A hunter who was reported missing by his family was found overnight in Milton, New Hampshire, after a three-hour search, officials said Sunday.
The 83-year-old hunter from Lebanon, Maine, was reported missing about 10:30 p.m. Saturday, New Hampshire Fish and Game said.
The man had started hunting around 4 p.m. on Saturday and decided to head home when it started to get dark, officials said. But when he took a shortcut back to his truck on Branch Hill Road, he became disoriented and lost.
Joined by local firefighters and police, conservation officials searched for the man, whom they found a short distance from his truck at about 1:30 a.m. The man had seen lights in the distance and called out in the dark, according to Fish and Game.
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Officials said he had no visible injuries at the time.
