BC Hunter missing since Friday

[ClutchCanadian4]

Hey all, was talking with a couple paramedics on a call earlier today and they had mentioned a BC paramedic and his dog who were out grouse hunting in the Chetwynd area on Friday was due to return Friday night was overdue. Did some research and come to find out he is still missing. Looking through Facebook posts, looks like the RCMP found his truck with his rifle, keys wallet and phone in it but him and his dog nowhere to be found. Haven't seen any evidence of leads either. Scary stuff. Leads to the question as to how or why he would be away from his truck without his personal items. Maybe his dog took off after something and he went after it and got turned around? They have had quite a bit of snow the last couple days too, and I saw a comment from his girlfriend that she doesn't believe he had any camping gear as he was expecting to only be out for the day. I feel it's almost inappropriate to speculate on the reasons behind his disappearance but the wife and I were out on the Island on holidays in July and man... We came across a lot of missing person posters all throughout rest stops, provincial parks etc. just one of those things that makes you wonder. Really hope he and his pup are found safe. Makes me want to hold my loved ones, and especially my own border Collie a little closer tonight.

https://www.cjdctv.com/mobile/missin....google.com%2F

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[CBintheNorth]

That does sound very odd.
Hopefully he is found safe and sound soon.

[Tygarian]

I hope they will find him soon. Its scary.

[-JR-]

Thats really scary to here people disappearing like that . I hope they find him and his dog .

[Drewski Canuck]

This scenario is more common than you think. A number of years ago a man stopped the car on the Yellowhead Highway near Blue River to go walk into the bush to take a dump.

Wife and kids left in the car were waiting and waiting and finally started yelling for him and honking the car horn. He never did come back to the car.

Only assumption was that he fell into the river at some point and was swept away by the current.

Drewski

[Grizzly Adams1]

Originally Posted by Drewski Canuck

This scenario is more common than you think. A number of years ago a man stopped the car on the Yellowhead Highway near Blue River to go walk into the bush to take a dump.

Wife and kids left in the car were waiting and waiting and finally started yelling for him and honking the car horn. He never did come back to the car.

Only assumption was that he fell into the river at some point and was swept away by the current.

Drewski

I think there's an Alberta man who's been missing for several years under similar circumstances, foul play is suspected.

[1hogfarmer]

There’s a thread on the bc hunting forum, someone had a run in with an aggressive landowner in the same area previously to this. Hopefully no foul play involved

[Sitkaspruce]

We have two missing people up here.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/briti...n-bc-1.7358388

What is interesting is mainstream media says the guy up north was a "hiker" while the local media says he was a "hunter". I don't know too many people who be hiking on the Redfern trail without a rifle in October. Or with just a tarp and Osprey back pack..... That's a long way back to the lakes and to do it in 10 days is a good hike.

We got 4-6" of snow the other day and now, for the past two, 60-80k winds, but warmer weather.

Hopefully there will be some news soon.

Cheers

SS

[ClutchCanadian4]

I think a lot of people (myself included) underestimate how easy it is to get turned around. Especially if it's either unwillingly or on a moments notice like if he went after his dog. Chase him for 10 minutes into the brush without thinking about anything else and boom, could be off somewhere with no idea how you got there. Just seems the more I look into this subject, the more it seems something wrong is going on in stretches of BC back country. All speculation of course, but again it just makes a guy wonder.

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[Drewski Canuck]

There always is the problem of young male bears (Grizz / Black) who are poor hunters with a poor berry crop in the area with Fall approaching.

Alot of bear attacks are by young aggressive hungry male bears. They have lunch on their mind and especially with winter approaching.

Lets hope for good news.

Drewski

[AB2506]

I know it is not close to the location of the missing hunter, but there is a lot of people, mainly women missing from along highway 16 in BC.

As for how things can go south in a hurry; in 1989 I was a student F&W Officer. We received a call of a deer strike near Carrot Creek on highway 16. We went there, but could not find the location of deer strike which was described as at the Carrot Creek bridge, north side of the highway.

I was dropped off on the west side of the creek and my training officer went to the east side. As a student, if I was not in the company of the training officer, I could not carry a firearm.

After checking the ditch, I went into the forrest. I was in 50-100 yards, when I heard a swishing sound in the tall grass of a low spot. I stopped and stood listening. Eventually I saw an animal moving in the grass. The backline I could see, resembled a large pig. No, it's a light colored black bear. No, as it cleared some of the taller grass, it had a hump at the shoulder and the face was dished, grizzly!? WTF, a grizzly here? It had it's nose to the ground. Was it tracking the allegedly injured deer I was looking for?

Didn't matter, time to get out of here! I stood quietly, before slowly backing away, trying to be as quiet as possible as the bear was only about 25yds away. Once I was a suitable distance away, I turned and walked briskly to the highway, being as quiet as possible so I didn't attract the bear's interest. I thought when I hit the ditch the truck would be parked there, but the training officer had moved it to the other side of the creek. Anyways, I survived.

I'm telling this story to illustrate how easily a person could be disappeared while conducting a simple task.

This became a coffee break topic and the Area Officer wrote a report that in certain circumstances, student officers should carry a shotgun while conducting certain tasks. I think this report went no where, but at least he tried. In 1989, this grizzly was about an hour east of the acknowledged grizzly bear range. I would suspect that Carrot Creek is now within the grizzly bear range as there are more grizzly bears and their range has been extended.

[kingrat]

Still no updates? Hopefully closure of some type soon I can't imagine family going through this.

[58thecat]

Originally Posted by AB2506

I know it is not close to the location of the missing hunter, but there is a lot of people, mainly women missing from along highway 16 in BC.

As for how things can go south in a hurry; in 1989 I was a student F&W Officer. We received a call of a deer strike near Carrot Creek on highway 16. We went there, but could not find the location of deer strike which was described as at the Carrot Creek bridge, north side of the highway.

I was dropped off on the west side of the creek and my training officer went to the east side. As a student, if I was not in the company of the training officer, I could not carry a firearm.

After checking the ditch, I went into the forrest. I was in 50-100 yards, when I heard a swishing sound in the tall grass of a low spot. I stopped and stood listening. Eventually I saw an animal moving in the grass. The backline I could see, resembled a large pig. No, it's a light colored black bear. No, as it cleared some of the taller grass, it had a hump at the shoulder and the face was dished, grizzly!? WTF, a grizzly here? It had it's nose to the ground. Was it tracking the allegedly injured deer I was looking for?

Didn't matter, time to get out of here! I stood quietly, before slowly backing away, trying to be as quiet as possible as the bear was only about 25yds away. Once I was a suitable distance away, I turned and walked briskly to the highway, being as quiet as possible so I didn't attract the bear's interest. I thought when I hit the ditch the truck would be parked there, but the training officer had moved it to the other side of the creek. Anyways, I survived.

I'm telling this story to illustrate how easily a person could be disappeared while conducting a simple task.

This became a coffee break topic and the Area Officer wrote a report that in certain circumstances, student officers should carry a shotgun while conducting certain tasks. I think this report went no where, but at least he tried. In 1989, this grizzly was about an hour east of the acknowledged grizzly bear range. I would suspect that Carrot Creek is now within the grizzly bear range as there are more grizzly bears and their range has been extended.

Wow a real eye opener for a rookie!
Jump in the truck for your shift always bring two pairs of underwear for moments like this!

Hope the fella and his pup turn up alive.


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[ClutchCanadian4]

Originally Posted by kingrat

Still no updates? Hopefully closure of some type soon I can't imagine family going through this.

The update last night that the RCMP were temporarily pausing the search to "gather more information". Sounds ominous as if they may know something. Doesn't sound good though. I hope I'm just reading into that statement the wrong way and he and his dog are found safe.

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[britman101]

Looks like they have called off the search for the fellow lost in Chetwynd and they are asking for assistance from the public to report any sightings of either him or his dog. What I find interesting is did they use any tracking dogs in their search for this fellow especially after he was reported missing by his wife, which would have been 48 hours. I believe the Prince George RCMP detachment has tracking dogs. Especially in that area, would have allowed them to concentrate on areas where he had last been.

[Grizzly Adams1]

Originally Posted by ClutchCanadian4

The update last night that the RCMP were temporarily pausing the search to "gather more information". Sounds ominous as if they may know something. Doesn't sound good though. I hope I'm just reading into that statement the wrong way and he and his dog are found safe.

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Radio program this morning had a reminder about the BC cowboy that vanished without a trace in 2019, foul play is suspected.

[kingrat]

Hopefully he simply ran away like that native lady and kid that ended up in the states. For them to call it off seems awfully weird.

[CBintheNorth]

Originally Posted by britman101

Looks like they have called off the search for the fellow lost in Chetwynd and they are asking for assistance from the public to report any sightings of either him or his dog. What I find interesting is did they use any tracking dogs in their search for this fellow especially after he was reported missing by his wife, which would have been 48 hours. I believe the Prince George RCMP detachment has tracking dogs. Especially in that area, would have allowed them to concentrate on areas where he had last been.

Anyone check to see if there were any big lottery winners just before him and his dog went missing?

In all honesty, hopefully it's that and not something worse.

[traderal]

This touches a lot of us as we recount close calls we had in the bush. Things happen real fast sometimes and catch us unprepared even to the most experienced. Last place I worked two coworkers and another's son (unrelated instances) disappeared without a trace, hard to forget.

[LSLAKER]

Maybe he planned an escape to start a new life and one not to be known to others or then perhaps he committed suicide.