Nov 28, 2023

Kan. game warden rescues hunter suffering from hypothermia

Posted Nov 28, 2023 3:30 PM
Photo KDWP Game Wardens
Photo KDWP Game Wardens

LINN COUNTY —A duck hunter is recovering after a Kansas game warden helped save his life.

On Sunday evening, Game Warden Falls responded to the Marais des Cygnes Wildlife Area to locate and rescue a duck hunter, who was suffering from hypothermia and going into shock, according to a social media report from the Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks.

EMS transported the hunter to an area hospital for further treatment. A friend of the hunter responding to the social media report the game wardens reported the hunter is out of the hospital and recovering. "We cannot thank the KDWP team enough for their help in not only saving my buddy, but recovering his boat out of the marsh as well and even helping us load it."