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Sheriff’s Helicopter Called To Search For Lost Hunter
November 17, 2008
The Escambia County Sheriff’s Department helicopter was called to assist in the search for a missing hunter in Walnut Hill Sunday night.
The hunter had entered the woods a about a quarter mile south of Tungoil Road, in sight of, and about a quarter mile from, Highway 97. Deputies say he became disoriented as darkness fell and was unable to find his way out of the woods.
After he called his mother from a cellular phone, she called deputies. Several units from both the Century and Molino precincts responded about 6:15 Sunday night, along with the sheriff’s department helicopter. Authorities attempted to triangulate the man’s position from his cell phone signal, but that information indicated that he was near Ernest Ward Middle School…the location of the cell phone company’s tower.
The first deputies on scene turned on their blue lights and sirens while talking to the man on his cell phone. The hunter was able to walk toward the sound of the sirens and safely exit the woods prior to the arrival of the helicopter. He was not injured.
It was reported that the man did get a deer, which he drug out of the woods with him.
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5 Responses to “Sheriff’s Helicopter Called To Search For Lost Hunter”
Awesome! Glad he made it out. Maybe he should ask ol’ Sandy Claus for a GPS unit for Christmas.
GLAD HE MADE IT OUT SAFELY..IT IS SCARY .BEING A FEMALE HUNTER, I ALWAYS TAKE A ROLL OF TOILET TISSUE WITH ME TO MARK THE WAY…. HOPE IT WAS A NICE BUCK
we all get turned around at some point. I am glad this hunter not only made it out safely, but had a hunt he will never forget. it does not matter how large or small that deer was, I bet he will never forget this one! thank you Escambia County Sheriffs office for a job well done.
I’m glad this hunter made it out okay and with his deer too!! Thanks to the ECSD. This is what cell phones are good for, not for chatting while driving.
Thank God he was alright., but one bright thought is that he didn’t get lost in vein. He did indeed got a deer. Way to go.