Portage, MI – A 67-year-old hunter was rescued from the Gourdneck State Game Area after getting lost on Sunday evening. Portage Public Safety Police and Fire units responded to a report of a disoriented hunter at approximately 8:30 p.m.
Using drone technology and cellphone GPS data, responding units quickly located the lost hunter. Drone pilots guided rescue personnel to the man’s location, ensuring a swift and efficient rescue. According to the Portage Department of Public Safety, contact with the man, a Portage resident, was made by 9:40 p.m.
The hunter was safely extricated from the woods around 10:40 p.m. and was unharmed. Assisting in the rescue were the Kalamazoo County Consolidated Dispatch Authority and South Kalamazoo County Fire Authority.
Anyone with additional information is asked to contact Portage Public Safety at 329-4567 or Silent Observer at 343-2100.
