75-year-old hunter goes missing near Sleeping Bear Dunes; agencies find him stuck in mud

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The Michigan Department of Natural Resources led an effort Sunday to rescue a North Carolina hunter who went missing near Sleeping Bear Dunes during the first day of the firearm deer season, officials said.

The 75-year-old manhad been at deer camp with friends and family, hunting the same spot in Benzie County for the last 20 years, but after the group decided not to hunt due to the cold and windy conditions, theycouldn’t find him, the department said in a statement.

DNRConservation Officer Amanda McCurdy met twoBenzie County Sheriff’s deputies at the scene near Boekeloo Road in the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore. Themissing man’s friends and familysaid he might be at one of two hunting spots

“The terrain was very difficult, thick and damp — not even navigable,” McCurdy said.

The officer requested helicopter assistance from the U.S. Coast Guard, then worked with seven…

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  1. Maybe a deer got him

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