MISSING HUNTER ! ! !Found Today

[asskickink5]

this is a link to the porterville newspaper giving the story of a missing person in the d8 area.
http://www.recorderonline.com/news/wallace...ch_carlene.html (http://www.recorderonline.com/news/wallace_31384___article.html/search_carlene.html)

this man is a very close friend of mine and was last seen around 8:30 in the morning at the thompson campground.... i know there are a few d8 hunters on here so any information would be very much appreciated... a massive search and rescue effort has been put on by the sherrifs dept. based in johnsondale.... as the article says... ronnie was a very experienced hunter but nonetheless anything can happen.... please post any information you might have that may be helpfull...

chris

[MULEY51]

I don't have any info for you, just wanted to send best wishes for a happy ending to this story.

[prohunter]

chris,
do i know you? Ronnie is a good friend of mine. His sister is married to my cousin. I saw darlenne this morning. She is a mess.
Phillip

[asskickink5]

prohunter...i dont think i have met you.... i spent alot of time searching this week so far and spending time with family and friends at thompson.... i am terrible with relating names to people that i am not around alot... i am sure that i was around her this week sometime... what is your cousins name

[db 183]

Our prayers are with you. Please keep us informed.

[el_vaquero]

Prayers sent...please keep us updated...

[ETC2NA]

I wish I was local buddy, I'd help ya look. My prayers are with you and your friend. Keep us informed.

[THE ROMAN ARCHER]

I wish for only the best out come for him and his family and everyone, i hope they find him alive and well.......................tra

[easymoney]

Sorry to hear this news, hope it has a happy ending...

[dw33]

I hope everything is ok. Any updates?

[bmtoth]

what a shame. unfortunately there is a heat wave and its 105 and 110 up there now.

[SDHNTR]

Man, that is sad. I was just up there recently and it's so thick I could easily see how someone could get lost up there. I sure wish him and his family the best!

[chap_dog48]

Where is Thompson Campground. Wish them the best in the search and hope he is all right.

[D8hntr]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (chap_dog48 @ Aug 29 2007, 03:50 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> (index.php?act=findpost&pid=896401)</div>
Where is Thompson Campground. Wish them the best in the search and hope he is all right.[/b]
It&#39;s about a mile give or take west of Johnsondale. Was there opening weekend. Didn&#39;t hunt this past weekend. A mutual friend told me about Ronnie missing. Been talking to buddy every night since Sunday for any news. Will head up Friday night after work to help search if he&#39;s not found by then. Meanwhile, prayers are sent out for him and his family.

[Common Sense]

Sounds scary. Where is his vehicle?

[richardoutwest]

May God be with him and a safe return!

[snoopdogg]

Good luck--hope all ends well.

[D-Zone]

My prayers are with him and his family.

[D-Zone]

I&#39;m confused! did he leave hiking from the campground or did he leave in his truck?

[D8hntr]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (D-Zone @ Aug 29 2007, 06:14 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> (index.php?act=findpost&pid=896466)</div>
I&#39;m confused! did he leave hiking from the campground or did he leave in his truck?[/b]
In his truck.

[asskickink5]

thank you for all of the replies.... he left at dayreak in his truck and then was spotted back at thompson camp around 8:30 a.m. by somebody.... truck is yet to be found as of a few hours ago d8hntr... who are you getting your information from

chris

[D8hntr]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (asskickink5 @ Aug 29 2007, 08:08 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> (index.php?act=findpost&pid=896554)</div>
thank you for all of the replies.... he left at dayreak in his truck and then was spotted back at thompson camp around 8:30 a.m. by somebody.... truck is yet to be found as of a few hours ago d8hntr... who are you getting your information from

chris[/b]
I have been talking to Larry. He was there camping with you guys this weekend. I&#39;ve met Ronnie a few times through the years deer hunting. But Larry knows him real well.

[jackrabbit]

asskickin5, I wish the best for him and all concerned, but I hesitate to respond because I don&#39;t have any search and rescue pertinent info. But, if he left at daybreak in his truck, and he was seen back at the campground at 8:30 (appr. 2 hrs later), was he seen back at the campgroung at 8:30 with his truck or without it? The reason I ask, it that with his weight and medical condition, it may be that he had a medical emergency or related crash of some sort, then became disoriented but knew the area well enough to get back to the camp, and then continued on somewhere else due to disorientation. Just making wild speculation here, but it is something that should be considered, especially if he was back at camp without his truck. Best of luck with this, hope all comes out ok, I know what it is like to be waiting for good news in a bad situation like this.

[quack_head]

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[prohunter]

darlenne is his wife&#39;s sister. she is married to my cousin filippo. i saw carl last night. we will be searching on friday as soon as i can get off work.

[asskickink5]

ok yea boos dad..... i talked to chris last night and he had a pretty good idea who you were.... he was just down to shower and try and get some rest but i dont imagine he got much.... cant even begin to put myself in his shoes... its hard enough for me just to think about from my perspective... he had no new info to report

[timsms]

Our prayers are with you and the family for his safe return...;-)

My wife made me promise to alwyas go everywhere in two&#39;s even though we are guys hunting in our 40&#39;s. Now I know what she is talking about. I went to x-10 by meself 5 yrs ago,. and i never realized the effect on loved ones untill i came home and saw how worried wife and kids were...Ever since then 4 of us camp together in the high country and always go in two&#39;s...

Again i am sorry and wish some comfort to the family...

Thanks,

Tim

[quack_head]

I always leave a note on where I am going and when I left. It takes seconds to do. It works, I had a DOW officer find me once. He was checking out a complaint of trespassing. I hunt with my kids. As timsms says twos are best.

Please keep us informed on the Search.

[elmer fudd]

Prayers are sent your way. http://www.jesseshunting.com/forums/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smiley_prayin_ani.gif

[asskickink5]

will be going back to the area tomorrow night with step dad to search with family and friends for the weekend.... thanks for your kind words and prayers.... hopefully something will happen soon because the family is deffinately going through it right now

[WildlifeBranch]

That is some harsh, steep country up above. I hope this turns out alright for this fellow.

It seems a lot of these disappearances are accidents driving of the road and not finding the vehicle.

[quack_head]

With his health issues, and no vehicle found. Likely a vehicle accident. You would think a truck is easier to find than a person. I am sure his buddies know where he likes to hunt. Hope they find him soon.

[madhunter]

I hope there is a happy ending for the family. Stay positive.

[MikenSoCo]

God Bless

[blazintowers]

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[MarvB]

Update

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div>
Hunter remains missing
Search: Man last seen early Sunday morning.
By GLEN FAISON
THE PORTERVILLE RECORDER
August 31, 2007 2:18 AM
An intensive search-and-rescue operation to find a missing Porterville man continued Thursday in the mountains east of Porterville.

Authorities also released specific details about the nature of this week’s search for 49-year-old Ronald Wallace.

The search to date has included sheriff’s department personnel from two counties, supported by regional, state and military air crews.

Sgt. Chris Douglass of the Tulare County Sheriff’s Department, in information released mid-morning Thursday, described how authorities learned Wallace was missing, and offered information about the department’s response.

She said the Sheriff’s Department received a call at about 6:44 a.m. Monday, notifying authorities that Wallace was hunting with family members in the area of Thompson Camp and was last seen at 4 a.m. Sunday.

That’s when he told family members he was driving to the Speas Ridge area near Johnsondale to continue hunting.

After receiving the call, Douglass reports four Sheriff’s Department resident deputies immediately responded to the area to begin the search. Sheriff’s Department search and rescue team members were also called. The added resources responded to the area with equipment and were searching by 2 p.m. Monday.

Douglass reports that the search-and-rescue effort has utilized more than 18 sworn personnel during 37 different search missions covering approximately 1,500 ground miles. They have worked with three separate air teams to cover approximately 3,000 air miles.

These groups include elements of the California Highway Patrol, the Kern County Sheriff’s Department and the U.S. Navy’s Air Test and Evaluation Squadron 31 — or VX-31 — based in China Lake.

“The U.S. Forest Service has also assisted in the search, including their lookouts,” Douglass wrote. “They have been fighting fires and their air teams have been advised of the missing person.”

Wallace’s friends and family are also assisted in the search, as reported Tuesday through Thursday on The Recorder’s Web site, and in Wednesday’s and Thursday’s print editions.

Sheriff’s Department search-and-rescue personnel were still searching in the area Thursday. Wallace and his vehicle were still missing.

As the search continued, friends and family members posted comments on The Recorder’s Web site, extending their best wishes to the Wallaces.

Wallace, 49, drove away from Thompson Camp in his pick-up truck, described by the Sheriff’s Department Thursday as a four-door, four-wheel-drive 1990 Ford F150 with gray and silver paint. The California license plate number is 5K77661. The vehicle has previously been described as a 1983 Ford F350, dark gray and light gray in color.

Wallace was last seen wearing a tan-colored, long-sleeve shirt. He was described Thursday as 5 feet 9 inches tall, weighing 260 pounds with blue eyes, gray hair and glasses. Previous descriptions have placed him at 5 feet 8 inches tall, weighing 230 pounds, with green eyes.

Douglass said Thursday she was not sure why there’s a discrepancy in the earlier and current descriptions of Wallace’s truck, and in his physical description.

“That’s the information I received today,” she said early Thursday afternoon.

Douglass said she was checking with detectives to see what information is correct. Efforts to contact her immediately prior to 5 p.m. Thursday were not successful.

Anyone with information about Wallace or his location is asked to call the Sheriff’s Department at 733-6211 or toll-free at 1-800-808-0488.[/b]

[asskickink5]

new information will put us searching around the pine-flat area.... as of last night it was reported by a waitress that ronnie ate breakfast in the rabbits foot cafe in pine flat between 10a.m.-1p.m. sunday morning. sherrifs dept. will be questioning this morning to confirm story and friends and family are already scouring the area... thank you all for your possitive thoughts

chris

[quack_head]

Why was the info that was first released different? Different vehicle. Surely the wife knows what he drives. Was it a witness that gave the vehicle description. Keep us up to date. Still prayin he is OK. Maybe, let us know if there is anything we can help with. A lot of helpful people here.

[Valley Hunter]

Our prayers are with you and just as others have said if there is anything I (we) can do please ask,,, needing more people to search, support... whatever...please let us know...

[code3punk]

Any News Yet?

[ducslayer]

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[prohunter]

ronnie was found today. he was found near mule peak. there is no happy ending to tell. my prayers go out to his family.

[quack_head]

God bless him and his family and friends. We have lost a man that shared the same passion we do. If you could take anything out of this is he was doing what he enjoyed. Somebody close the family, let us know if they need help with anything. Anything to help. Hunters stick together. Think of this man, or a loved one, that was lost, next time you are out doing what brings you happiness. Share it with the ones you love and miss.

God Bless Ronnie.

[code3punk]

There was talk that they were going to call off the search if they hadn&#39;t found anything that day. However, they did continue the search all week. Yesterday (saturday) afternoon sometime, a search and rescue member was on the Reservation border, on the back side of Mule Peak and spotted the vehicle he was driving. He reported his findings to the Sherriff&#39;s ICP (incident command post, in Jonsondale.) They rushed to the site, and blocked off the area, waiting for the Crime Scene Investigators from Visalia to come up and look through the truck for any type of evidence, in the event if it was a violent crime. Today, (Sunday) they went back to the vehicle after it was cleared by the CSI team and the search and rescue team with 30 dogs walked the area of the vehicle. Shortly after the search the dogs and team discovered my friend Ronnie approximately 50 yards from the vehicle. He was dead. They said that it didn&#39;t look like a violent crime or any foul play was involved. He was found on a hill side, with his binoculars and his bow with an arrow knotched, they said that it looked like he had just fallen over, possibly with a heart attack... So a bitter sweet end to a long week... Even though he was not found alive, the speculation of the S.O. officers of him skipping town is solved, as well as some closure for the family. He was 49.

[spectr17]

My condolences to Ronnie&#39;s family.

Mule Peak in on the lower left of map

http://www.fs.fed.us/r5/sequoia/maps/quad_maps/Sequoia_South/sentinel_peak.jpg

[hogassasen]

R.I.P Ronnie

[d'hunter]

Prayers & condolences to the family.

[asadaman]

I HAVE NEVER BEEN HAPPIER, MORE EXHILARATED,AT PEACE,RESTED,INSPIRED,AND AWARE OF THE GRANDER OF THE UNIVERSE AND THE GREATNESS OF GOD THAN WHEN I FIND MYSELF IN A NATURAL SETTING NOT MUCH CHANGED
FROM THE WAY HE MADE IT.
HE LEFT US IN GOD&#39;S GREAT OUTDOORS, GOD BLESS ,MAY THE LORDS PEACE BE WITH THE FAMILY.
Asadaman

[One Track]

Rest in Peace Fellow Hunter.

[fritojay]

rest in peace brother hunter.we all need to live each day like it could be are last. http://www.jesseshunting.com/forums/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smiley_prayin_ani.gif

[THE ROMAN ARCHER]

I am deeply saden for the loss of a fellow hunter, and i am sure a great family man. my prayers and condolences are with his family and may he rest in peace......................tra

[el_vaquero]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (One Track @ Sep 2 2007, 11:51 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> (index.php?act=findpost&pid=898233)</div>
Rest in Peace Fellow Hunter.[/b]


And our thoughts and prayers to all the family and friends...

[asskickink5]

thanks to all for the encouraging thoughts and prayers.... ronnies truck was found around 8:30 saturday morning by my step-dads cousin who was hunting his way off mule peak with his son.... as was stated the area was quickly secured and left for only crime scene investigators and search and rescue personell to access.... his truck was parked in an open area somewhat like a logging flat or turnout however was unable to be found by air or ground by search and rescue efforts.... no doubt in my mind that ronnie was after a buck because as long as i have hunted with him i have never seen him walk with an arrow nocked nor would he have chosen this particular area to walk without very good reason.... he was found only feet away from his bow which tells me that right up until the very end he was doing the one thing that he loved to do most and i can guarantee that his last thoughts were of his family.... over the last eight years ronnie, as well as his wife made me feel a part of their family and he will be greatly missed in my heart as well as the hearts of ANYBODY who knew him....although it seems too soon, the lord must have needed an angle and ronnie will fullfill his needs.... and as far as i am concerned.... if it had to happen there was not a more beautifull place for him to leave us then right where he was.... i know its the way he would have wanted it and i know that he is resting in a much better place

[MikenSoCo]

When I get to my favorite hunting spot here soon, I&#39;ll say a prayer for the poor guy and his family. Hunt on Ronnie http://www.jesseshunting.com/forums/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smiley-soldier-saluting.gif

[tmoniz]

If you&#39;re gonna go. No better than to go doing what you like to do best. And in a nice place.
He&#39;s hunting as we speak.

[MULIES4EVER]

I am so sorry to read this. God bless his family and loved ones. Hope that they are taken care of. Ronnie rest easy.

[Barkoff]

A real shame, sorry to hear this, I hope his family are doing OK.

Well as some as said, there is something to going out doing what you love, prayers sent.

[jkvshooter]

prayers sent!

[ready2go]

Sorry to hear the news of a fellow hunter. May he rest in eternal peace.

[Bigisle87]

rest in peace, ronnie.. prayers sent for his family.

[Rob4x4]

RIP Ronnie chase them big ole&#39; bucks up there will ya.....

[CATCH]

My prayers are with all of Ronnies family and friends through theese hard times.

[blazintowers]

http://www.jesseshunting.com/forums/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smiley_prayin_ani.gif http://www.jesseshunting.com/forums/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smiley_prayin_ani.gif http://www.jesseshunting.com/forums/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smiley_prayin_ani.gif http://www.jesseshunting.com/forums/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smiley_prayin_ani.gif R.I.P. Glad he got to do what he loved to do.

[Speckmisser]

Condolences to the family, but I can only hope that when the call comes for me, I&#39;m doing the same thing he was doing. It&#39;s small comfort to the loved ones, I&#39;m sure, but I just don&#39;t think a hunter could ask for more.

[snoopdogg]

Sorry to hear.... Hunter died hunting, though.

[elmer fudd]

Prayers and condolences to the family.R.I.P fellow hunter http://www.jesseshunting.com/forums/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smiley_prayin_ani.gif

[beastslayer]

Condolences and prayers to the family.

You could not ask more for a better way to go. A native American would have said, from one happy hunting ground going into another happy hunting ground.

[MUDXICANHNTER]

R.I.P Ronnie atleast your last moments were spent what we all love to do. Prayers go out to your family.

[XDHUNTER]

Kindly send my condolences to the family.

[BIGCIM]

I&#39;ll see you on the path

[D-Zone]

R.I.P Ronnie, condolences to your family.

[257scramjet]

So sorry to hear. I wish this man and his family the best. If there is anything good out of this is at least he passed doing what inspired him the most, chasing a big buck in god&#39;s country.

Happy hunting, 257scramjet

[whitey]

RIP

[Rookies]

My condolences goes out to his family&#39;s and friend. May Ronnie rest in peace.

[bearhunter3166]

RIP partner

[timsms]

Hey Guys,

When i first heard that he had died, i felt a great sadness...But then i began to think that he was able to pass doing what he loved to do, what we ALL lvoe to do..!!! http://www.jesseshunting.com/forums/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smiley-faces-toast-beers.gif So here is to Ronnie...Next week when our group is in the high country, we will drink a toast to a man we never knew, but who is a kindred spirit,

WE SHOULD ALL BE SO LUCKY TO GO OUT THIS WAY..!!! http://www.jesseshunting.com/forums/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smiley-faces-toast-beers.gif

Thanks,

Tim

[prohunter]

No foul play suspected in hunter’s death
Findings: Autopsy performed on Ronald Wallace.
By GLEN FAISON
THE PORTERVILLE RECORDER
September 5, 2007 12:20 AM
Ronald Wallace (Contributed Photo) An experienced hunter, found dead Sunday after a week-long search-and-rescue effort, died of natural causes.

That’s the finding from an autopsy performed Tuesday on the body of Ronald Wallace, the 49-year-old Terra Bella man who went missing early Aug. 26 while hunting near Johnsondale.

Sgt. Chris Douglass of the Tulare County Sheriff’s Department said no foul play is suspected in connection with Wallace’s death. She said the determination that Wallace died of natural causes did not include a specific cause of death.

“That’s all I know at this time,” she said late Tuesday afternoon.

Wallace’s body was found in the area of Crane Meadow off the Western Divide Highway, northwest of Johnsondale. His Ford pickup truck was found nearby.

The announcement Sunday afternoon that Wallace was found dead prompted an outpouring of reader comments posted on the most recent reports about the search found on The Recorder’s Web site.

Reader interest in the ongoing story peaked Monday and Tuesday, with reports of Wallace’s death becoming the most and second-most viewed reports on Monday and Tuesday, respectively. The report is also the most recommended story on the paper’s Web site.

Wallace was on a family camping and hunting trip when he left early the morning of Aug. 26 to continue hunting in the Speas Ridge area near Johnsondale.

That was the last time he was seen.

Wallace’s family reported him missing before 7 a.m. on Aug. 27. The first authorities to respond were resident deputies in the mountain areas of southeast Tulare County. By that afternoon, a full-scale search-and-rescue effort was under way and continued for seven days until Wallace’s body was found.

[northernbuck]

very sorry to hear of the loss, my condolences are sent out to all who knew this fellow hunter

[quack_head]

He looks like a fun man to be around.