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Post by indianagooseman on Dec 12, 2006 22:03:34 GMT -5
www.wthitv.com/dsp_story.cfm?storyid=68443&RequestTimeout=500The search for a missing hunter in Sullivan County has a happy ending.
News 10 is told Frank Adams, 67, of Indianapolis, was found about 7:30 Tuesday morning.
The Sullivan County Sheriff's Department recieved a call Monday evening that Adams had gone missing. County and city police, along with state conservation officers and fire departments searched an area southeast of Sullivan overnight using thermal energy technology and canines to narrow their search.
Police say Adams was found about 4 miles from his original drop off spot. They say he got lost and was not familiar with the territory.
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Post by DEERTRACKS on Dec 13, 2006 7:03:36 GMT -5
Lucky fella. Good thing the temps have been mild.
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Post by 10point on Dec 13, 2006 7:41:48 GMT -5
I bet he gets a GPS for Christmas.  |
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Post by chicobrownbear on Dec 13, 2006 8:17:56 GMT -5
I just don't see how this could happen unless your mental state has slipped a little. As far as I know the sun still comes up in the east and sets in the west.
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Post by firstwd on Dec 13, 2006 9:02:22 GMT -5
Right now it comes up in the SouthEast and sets in the SouthWest. Sounds like he was lost in the dark, so the sun didn't help much until found him.
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Post by Russ Koon on Dec 13, 2006 10:44:41 GMT -5
Don't know how much sun was visible in Sullivan County Monday afternoon, but it was pretty cloudy most of the time a couple counties over east where we were.
Another factor that gets experienced hunters lost sometimes is the flat terrain. Many of us who have grown up hunting in places like southern Indiana where there are always ridges and draws that were formed by erosion tend to use those features more than we're even aware of to remain oriented. We take off down the ridge, and we know we only have to go back up the same ridge to get back close to where we started. If we start down a draw, we only need to pay attention when that draw meets another in order to make the right choice when coming back up it. Then when we take off into a woods in relatively flat terrain, or terrain where the natural contours have been altered by strip mining activities as so much has in Sullivan County, and we don't even realize we're in trouble until we already have no idea in which direction is the truck.
I found out about this subconscious reliance on contour many years ago on my first visit to the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, where there is virtually no contour in the land. I just wandered into the woods a short ways to see if I could see some tracks or any kind of wildlife sign while on a family vacation picnic stop. The day was overcast, but it was close enough to midday that it probably wouldn't have helped much if the sun had been out. I finally had to wait until another car came along the road, and navigate back from the sound.
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Post by Woody Williams on Dec 13, 2006 11:00:22 GMT -5
Russ, I agree... The most "lost" I've been is in bottom ground where it is all flat and it all looks the same. Of course the moss still grows on the north side of the tree..  . |
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Post by hornharvester on Dec 13, 2006 11:16:32 GMT -5
I got lost for three hours last year in the everglades in south Florida. Trailing a wounded hog at night and got turned around. No GPS or compass. Wasn't a fun thing to do. Wont ever go after a hog again at night with out some sort of navigation device. h.h.
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Post by raporter on Dec 13, 2006 12:13:09 GMT -5
Cloudy day in Florida, Son-In-Law and I hiked into some strip pits about three miles from the parking area. No compass or GPS, not a good idea. Did get out before dark. Not a good feeling though.  |
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Post by hunter7x on Dec 13, 2006 15:40:40 GMT -5
I took a 6 hour "hike" this year in Colorad trying to get back to the truck. I wasn't too worried, it was day light but i can see getting turned around and spending some quality time out there alone if ones not careful !
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Post by danf on Dec 14, 2006 18:47:55 GMT -5
Heck, I got turned around earlier this year in a woods I've hunted in for nearly 15 years. Took off at an angle across the upper flat above the creek bottom and didn't come out where I thought I would. I wasn't lost, but that still wasn't a good feeling when I realized that I was several hundred yards from where I thought I would come out....
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Post by TagTeamHunter on Dec 14, 2006 23:26:16 GMT -5
Biggest problem I know of is PANIC. I was always taught if you get lost: STOP, and THINK. Of course I carry:GPS, Compass, and Map of the area.
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Post by Indyhunter on Dec 15, 2006 11:05:31 GMT -5
I'm not sure how he could go 4 miles without finding a road in Sullivan County. It might be rural but it isn't hard to find a house down there.
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Post by RiverJim on Dec 16, 2006 8:41:43 GMT -5
A tad confuesed for a month or two but never lost. ;D
Henry Frapp (Brian Keith)
The mountain men
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