Hunter Survival Article

[Matt In Oklahoma]

I got this from another site so I am adding their link with the article so as not to seem as though I am stealing it from them.http://teotwawki.ws/

Hunter recounts 4 days of peril
Posted By Prepper on December 5, 2010

Prineville man spent three cold nights in Ochoco National Forest
On Thanksgiving Day, Alan Hewitt set out on his horse, Vegas, to hunt for elk from the high ridges in the Ochoco National Forest. He grabbed an extra pair of gloves but left most of his survival kit, like the fire starting equipment, at his camp. It was too bulky, and he was only planning to be away from his camp during the day.

But it would be three nights and four days before Hewitt made it back to shelter. He was rescued Sunday afternoon. He was scheduled to leave the hospital last night.

Hewitt got to the forest on Monday, Nov. 22. At his camp he had a horse trailer for the two horses he had with him. There was also a camper, his truck, feed for the animals and food for him. He planned to spend a week at the camp hunting elk during the day. His wife wasn

[EX121]

Why didn't he drink if there was snow on the ground. Even if he had a plastic bag he could have used it to melt the snow. He's lucky.

[protus]

Why didn't he drink if there was snow on the ground. Even if he had a plastic bag he could have used it to melt the snow. He's lucky.

once you reach a point certain task/ideas that we see as "simple" are not.
I have been on th everge of some heat related injuries in the past and been around those who have. While just melting the snow would seem easy it doesnt "contect" with the gray matter to do that. Instead its " im ok,, just one more mile...."..they may make that mile, then collpase dead.

The guy is lucky..but i woulda been fat on horse meat ;p LOL

[Mannlicher]

I don't see his being a lone hunter as the problem. Had he followed basic guidelines, he would have been fine. No food, no water, no ability to make a fire, no compass or GPS, no ...........well, he forgot about everything.

[mosinfan]

I don't see his being a lone hunter as the problem. Had he followed basic guidelines, he would have been fine. No food, no water, no ability to make a fire, no compass or GPS, no ...........well, he forgot about everything.

yep.never leave home without them,even if you think you know the area you are going to be in.

[crossbow]

“I couldn’t leave her there helpless,” he said of Vegas. “If we were going, we were both going down. We went up there together, we were coming down together.”

Very nobel, but foolish,,so if he went down for a horse, who was supposed to take care of his family?


“You don’t want to be a lone hunter,” he said. “This has turned out fortunately because I had the knowledge and training. … Follow the general rule: Have a partner.”

He had a partner whom he should have hobbled and got back to his camp where his trk was and he could have got help of a couple people instead of using the whole county search and rescue team.The Crook County Search and Rescue team rescued both of Hewitt’s horses.