly 4 minutes. Got him on a life flight to a hospital in, I believe, Lakewood. Put him on an Arctic Sun machine for several days. It puts your body in a state of therapeutic hypothermia which helps recovery for someone whose brain was deprived of oxygen for an extended (I.e. minutes) period. They were one of limited hospitals to have this machine at the time a decade or so ago. He recovered with nearly no after affects. Which is damn close to a miracle for someone whose brain went 4 mins with no oxygen and was clinically dead.

Cause of cardiac arrest? A build up of noncalcified soft plaque in his arteries. The plaque broke loose (ruptured) and caused a full clog instantly stopping his heart. Pretty much guaranteed death unless proper medical help is immediately available. And even then unlikely to survive.

Dang, that's wild. Hopefully, his insurance covered all of that? I bet that was a heft total, likely in the 7 figure range.

 

[KHNC]

While we're at it, we should all put in our speculation about the guiltiness of Ryan Lampers in his poaching case

Guilty as charged is my vote.

 

[LookinforDirt]

Dang, that's wild. Hopefully, his insurance covered all of that? I bet that was a heft total, likely in the 7 figure range.

I want to say around $300k. I’d have to get the number from my former sister in law but I think I remember her saying that number. They did have insurance but I don’t know what they owed. They lived a lifestyle that made you not want to get too involved in it including their finances. He also had an implantable cardioverter defibrillator installed near/in the pocket of his shoulder on his left side. I want to say that alone was $30k. Lucky he isn’t a left handed shooter like me. It would be archery only seasons.