Sad story but a hell of a way to go.

[ivorytip]

Elk hunter who left home and never returned found dead - East Idaho News

The following is a news release from the Caribou County Sheriff’s Office. Stock photo On Oct. 31 at approximately 9:49 p.m., the Caribou County Sheriff’s Office received the report of an overdue hunter. The hunter, identified as 79-year-old Paul Schiffman of Oakley, had left home in a white 1997...

www.eastidahonews.com

 

[Timr245]

Indeed.

 

[Colorado Cowboy]

Similar story here in SW Colorado. An Oklahoma elk hunter in his 80's has disappeared and has not been found. He went missing in early October and still has not been found. A massive search has located no trace of him. It is pretty rugged country and he got separated from his partners.

 

[highplainsdrifter]

We also have a missing hunter in Wyoming. He is 44 years old and has been missing for two weeks...which does not bode well.

https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/wyoming/articles/2019-10-28/wyoming-authorities-suspend-search-for-missing-hunter

 

[87TT]

Plan on doing the same thing but think I'm going to put it off a few more years.

 

[RICMIC]

Just don't wait too long.

 

[dan maule]

That's the way I would like to go out, except for the stress it put on the family not knowing.

 

[BKhunter50]

I'm with you Dan. I watched my father wither away from cancer at the age of 57. My lifestyle is different than his so I'm hoping I don't have the same fate. I've said many times - if I can live to be 75 and die on top of a mountain watching the sun come up - I'm good. Don't come looking for me - just let the bears take care of me

 

[go_deep]

Quick and fast without a day ever spent in a nursing home, on a mountain while hunting would just be a cherry on top.

 

[kidoggy]

lucky bastard!

 

[87TT]

Just don't wait too long.

I was going to wait until 100 but how about 99?

 

[Granby guy]

My friend and his dad were bow hunting last year when he had a heart attack and died when they were walking back to camp. He still had his bow in his his hand when he died.