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Huckleberry pickers found

| August 5, 2010 9:00 PM

COEUR d'ALENE - Three local men who got lost huckleberry picking in the area of Fernan Saddle area were found after a several hour search Tuesday evening.

Howard Hudson, 62, and Ray Gomez, 67, both of Coeur d'Alene, were found around 8:30 p.m. in the Fernan Creek drainage by Kootenai County Fire and Rescue and Kootenai County Sheriff's Department deputies, according to the sheriff's department.

A third man, Johnnie Hudson, 55, of Hayden, was located around 6:15 that evening. Hudson had went looking for the other two men when he noticed they hadn't returned from picking.

It was reported that all three subjects had some medical conditions and they had no extra food or water, when deputies received the original report around 5 p.m.

What helped deputies locate Hudson was the three distress shots the missing man fired from a gun in succession. Deputies responded to the area of the shots and located Hudson. Hudson stated he was not injured and was huckleberry picking with the two others when they got separated.