These cases fit known profiles of lost-person behavior (e.g., Koester’s lost person behavior taxonomy). Hunters are prone to “routing” errors, game trailing, and terrain traps.
Download the data. Print the maps. Check the boulder fields. And for the love of survival, never leave your tether.
The book covers cases across four countries, including the United States (26 states) and Canada (9 provinces). Key cases include: Tom Messick and Fred Drumm: Experienced hunters who vanished in the Adirondacks. Aaron Hedges: