Missing hunter found dead after falling 40 feet from tree, Pennsylvania police say

A 61-year-old man was found dead after he didn’t return home from his hunting trip, according to police in Pennsylvania.

Kim Plasters reported her husband missing at about 4:30 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 24, and said he never came back home from archery deer hunting the night before, The News-Item reported.

Pennsylvania State Police troopers and state game wardens immediately began searching for Robert Plasters, of Paxinos.

But hours later, shortly before 2 p.m., the hunter was pronounced dead in a wooded area of Shamokin Township, The News-Item reported.

He had been found face down at the bottom of a tree after falling about 40 feet, authorities said in a news release. An autopsy was scheduled, though investigators consider his death an accident and do not suspect foul play.

Shamokin Township is about 130 miles northwest of Philadelphia and a few miles southwest of Paxinos.

This story was originally published October 26, 2023 at 9:48 AM with the headline "Missing hunter found dead after falling 40 feet from tree, Pennsylvania police say."