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Male shed hunter found near Ojo Feliz

Male shed hunter found near Ojo Feliz

At 5:34 AM on May 4th, 2019 Taos Search and Rescue was called out for a search for a 42-year old male adult who had not returned from shed hunting on private land near Ojo Feliz, New Mexico.


The subject had gone looking for antlers with a friend on Thursday, May 2. That evening, the two separated and the subject did not return at the prearranged time and place. The subject’s friend later found the subject’s backpack. The subject’s friend left the area and returned again to find the subject’s backpack was now gone. The subject’s disappearance was reported Friday evening.


Over 65 search and rescue volunteers eventually were involved in this search, along with two planes and a National Guard helicopter.


A team of five TSAR members (Jim, Luke, LJ B., Chelsea and Craig) left incident base at 9am. They were assigned to perform a “line search” of an area near the subject’s missing backpack, and later searched an area to the northwest, but found no additional sign of the subject.


Meanwhile, two members of TSAR’s Base Unit (Jon W., Marcia) helped run communications and map preparation at Incident Base. One other TSAR member (Jerry) arrived later.


At approximately 3:30pm, a team from Santa Fe SAR that was leaving the area to return home found the subject, who had flagged them down. The subject was in good condition.



More coverage of this mission in the Santa Fe New Mexican.


As with all search and rescue incidents, Taos Search and Rescue was just one of many teams responding, and we thank our colleagues in the New Mexico SAR community for their fast and professional response to this incident. Mission Reports from Taos Search and Rescue are written from our perspective and from the accounts of our responders, and may lack detail about the entirety of the search and rescue response. Media are encouraged to contact the New Mexico State Police. For comments, corrections or questions about this report, please email [email protected].

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