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Tennessee man missing in Alaskan wilderness during hunting trip

The 61-year-old man went missing during a hunting trip.

By Mary Alice Royse
Published: Sep. 1, 2022 at 8:02 PM CDT|Updated: 12 hours ago

DEADHORSE, Alaska (WSMV) - A son is on his way to Deadhorse, Alaska, after his father went missing on Saturday.

Authorities are looking for 61-year-old Steve Keel of Dover, Tennessee, who went missing on a hunting trip.

According to the Facebook group “Missing In Fairbanks, Alaska,” Steve arrived in Alaska on August 20th. He was last seen on August 27th when he walked away from the campsite to retrieve supplies and never returned.

Steve and his friends were camping in a remote area of Alaska where they had planned to hunt for caribou.


KTUU said Steve’s son is on his way from Dover to search for his missing father in Alaska. According to the Facebook group, Steve’s campsite was off Dalton Highway, south of Deadhorse, at mile marker 336.5.

Anyone with information is asked to contact authorities in Alaskan immediately.

Is there an update on this, it seems that the there should be more information by now. Good Shooting

https://www.wkrn.com/video/fam...oud-anxious/7975620/

Still searching, four men from TN. went up there to try and find him.

Link to news video.

Thanks much for the update, I live just up the road from Dover. Good Shooting.

Good to have friends. I hope they find him alive and ok.

My wife bought me some sort of distress device that she insists I carry . This makes me appreciate that .

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Originally posted by larryshores:
My wife bought me some sort of distress device that she insists I carry . This makes me appreciate that .

They are a good idea.

But they only work if one is physically able to use them.

https://www.wkrn.com/news/loca...n-missing-in-alaska/
Prayer service held for Dover man missing in Alaska

by: Nikki McGee

Posted: Sep 11, 2022 / 10:15 PM CDT

Updated: Sep 11, 2022 / 10:16 PM CDT


NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — Sunday marked day 15 of the search for Steve Keel from Dover, a hunter who went missing while on a hunting trip in Alaska.

“For him to disappear, as good of an outdoorsman as he is, was shocking. And for him to be gone this long is bewildering, it’s just a huge mystery,” Steve’s wife Liz Keel said. “Where he was headed was a simple chore, to go seven-tenths of a mile, pick up a backpack with meat in it and come back and to their campsite so they could pack up and head out.”

Search for Steve Keel: Families of men searching for missing Tennessee hunter in Alaska say they’re proud, anxious
Sunday evening, the Women’s Coalition for Community Advocacy held a prayer service for Steve’s safe return. In the meantime, four Stewart County men remain in Alaska searching for Steve.



“I just feel like it’s another extension of how this community has come together to support the search for Steve and to support myself and our family. So, our prayers are just going to coalesce into one place,” Liz said.

Liz is leaning on prayer and faith to get her through until she’s reunited with her husband.

“I just want to say how grateful I am to our community and this team that went up there and their families that allowed them to go. I say until they tell me something different I’m going to be hopeful.”



Members of the Women’s Coalition say more people are needed to assist with the search in Alaska. Liz is also asking for help from anyone who has access to search dogs.

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Originally posted by Kathi:
“Where he was headed was a simple chore, to go seven-tenths of a mile, pick up a backpack with meat in it and come back and to their campsite so they could pack up and head out.”

Grizzly on the slope can be ornery and they are always hungry.

Did his hunting partner look for the backpack or the missing hunter?

If a bear was on that pack with food it would definitely defend its cache.

Afraid that this won’t end well.

Bodies attract mammals and birds. Both would be easy to detect by search crews. My money says this guy disappeared under the muskeg and might never be seen again for decades.

https://www.garmin.com/en-US/p/592606

No matter if you 200 miles offshore, hunting in the Matetsi or fly fishing in Patagonia this works. Good to have and inexpensive.

Woke up Sunday am and there were two game wardens and a county sheriff up in our driveway at lodge in Hyde. They wanted to use boat ramp to do an investigation on a hunter that died night before. He was 74 hunting a remote island and had a heart attack in the stand. Sorry for his family. We loose around five hunters a year here in Eastern NC. Most deaths are due to waterfowl hunting on our sounds in bad weather.

https://www.wkrn.com/news/loca...20reported%20missing.


Search for missing Middle TN hunter ends with ‘no trace’ in Alaska
by: Alicia Patton

Posted: Sep 13, 2022 / 08:30 AM CDT

Updated: Sep 13, 2022 / 11:06 AM CDT


STEWART COUNTY, Tenn. (WKRN) – A team of four men who traveled to Alaska to search for a missing Stewart County man are ending their efforts after no trace of the man was found.

Steve Keel, a hunter from Dover, Tennessee, went missing while on a hunting trip in Alaska. Keel and a hunting partner made the trip to Fairbanks on Aug. 20 and on Aug. 28, the Dover man was reported missing.

According to neighbors, Keel and his partner briefly separated for what was supposed to be no more than an hour. However, Keel never returned.


When the four men learned of the 61-year-old’s disappearance, they hopped on a plane to Fairbanks to aid in a search for the missing Dover man.

On Sunday, the four men with military search and rescue experience, reported their efforts had ended after finding no trace of Keel.

“Today ended with no trace of Steve. Today’s search will bring to end the efforts of the Dover team for this search. We have a volunteer who will continue to search for the next two to 3 days. The Dover team broke down their camp today and will be heading on the long drive back Fairbanks,” said Chris Dowdy, one of the organizers of the search.


“We will continue to support Liz and the Keel family in everyday possible. I personally would like to say that these four men put their heart in to finding Steve. In the coming days we will reevaluate sending another team up to search,” said Dowdy.



On Sunday, Keel’s family and friends held a prayer service marking the 15th day of his disappearance.

In an additional post, Dowdy said one volunteer remains on the ground to continue the search for Keel but air search assistance is needed. Liz Keel, Steve’s wife, is also calling for help from anyone who has access to search dogs.

Odd. Very odd.

Anyone know if there was a river nearby that he might have tried to cross and then swept away?

https://www.wsmv.com/2022/12/1...-hunter-alaska-trip/


Friend speaks about the last time he saw missing hunter on Alaska trip.