Hunter Lost in Minnesota Woods Located

Orr, MN (KROC-AM News)- Authorities in northern Minnesota are reporting a happy ending for an incident regarding a missing hunter.

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A news release issued by the St. Louis County Sheriff’s Office says deputies and members of the agency’s Search and Rescue Team were dispatched to a wooded area on the report of an overdue hunter. The call came in around 10:30 Friday night.

Authorities learned the hunter, described as a 62-year-old man from International Falls, had gone into a wooded area about 15 miles north of Orr with his dog around 5 p.m. and had not returned.

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Officials say the hunter and his dog walked out of the woods around 8:45 Saturday morning at a Rescue Squad Command Post that had been set up after the call.

The hunter told authorities he had gotten lost in the woods and started a campfire once nightfall came.

St. Louis County Sheriff's Office news release

He then walked out of the woods once daylight returned. Officials say the man and his dog were not injured.

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