Alaska State Troopers rescued a Juneau man Sunday after he and his father got separated during a deer hunt on Shelter Island, according to a dispatch from the troopers.
At 4:11 p.m. Sunday, Juneau man Paul Skan, 65, contacted troopers reporting that he and his son had gotten separated and that he hadn’t seen his son in nearly three hours. His son George, 25, also of Juneau, had gotten separated at about 1:30 p.m. while in thick vegetation on a deer hunt, and Paul reported that he hadn’t seen George since then.
George, Paul reported, was not equipped to spend the night, and temperatures were expected to drop under 30 degrees Fahrenheit. Shelter Island is located northwest of Juneau, between the Favorite and Saginaw Channels.
Troopers requested the assistance of the United States Coast Guard, who responded with a helicopter from Sitka and a search vessel from Juneau. Juneau Mountain Rescue personnel also helped.
George was found at about 7 p.m. Sunday, according to the dispatch from troopers, by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers Patrol Vessel Sentry on the east shoreline of Shelter Island. George, who declined medical attention, was picked up and brought back to Juneau without incident.
