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Glad the families will be able to get closure. Also, I can't imagine going through this with a loved one and reading strangers online... -
406dn replied to the thread Your Close Calls.The last close call I had was while elk hunting on horseback. My horse and I were climbing a steep mountain on an informal trail. There...
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My worst was a late November elk hunt with my two youngest kids (teenagers). I made a series of mistakes that could have led to the...
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I’ve had plenty. The Alaska slip was the most recent. Pack out of part of a deer and trying to side hill around a face. Everything was...
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More than I'd like to admit, that's for sure. Flipped our canoe on the Yellowstone in February (why we were canoeing in February, who...
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A few...LOL. Hunting or just life? Was packing the last load with a rack and camp from the High Sierra. 12,000 ft pass and shale trail...
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I was maybe 14 or so. My dad and I went bow hunting deer in November right after a little snowstorm. When we got to the site he went...
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Working along a ledge chukar hunting in hells canyon, snow and ice on the ground. Fell, slid and dropped about 10feet, broke my right...
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When I was 12 yrs old I set off with my dad on his first ever elk hunt on the North Slope of the Uintahs in Utah. My sister was 14 at...
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Leaving in a couple weeks for an antelope/deer hunt. These poor boys in CO got me thinking about solo hunting a bit more seriously...
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No personal experience, but from my WFR courses even splash can stop your heart and breathing. One of the few times that CPR can work...
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Lightning strike is what news is saying this morning. Sad. I have slept in the truck cab when I awoke in my tent on the ridge edge in...
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I was in ESAR in Central Washington from 12-18 years of age. Went on many searches and a few of them resulted in deceased subjects. I...
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Very sad, I think it resonates with all of us because we have all been in hairy situations while hunting. You just never know when when...
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406dn reacted to Nambaster's post in the thread Anyone following the Missing Hunter in Colorado? Scary deal 2 missing since Thursday. Prayers! with
Wow.
Update on this: Looks like they were both found deceased. Most likely from a lightning strike.
