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This was sent out by the Grant County Sheriff. If anyone is in the area keep an eye out. It's going to be a cold night.
http://local.nixle.com/alert/5534848/
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Hope he is found safe.
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Thoughts and prayers go out that they find him alive and safe.
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Hope he makes it out ok. Hope he has fire starter.
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Hate hearing about these, prayers he is found safe.
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It can be easy to get turned around in that area. Not to mention the free range cattle can be aggressive.
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I know fog can get real bad in that area at times. Is it foggy over there right now?
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Hopefully he is found safe
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Hope he is safe.. he must be hurt in some way because how would you get lost in royal city?
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This posted at 10:21 this morning. Hopefully he just has a busted ankle and spent a chilly night under a Russian Olive tree.
Search continues for North Bend archery hunter missing near Crab Creek, Royal City.
Near Royal City, Wash (22NOV2015): Search has resumed this morning at the last known location of a North Bend man near Crab Creek, west of Royal City. He has been identified as Thomas Stieg, age 55, of North Bend, WA.
A search grid has been set up to help find the missing hunter. On foot, ORV, or horseback, GCSO, GC Search and Rescue, representatives from other area law enforcement, volunteer fire fighters, Department of Fish and Wildlife, along with civilian volunteers on horseback and ORVs have started looking for Thomas Stieg. Spokane Sheriff’s Office has a helicopter on its way to help with the air coverage.
Yesterday: Family of the missing hunter specified an area they thought he may be found, but initial search efforts were not successful. Officials located his pickup truck around 3pm but were not able to locate Thomas Stieg before the search had to be called off due to nightfall. Hunters in the area were contacted and asked to remain on the lookout.
Thomas Mark Stieg is described as 6 feet tall and approximately 180 pounds. He was last known wearing camouflage clothing and would have had his archery equipment with him. Stieg reportedly left home at 3am on November 20th for a one day hunt. His last known whereabouts are in the bluffs above Crab Creek, approximately 2.5 miles south of Hwy 26, west of Royal City. Stieg was driving a black 2013 Ford F150, license plate number B58677Y.
If anyone has any information on Mr. Stieg’s known whereabouts, please call MACC at 911 or (509) 762-1160.
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My question is what was he hunting? Could narrow down the areas to look
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My question is what was he hunting? Could narrow down the areas to look
Deer, Late archery.
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I was on the south side of saddle mountain this morning. Fog kept visibility to 50yds or less all morning and it was 19* at 6 am. Hope he is found safe and alive.
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My question is what was he hunting? Could narrow down the areas to look
Deer, Late archery.
See that's what confused me because deer didn't open till Saturday and they said he was on a 1 day hunting trip friday
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My question is what was he hunting? Could narrow down the areas to look
Deer, Late archery.
See that's what confused me because deer didn't open till Saturday and they said he was on a 1 day hunting trip friday
opened friday the 20th in 278.
They didnt find him today. Asking for volunteers for tomorow. They had planes an helicopters according to the grant county sherrifs twitter.
Somethings not right
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No updates yet ??
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Oh man, you really gotta worry about someone this age, strokes/heart attacks can happen any time. :yike:
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They called off the search until morning. Hope they find him soon.
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Hope he had survival gear in his pack and hunkered down with a fire if he's hurt or sick. My prayers are with him.
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Hope he stayed away from the water, crab creek can flow pretty good. It was foggy as heck down there today too. Wish I had seen this earlier, I would have helped look instead of hunt.
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Hope he stayed away from the water, crab creek can flow pretty good. It was foggy as heck down there today too. Wish I had seen this earlier, I would have helped look instead of hunt.
I was just talking about this. I've crossed this water a few times and always had close calls.
Prayers for a good outcome. Seems like too much time has lapsed though.
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Hope he is warm if he is alive. Can't rule out a heart attack.
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Hard to believe they still have not found him if they found his truck.
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Hard to believe they still have not found him if they found his truck.
Not a big area at all either. That's why I fear the creek.....
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Tagging. Prayers that he is found soon.
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According to KOMO there is a search party meeting NOV 23 at 8:00 AM at N46* 54' 52'' W119* 49' 30''
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/Bow-hunter-missing-in-Grant-County-352949011.html
Praying for a safe return!!
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Hard to believe they still have not found him if they found his truck.
Not a big area at all either. That's why I fear the creek.....
Not to mention everybody carries a cell phone now days and there should be plenty of service out that way. Doesn't sound good, either guy doesn't wanna be found or something went terribly wrong for him
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Any word?
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Just heard on the radio he is still missing. Hope he is found
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Im thinking fog again this am as its fairly foggy east of Wenatchee this am. I would assume it gets worse the closer to Royal City.
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Im thinking fog again this am as its fairly foggy east of Wenatchee this am. I would assume it gets worse the closer to Royal City.
fog is pretty hard to navigate
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I've duck hunted a lot in that area of Crab Creek. Lots of water and lots of places to fall are the first things that come to mind, difficult to navigate in a straight line even in good conditions. Sure hope he's ok.
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The fact that he was using a tree stand is what concerns me the most. A fall out of the tree stand seems more likely than getting lost in that area.
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On the search in crab creek area, 40-50 yrd visibility :bash:
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I think I missed the part about the tree stand.
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On the search in crab creek area, 40-50 yrd visibility :bash:
Good luck! Thanks for getting out there and searching.
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I think I missed the part about the tree stand.
It was in another thread.
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Freezing fog and 26 deg. as of 0947 :( Visibility is about 1/4 mile at best where I am at, about 15 miles East of Royal City.
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The fact that he was using a tree stand is what concerns me the most. A fall out of the tree stand seems more likely than getting lost in that area.
Yup, that is a distinct possibility. Did they find his stand?
On a side note we just had that young gal accidentally hang herself while mushroom picking near Aberdeen. Fell off a steep embankment and got tangled up in the brush. Sad deal.
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maybe I missed it where they said it ,but do they know where his truck is?
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They did locate his truck.
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I know the area fairly well, once you get over to the bluffs there are some areas you could slip/fall and end up breaking your leg, etc
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Where would someone be most likely to use a tree stand in that area? Since he was hunting out of a tree stand, it seems that would narrow down the search by quite a bit. Wouldn't it? Not a lot of trees in that area.
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Where would someone be most likely to use a tree stand in that area? Since he was hunting out of a tree stand, it seems that would narrow down the search by quite a bit. Wouldn't it? Not a lot of trees in that area.
Probably mostly along water sources or in an orchard.
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Hope he is safe.. he must be hurt in some way because how would you get lost in royal city?
That's my thinking. Wide open country. I've bird and coyote hunted all over that area.
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If he is hunting from a tree stand, I wouldn't expect him to be all that far from his truck.
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let's hope the walk back to the truck on Friday night didn't cause him problems.
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Wow, still no word? Prayers sent!
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Released about 30 min ago...
Search for missing hunter suspended due to weather
Near ROYAL CITY, Wash. (23NOV2015) – Due to incoming cold weather and snow expected tonight and Tuesday, search efforts for missing bow hunter Thomas Stieg of North Bend have been suspended until further notice.
About 100 searchers combed the area near where Stieg’s truck was found Saturday afternoon. Searchers on the ground and air searched Saturday, Sunday and today to no avail. If the weather is permissible, military aircraft from Fairchild Air Force Base in Spokane may fly over the area Tuesday using infrared cameras.
After assessing weather conditions and other factors which may impact searcher safety, deployment of further search efforts will be determined by the Grant County Sheriff’s Office and notice of further activities will be sent out to the public.
It has been a busy past few weeks with missing sportsman in Grant County. On Nov. 4, 65-year-old Connell resident Khampheng Soumphakdy was reported missing by his family. His unoccupied boat was found floating in Long Lake in south Grant County. It is believed Soumphakdy fell into the water. His body has not yet been found.
Follow new posts on the Grant County Sheriff’s Facebook page www.facebook.com/GrantCoSheriff/.
Sheriff Tom Jones expresses his greatest appreciation for the outpouring of support by citizens who stepped up to help search for both Stieg and Soumphakdy.
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Contact
Kyle Foreman
Public Information Officer
509-760-3713
kforeman@grantcountywa.gov
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Sad deal for sure! Hope he turns up ok.
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My gut keeps telling me they need to be running a flat bottom boat down crab creek and also searching the Columbia. Thoughts are with his family. Everyone needs to hug theirs extra tight tonight. If he is still alive, he his fighting the battle of his life right now. :(
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My guess would be the creek as well, hope to heck I'm wrong and he's hold up somewhere. Prayers to his family
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I keep checking this thread hoping for good news. :(
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Prayers, prayers and more prayers for him and his family. This has to be so tough for them right before Thanksgiving :(
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Sad news, don't have a good feeling how this will turn out.. If he was on land the air support would have found him by now I feel like, a lot of sketchy characters in the area hope he didn't stumble onto something he shouldn't have either!
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Sad news, don't have a good feeling how this will turn out.. If he was on land the air support would have found him by now I feel like, a lot of sketchy characters in the area hope he didn't stumble onto something he shouldn't have either!
:yeah: I was trying not to think it but I don't even like driving by that rathole.
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Agreed, something isn't making much sense with this story. No matter what the cause or reason it's a troubling story. I hunt the general area a lot and alone. Makes one think about what can happen.
Praying and waiting to hear.
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Sad news, don't have a good feeling how this will turn out.. If he was on land the air support would have found him by now I feel like, a lot of sketchy characters in the area hope he didn't stumble onto something he shouldn't have either!
:yeah: I was trying not to think it but I don't even like driving by that rathole.
Me either! Just had another fatal shooting there last week too. Best to avoid that place!
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Agreed, something isn't making much sense with this story. No matter what the cause or reason it's a troubling story. I hunt the general area a lot and alone. Makes one think about what can happen.
Praying and waiting to hear.
:yeah: Agree- hope things turn out but... have a niggling this is a more dire situation than being disoriented.
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That is also a very real possibility, not exactly the best of people out that way
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Sad news, don't have a good feeling how this will turn out.. If he was on land the air support would have found him by now I feel like,
Back in the early 90's a cousin of mine died while hunting, we knew his general location and took searchers to his favorite ground blind. Search and rescue, including a helicopter searched the area for 2-3 days and didn't find him. The following weekend family and friends gathered for a search and we found him, 30 yards from the ground blind we showed the S&R people, there were 3 markers the searchers left within sight of where he was found. The helicopter had to have flown over him at least 2-3 times.
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Sad news, don't have a good feeling how this will turn out.. If he was on land the air support would have found him by now I feel like,
Back in the early 90's a cousin of mine died while hunting, we knew his general location and took searchers to his favorite ground blind. Search and rescue, including a helicopter searched the area for 2-3 days and didn't find him. The following weekend family and friends gathered for a search and we found him, 30 yards from the ground blind we showed the S&R people, there were 3 markers the searchers left within sight of where he was found. The helicopter had to have flown over him at least 2-3 times.
Sorry to hear that story angus and it is still a possibility he is alive and on the ground, obviously don't have all the info, but it is just not adding up for the area he is in, praying for his family and a positive outcome.
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Sending prayers to have a good ending on this search. I have known Thomas for a few years and he is a very nice man and a hunt-washington member.
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I have heard weather has been a issue but not to find him yet is not good news. Prayers for the family and friends since I don't think this is going to turn out well.
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Been following this thread and praying he is found safe but the elapsed time and the harsh weather is leaning towards the need for a miracle at this point. The fact that hes is probably dressed in all camo is also adding to the poor visibility others have mentioned. I'm not really boots on the ground familiar with the area but as I do recall its fairly wide open country compared to a lost in the forest situation.
Also he is an older gentleman his general health unknown by me but the fact he is older and alone concerns me and makes me think as I always do about my senior hunting partners. I always worry about them even though a couple of them have been at it almost longer than I've been alive. Like others have said, the waste ways and creeks/water were the first thing to come to mind. Could he have maybe tried to cross over some thin ice? Not sure if water is freezing over there. The tree stand mentioned is interesting being on a day hunt. I couldn't see most people packing one too far for a short hunt unless it was already established or he planned on possibly leaving it up :dunno:
Praying for Thomas and his family for a positive outcome.......Everyone hold yours a little tighter this season and every chance you get. Truly think of what your thankful for and why, this could be any of us.
Prayers and God bless all.
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I hunt this area solo a lot,I have never seen any sketchy charactors out there,Im sure there can be at times...a lot of the ponds are lower than normal this year,Getting stuck in the mud could be real easy..I cant help but feel it was a medical problem...Im hoping for the best.Yesterday was super foggy and this morning I have two inches of snow and still snowing..Prayers for him and his family
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I was there on Saturday as well with my dad and a very close family friend chain some quail and pheasants, we were in a white Chevy with a canopy. I wish we would've known about this. Praying for the man and his family. Terrible.
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Checked the news and don't see any updates. Has anyone heard anything this morning?
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Nothing new from GCSO this morning...
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Does anybody know if they need more people to search tomorrow, I have the day off and was wondering if they needed more people to look?
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I haven't seen any updates this am, which I find odd.
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The Latest from GCSO
9:45 am 11/24/2015: A U.S. Air Force helicopter from Fairchild AFB will be searching the area today near Royal City where bow hunter Thomas Stieg was last believed to be. Sheriff's Deputies will be joining the ground search later this morning. There is no request for additional volunteers at this time. More than 100 volunteers combed the area Monday, but Stieg was not found.
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I pray that they are able to find him, no family should have to go through this. Especially during the holidays
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Did anyone know how the flights turned out today. I'm assuming not good since its been quiet.
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Spokane News just reported the search is still on. As with everybody, I hope this turns out good.
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My wife saw the story on the news the other night. She keeps pushing for me to get one of those gps beacons or something. She gets nervous every time I go hunting alone. I would have to think after reading this story, it may not be too bad of an idea. Does anyone know how long the battery life would last on one of those?
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My wife saw the story on the news the other night. She keeps pushing for me to get one of those gps beacons or something. She gets nervous every time I go hunting alone. I would have to think after reading this story, it may not be too bad of an idea. Does anyone know how long the battery life would last on one of those?
Suppose to be 3 months with the power on. 3 days if SOS is activated. Not sure how the message use affects battery life.
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My wife saw the story on the news the other night. She keeps pushing for me to get one of those gps beacons or something. She gets nervous every time I go hunting alone. I would have to think after reading this story, it may not be too bad of an idea. Does anyone know how long the battery life would last on one of those?
Suppose to be 3 months with the power on. 3 days if SOS is activated. Not sure how the message use affects battery life.
wonder if they can locate it if for some reason you can't turn the SOS on?
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Dang, I would thought they would of found him by now... if I wasn't sick i would go help .
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Not good. My condolences to the family and friends.
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2015/nov/25/body-found-in-grant-county-believed-to-be-missing-/
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http://www.nbcrightnow.com/story/30606373/body-found-near-royal-city-believed-to-be-missing-hunter
Sad day :(
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So very sad. Thoughts and prayers go out to family during this terrible time.
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My wife saw the story on the news the other night. She keeps pushing for me to get one of those gps beacons or something. She gets nervous every time I go hunting alone. I would have to think after reading this story, it may not be too bad of an idea. Does anyone know how long the battery life would last on one of those?
Suppose to be 3 months with the power on. 3 days if SOS is activated. Not sure how the message use affects battery life.
If it works like a cell phone they can. The only way to make your cell phone untrackable is to remove your battery.
wonder if they can locate it if for some reason you can't turn the SOS on?
If it works like a cell phone they can. The only way to make your cell phone untrackable is to remove your battery.
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"it appears he fell"
I wonder if it was out of a tree stand or down an embankment while walking in/out :dunno:
I sure hope he didn't suffer, RIP sad deal.
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Very sad. Prayers for his family and friends.
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Advisory: Body found – believed to be that of missing hunter, Thomas Steig, of North Bend.
Dear Tom Jones,
Near Royal City, Wash (25NOV2015): A body, believed to be that of missing man Thomas Steig, age 55, has been found. His body was discovered around 9:45am this morning, just south of last known cell phone tower coordinates near Crab Creek, west of Royal City. Steig was reported missing when he didn’t return from a one day hunt on November 20th.
While official cause of death has not been determined, it does appear that he fell. There is no indication of foul play. His body is now in the care of the Grant County Coroner’s Office pending an autopsy. His family has been notified.
Nearly 100 staff and volunteers from Fairchild AFB, Grant County Search and Rescue, Mounted Posse, Grant County Fire District 10 and 11, Department of Fish and Wildlife, Spokane Sheriff’s Office, Grant County Sheriff’s Office, and numerous civilian volunteers have been on the ground, on horseback, ATV/ORV since Saturday. Civilian aircraft volunteered for the search as well as a helicopter from Spokane Sheriff’s Office, and a plane from Fairchild.
Sheriff Tom Jones said, "This is the saddest possible outcome for everyone involved in trying to bring Mr. Steig home to his family. Our sincerest condolences to his family and friends for their heartbreaking loss.”
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What a horrible tragedy for his family. I read they believe he fell from an 80-foot embankment. Could happen to any of us. Prayers of comfort for his family, and thanks for all the search and rescue crew. Make sure you give extra thanks for your family tomorrow!
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What a horrible tragedy for his family. I read they believe he fell from an 80-foot embankment. Could happen to any of us. Prayers of comfort for his family, and thanks for all the search and rescue crew. Make sure you give extra thanks for your family tomorrow!
Hopefully that means it was reasonably quick. Wife walked off one backwards while glassing a deer years ago. She got lucky and only cracked the back. Happened so quick and by surprise...on solid ground one moment and the ground was gone the next. Could happen to any of us so easily.
Prayers go out to the family.
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heart felt prayers for his family,I can say if I was to die ,doing what I loved would be easier on my family if that makes any sense
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that sucks, sorry to hear that, praying for this man's family in this difficult time.
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What a horrible tragedy for his family. I read they believe he fell from an 80-foot embankment. Could happen to any of us. Prayers of comfort for his family, and thanks for all the search and rescue crew. Make sure you give extra thanks for your family tomorrow!
Freezing fog is normal for this time of year around that area. It would not be out of the question to walk right off a cliff.
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Very sad. Will be praying for the family
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heart felt prayers for his family,I can say if I was to die ,doing what I loved would be easier on my family if that makes any sense
I hope my family understands that! Seems so much better than wasting away in a hospital bed being eaten from the inside out by some cancer or worse.
We feel absolutely horrible that the family has to go through this. Terrible accident and a horrible time of year to lose a loved one. Will be thinking and praying for them even more tomorrow. If there can be a positive among such loss...at least the great search and rescue folks that worked this have given the family the opportunity to start the healing phase of this tragedy. Will be giving thanks for those people and so many like them tomorrow as well.
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Very sad, I'm glad they were able to bring him home for the family.
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that sucks, sorry to hear that, praying for this man's family in this difficult time.
:yeah: Also glad they found him for the family.
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What a horrible tragedy for his family. I read they believe he fell from an 80-foot embankment. Could happen to any of us. Prayers of comfort for his family, and thanks for all the search and rescue crew. Make sure you give extra thanks for your family tomorrow!
Freezing fog is normal for this time of year around that area. It would not be out of the question to walk right off a cliff.
I could see that happening. Walking in the dark before sunrise in heavy fog or perhaps even stepping to the edge of a cliff to glass the valley below and loosing your footing and sliding off.
I remember years ago there were some kids camping at Sage lake up at the Potholes. Pitch dark,middle of the night, one moment the person was there, the next they wernt because they took one step and plunged to there death off a cliff.
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heart felt prayers for his family,I can say if I was to die ,doing what I loved would be easier on my family if that makes any sense
100% agree. Hope I'm lucky enough to go while doing what I love Prayers for his family
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im glad they found him and can bring home for his family! i had hope they would find him ok but as time went on i feared the worst. my prayer's go out to his family. sorry for your loss! i was just telling my wife with all the cold weather and the fog he may have fell some where and got hurt bad! RIP my friend!
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Tom was a just a great all around guy and I enjoyed many hunting stores he told me during matches at SVRC. He was a hunt-washingtion member that went by the member name "Ibcnurun". My prayers are sent to your famly and friends with great sadness and a very heavy heart. Rest in peace Tom.
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prayers sent to the family
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Prayers for the family. Very tragic.
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WOW...That is sad ... I think we all think nothing could ever happen to use when hunting ..especially alone ...Prayers to the family !
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Tom was a just a great all around guy and I enjoyed many hunting stores he told me during matches at SVRC. He was a hunt-washingtion member that went by the member name "Ibcnurun". My prayers are sent to your famly and friends with great sadness and a very heavy heart. Rest in peace Tom.
http://hunting-washington.com/smf/index.php?action=profile;area=showposts;u=10992
Is this him? Prayers sent to his family.
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Yes that was his post "RE any desert love?" and a recap of this year special deer permit hunt.
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Damn. The guy was on here 6 days ago. RIP. Prayers sent to his family. Very sorry to hear this. I also just joined SVRC.
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I just assumed he'd wander out to his truck but this is a very sad ending.
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RIP
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RIP, prayers to the family as well.
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So sad for sure. Thoughts and prayers with the family and all those out hunting. I had truly hoped for a better outcome, knowing the longer it took to find him the less likely it would be.
Some things to be learned here. I know most of us are sure we are indestructible in many ways, only realizing that we may have a weakness when our age or arrogance catches up with us in the form of and injury or near miss that makes us think for a few minutes. We usually get over it quickly and back to the way things were. Remember your friends and families when you are making those decisions, a hunting partner may save your life :twocents:.
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Rest in peace sir.