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Another hunter dies in southern Colorado wilderness, sheriff says
['Lauren Penington']
Canon City Daily Record
Another hunter died Friday in southern Colorado’s Conejos County, just over a week after two missing elk hunters who caught national attention were found dead, according to the sheriff’s office.
Conejos County dispatchers received a call for help from hunters in a remote area of the South San Juan Wilderness shortly before 11:30 p.m. Friday, according to a news release from the sheriff’s office.
Sheriff Garth Crowther immediately activated the Conejos County Search and Rescue team, but the victim, a 54-year-old man from Tennessee, had already died when rescuers arrived, the news release stated.
The Conejos County Coroner’s Office will release his identity and cause of death.
The South San Juan Wilderness area is managed by both the Rio Grande National Forest and the San Juan National Forest, according to federal officials.