Lost 82 year old elk hunter in Oregon - good ending

[Rotnguns]

Good ending and well done to the rescuers. The lost hunter had an emergency locator device but didn't know how to operate it.

82-year-old hunter found after being lost in Tillamook forest for 15 hours

An 82-year-old man was lost in a Tillamook forest for about 15 hours before he was recued.

www.kptv.com

 

[IdahoElk]

Good ending and well done to the rescuers. The lost hunter had an emergency locator device but didn't know how to operate it.

82-year-old hunter found after being lost in Tillamook forest for 15 hours

An 82-year-old man was lost in a Tillamook forest for about 15 hours before he was recued.

www.kptv.com

Glad they found him, same thing happened up in the wood river valley with an 89 year old man this spring, Went solo hiking/camping in the head waters of the Salmon river, found him 11 days later dehydrated but alive.

 

[3Esski]

did he get the bull? Poor reporting.

 

[Rotnguns]

Glad they found him, same thing happened up in the wood river valley with an 89 year old man this spring, Went solo hiking/camping in the head waters of the Salmon river, found him 11 days later dehydrated but alive.

I read about that story! What an amazing will to live. How many could do as well, regardless of age? I sure hope that story becomes an hour-long television episode.

 

[IdahoElk]

I read about that story! What an amazing will to live. How many could do as well, regardless of age? I sure hope that story becomes an hour-long television episode.

He is amazing, hiked up a drainage that is nasty and at 89! I question the daughter that dropped him off thinking he would be fine.

 

[dtrkyman]

Hope I am getting around enough to get lost when I'm in my 80s!

 

[Squirrel Master]

Glad it ended well for him. I sure hope I'm able to bow hunt when I'm his age!!

 

[Oregon]

Probably 10 miles from my house. I can't imagine being 82 and bailing off here. Pert near vertical and thick everywhere. Kudos

 

[MtnW]

Kudos to the search and rescue team putting in 20 hours to find the old dude. His hunting partners need to keep him closer to the group at his age, being diabetic and not knowing how to operate his rescue transmitter. Sounds lacking in common sense.

 

[Swamp Fox]

So he wasn't 'lost' -- he was just misplaced ....

 

[3Esski]

Old fella was probably putting the stalk on a massive bull and then a bunch of s&r guys come bursting out of a fern to ruin it all. He would have pushed the locator for the pack out. Old guys are crafty.

 

[TaperPin]

I suppose being diabetic is different, but could you imagine the search and rescue being called at 9:00 pm?

Being “lost” for only 15 hours before being “rescued”, isn’t normally a thing.

 

[Dos Perros]

So he wasn't 'lost' -- he was just misplaced ....

"bewildered"

 

[Will_m]

15 hours definitely just “misplaced” rather than “lost.” But I see somebody mentioned diabetic so that changes things I suppose. I’ve been pretty badly “misplaced” a time or two.