Incredible story: Bowhunter finds lost bowhunter after 53 years

[Idaho_ZC]

Was going to post this! So intriguing, I really would be interested to see if they ever release what his cause of death was. I would imagine exposure but something had to lead to that. Either way, glad to see the mans wife and kids are still alive and able to get closure. What are the odds?

 

[Rokbar]

Hopefully the ole fellow didn't go like Hatchet Jack on Jeremiah Johnson.

 

[justin davis]

Pretty wild story. I’m surprised at the amount of time between the incident and the find.

when I was in high school I was out hunting and found a skull with a bullet hole in it. I led authorities to it and it turned out to be a missing kid who had been missing for 9 years

 

[Pacific_Fork]

Amazing story. I wonder if any parts of bow/arrows were found? Maybe he fell on an arrow -femoral artery - so many ways it could have happened. I can’t believe it took this long for another hunter to find him.

 

[Gooseslayer]

That’s nuts!

 

[Kilboars]

I've often thought I’d like to go when I’m hunting, but it’s very inconsiderate to the other hunters in camp.

I think the same. Go out on your last hunt and feed some animals like they’ve been feeding us.


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[Geewhiz]

Was going to post this! So intriguing, I really would be interested to see if they ever release what his cause of death was. I would imagine exposure but something had to lead to that. Either way, glad to see the mans wife and kids are still alive and able to get closure. What are the odds?

Probably covid-19 lol

 

[ODB]

I think the same. Go out on your last hunt and feed some animals like they’ve been feeding us.


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The ciirrrccllle of liiiffe........

 

[dieselchessy]

I can see it. Humans and animals tend to take the path of least resistance. There are lots of places below cliffs, steep hillsides, very thick brush, ect… where a person may never set foot even though many folks travel near by.
Granted even then there are likely still Mylar birthday balloons there.
It sounds like the path these two fellows attempted isn’t chosen very often.
Maybe because everyone else knows there is no such thing as a shortcut. If it really was a short cut, it would just be called “the way”.

 

[Blackdog317]

More details in the article below, including some photos of the gear that was found by the hunter. Very interesting and tragic story. Happy to hear the family has some closure after 53 years of wondering what happened.

Discovery of bowhunter's remains after 53 years finally gives son closure

Idaho bowhunter Raymond Jones went missing on his son's 12th birthday, Sept. 7, 1968. Fifty-three years later, Jones' body was found by another bowhunter, solving a mystery that had long

billingsgazette.com

 

[Opah]

Where is the Follow up ? you know Autopsy of a Lost hunter his last minutes ? the why of it