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FRESNO COUNTY, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) – The hunt is intensifying for the huntsman who went missing amid a snowstorm successful the Fresno County mountains.
Selma's 65-year-old Ron Dailey near to spell deer hunting connected Monday, conscionable hours earlier the storm hit.
"When helium came up here, it was not raining and not snowing, and portion helium was up here, it did commencement to rainfall and past precise dense snow," Search and Rescue's Scott Weishaar said. "Depending connected wherever he's at, helium could person gotten into an country with his conveyance that was alternatively casual astatine the time, and past the rainfall and snowfall came in, and helium whitethorn person not been capable to get out."
Weishaar said teams tracked Dailey's telephone to wherever helium past had service. According to his wife, that was astatine 50206 Dinkey Creek Rd. successful Shaver Lake.
The country was combed, but with nary grounds of him oregon his truck, they expanded the search.
On Friday, Weishaar says teams searched Blue Canyon; nary snow, but tons of mud. He says they volition besides hunt Wishon, Courtright, and Tamarack, which are presently covered successful astir 2 feet of snow.
While the conditions volition marque it challenging, Weishaar says they person the close instrumentality and "a lot" of resources.
"Kern County Sheriff's Office is assisting us. Madera County Sheriff's Office, our unpaid hunt and rescue squad is assisting. So we've got a batch of resources present searching for Mr. Dailey," Weishaar said.
According to pictures provided by the sheriff's department, they besides person an amphibious Sherp ATV connected standby. The conveyance tin thrust done water, mud, and adjacent snow.
But, possibly astir comforting, is the assurance they person that Dailey is prepared.
"He's a precise experienced hunter," Weishaar said. "He's hunted this country for astir 50 years. His household said he's highly acquainted with the area, doesn't usage a representation oregon GPS conscionable due to the fact that helium grew up hunting successful this area, and has a batch of outdoors experience."
While it whitethorn look counterintuitive to non-hunters, his timing besides points to his outdoor know-how.
"Deer hunters often travel up and hunt conscionable earlier a snowstorm due to the fact that the snowfall volition commencement pushing the cervid downhill. So it's a precise fashionable clip to travel cervid hunting," Weishaar said.
Dailey is 5 feet 7 inches tall, 190 pounds, with brownish eyes, brownish hair, and a achromatic beard. He was past seen driving a metallic 2002 Dodge Dakota with California licence sheet 16028S2. If anyone sees him, his truck, oregon immoderate motion of him, telephone the Fresno County Sheriff’s Office astatine 559-600-3111.
