Lost Hunters Located Near Middleburgh

Town of Middleburgh 

Schoharie County

Wilderness Search: On Oct. 28 at 8:39 p.m., while patrolling Dutton Ridge State Forest, Forest Ranger France observed a vehicle parked on the side of Anderson Road. Another vehicle approached and the person inside told Ranger France they were on the phone with two missing hunters who owned the parked vehicle. The two 59-year-olds became lost while tracking a deer they shot. Schoharie County Sheriff’s Deputies assisted with the search efforts. At 9:15 p.m., Ranger France located the two hunters in good condition and assisted them out of the woods.