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Posted: Sunday, Oct. 18, 2009 - 5:19 p.m. PDT
Two die during opening day of deer season
     OKANOGAN - Two people died in Okanogan County during the inaugural weekend of the general firearms deer hunting season.
     Okanogan County Sheriff Frank Rogers said deputies and dispatchers had a busy opening day of deer season Oct. 17. Among the calls were the two deaths, lost and injured hunters, and trespassing and shooting complaints.
     A boy called dispatch around 3:35 p.m. to report that his father had fallen and struck his head on some rocks, Rogers said.
     The son said they were off of Gold Creek Road near Carlton. He said he had attempted CPR but eventually hiked out to an area where he could get cell phone service and called 911.
     Deputies and Aero Methow Rescue personnel responded and found the man, who was deceased, Rogers said.
     The 59-year-old Mount Vernon man's name has not been released.
     "It appears that he died from injures he received during the fall," Rogers said.
     Earlier in the day, at 6:30 a.m., dispatch was notified of a possible heart attack victim on Baldy Pass near Conconully. The man, 42, was transported off the mountain in a private vehicle, which was met by emergency personnel.
     The man was taken to Mid-Valley Hospital, Omak, and died there, Rogers said.
     At 7 p.m., dispatch received a cell phone call from two men, 19, who said they were lost somewhere above Conconully.
     Sgt. Gene Davis and state Department of Fish and Wildlife officers responded to the area. When they got into an area they believed to be close to where the subjects were, they used vehicle sirens and whistled, "and eventually located the two misplaced hunters," Rogers said.
     They were returned to their vehicle.
     Later, around 10:45 p.m., dispatch was notified that two youngsters had been on Omak Lake with their grandfather, 80, when they became stranded on some rocks.
     The children left and went for help, but did not get to a phone for five hours, Rogers said.
     Davis, Colville Tribal Police and LifeLine Ambulance personnel responded. A sheriff's office boat was launched and a short time later the man was located, in fine condition, the sheriff said. He had made it to shore and was waiting for someone to show up.
     The man refused medical treatment.
 
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