He had a rifle. Since he was staying in one place as long as he did, did he fire three shots every so often, just in case there were people close enough to report them, or investigate?

"...several hours after parking his truck, he took a wrong turn. Finding himself in an area not covered by his topographical map..."

Kind of makes you think you want to have a couple of topo maps if you're walking around near the edge of the single one you've got. Besides, if you have one, you might want to LOOK at it occasionally. Before you're lost.

"... says he was surrounded by a howling pack of wolves at one point during his ordeal..."

That sounds like it's straight from the movies.

Here's a question that I've wondered about when I read/hear of a lost hunter. A 53-yr-old man leaves his truck on foot, walks as fast/as far as he can... so even if he did know where he was, if he did find an elk and shot it, how much meat is he likely going to be able to carry back? It sounds like he wanted to kill an animal the size of a horse just for a couple of pot roasts.

Maybe he shouldn't be allowed out alone again.

Sue