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Bow hunter lost in Columbia County, Oregon

The Columbian
Published: September 22, 2014, 5:00pm

ST. HELENS, Ore. — Volunteers and deputies with the Columbia County, Oregon, sheriff’s office are searching for a lost bow hunter.

The sheriff’s office says 37-year-old Jon Hill of Hillsboro, Ore., failed to return Saturday night, and his family says they last heard from him in a phone call about 9:30 a.m. Sunday morning when he sounded disoriented.

Hill’s truck was found off Highway 26 on North Wolf Creek Road.

Searchers from Columbia, Washington and Yamhill counties with a dog team and National Guard helicopter have been searching in the wooded area.

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