REVISED Missing Elk hunter-Revised, Gold Creek Rd 1703/Milk Creek

[teanawayslayer]

Cell service along 410 doesn't exist.  Hopefully they went up closer to the search zone.  I have gotten a signal up on top of the hills.

up on top of spring creek you get cell service. Probably not down in the hole though

[GWP]

Easy to 'armchair' these types of things. Still takes eyes looking at the exact right spot to find the person.
Found a dog with a collar at the base of a sheer cliff once. Laying on rocks out in the open. No ID on the collar. Dried out, been there for a while.
Called it in to the Sheriff and WDFW in case someone reported it.
Got a call back and the fellow knew the area and described where he looked. Sounded right to me. He could not find it.
I would think the drones would be the best bet, but even that takes the camera aimed at the right place. If he ended up under any brush or a canopy of vegetation and he can not move, it will be hard for eyes or a drone to see him. Even 'if' he had hunter orange on.

[Griiz]

Not to mention, a lost hunter might crawl into rocks, cave or whatever to find shelter and not survive the night to crawl back out. Still hoping for a miracle.

[yakimanoob]

Just to give an overall sense of this operation:

There have been more than 70 searchers out every day, sometimes as many at 150+ on some days. 

Kittitas, Yakima, King, Snohomish, Clark, and Pierce Counties have sent members of their SAR teams, and I'm sure there have been others I just didn't see.  Everette, Seattle, Olympic, Chelan, Tacoma, and Central Washington Mountain Rescue teams have been out as well (I would not be surprised if Volcanoes and Inland Mountain Rescue have also sent folks that I just didn't run into.  If so, that is the entire state's complement of Mountain Rescue teams).

There have been helicopters from JBLM and various county authorities searching every day as weather allows.

TMobile, Verizon, and AT&T have all set up emergency cell towers in the search area. King County ESAR also deployed mobile radio repeaters. 

I can't even count the number of dog teams (both cadaver and live search), ATVs, drones, and other various resources that have been out in the field each day. 

Major credit to King County Explorer SAR for most of the planning and operations resources, and to Seattle Fire Department for the bulk of the manpower. 

This is not a mission that anyone in the Washington SAR community will soon forget.  I just wish we could find him 

[ctwiggs1]

Just to give an overall sense of this operation:

There have been more than 70 searchers out every day, sometimes as many at 150+ on some days. 

Kittitas, Yakima, King, Snohomish, Clark, and Pierce Counties have sent members of their SAR teams, and I'm sure there have been others I just didn't see.  Everette, Seattle, Olympic, Chelan, Tacoma, and Central Washington Mountain Rescue teams have been out as well (I would not be surprised if Volcanoes and Inland Mountain Rescue have also sent folks that I just didn't run into.  If so, that is the entire state's complement of Mountain Rescue teams).

There have been helicopters from JBLM and various county authorities searching every day as weather allows.

TMobile, Verizon, and AT&T have all set up emergency cell towers in the search area. King County ESAR also deployed mobile radio repeaters. 

I can't even count the number of dog teams (both cadaver and live search), ATVs, drones, and other various resources that have been out in the field each day. 

Major credit to King County Explorer SAR for most of the planning and operations resources, and to Seattle Fire Department for the bulk of the manpower. 

This is not a mission that anyone in the Washington SAR community will soon forget.  I just wish we could find him 

WOW!  What an effort!  That's great to hear so many are rallying for this poor guy.  Hope he's found alive and just lost as heck.  Good luck to all of you guys out there today.

[Timberstalker]

Thanks for the update, Yakimanoob.
Best of luck.

[castie2504]

God almighty, please help this gentleman in this time of need. Praying for him and his.

[elksnout]

I come on here each night checking to see if he has been found. How frightened he and his family must be. I'm not a religious man by any stretch but pray he is found soon. Please.

elksnout

[redi]

Pray each day he is
Found safe

[Sandberm]

Just saw this. Am I reading this right? They just invented some technology to try and locate the guy off his fitbit? They were going to fly a drone around yesterday. So maybe?

https://www.ifiberone.com/columbia_basin/new-rescuers-employing-bluetooth-technology-in-search-of-missing-seattle-fireman/article_9483b7ec-4416-11ec-930b-0be863e679f1.html

"ELLENSBURG - According to the Yakima Herald-Republic, search and rescue crews are holding out hope that a personal tech device worn by Seattle Deputy Fire Chief Jay Schreckengost will tell them where he’s at.

The newspaper reports that crews will deploy a drone outfitted with a Bluetooth signal detection device. Kittitas County Sheriff’s officials hope the drone will detect the signal emitted from Scheckengost’s Fitbit. The publication reports that it is the first time that technology has been employed in a search-and-rescue mission.

“We had one of the top rescue drone operators in the country in the room, and a technologist who worked for a major corporation in Bluetooth, and they came up with it on the fly,” Whitsett told the Yakima Herald-Republic..."

[Timberstalker]

Yes, I’m pretty sure they flew it Friday with that drone according to an article I read.

What I don’t understand is why they haven’t been able to ping his phone?

[ctwiggs1]

Yes, I’m pretty sure they flew it Friday with that drone according to an article I read.

What I don’t understand is why they haven’t been able to ping his phone?

I always have tons of questions in these situations, and I have to answer them myself by saying “they’ve probably addressed this internally and haven’t released all the details to the public.”

This is a great reminder to have a hunting partner. 

[storyteller]

Here is a copy and paste from Facebook, Snohomish crime and community page,  says Kimberly is Jays daughter in law,

"Kimberly Ledbetter
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Monday Nov 15th, the search opens up to ALL searchers. Everyone will be welcome to help us search.
Jay was last seen spring creek road Naches, WA on the junction to 553.
The search continues!!  "

So I am not sure where someone goes to find out, it was said that the command post was moved, maybe Yakimanoob can fill in some details.

[johnbmyersii]

Just saw the announcement they found him deceased a half mile from his truck. No suspicion of fowl play. Very sad all around. Be careful out there.

[85yota]

https://www.facebook.com/580139428811803/posts/this-afternoon-sunday-1114-seattle-deputy-fire-chief-jay-schreckengost-was-found/2067703133388751/

Went to Facebook to see if the public search was real  from previous poster and found this.. hope I miss read something but at this point in this weather it seems to real..