Injured hunter found alive in Grand River Wildlife Area

WEST FARMINGTON— The wounded hunter who went missing in the Grand River Wildlife Area Thursday night was found alive this morning. Darrell Bontrager, 42, of Farmington Township was found at about 10:30 a.m. Officials have not said the nature of his injuries or how they were sustained. Initial reports were that he had somehow shot himself. At 11 a.m. today, rescuers were still trying to determine how to move him from where he was found. Officials said Bontrager had gone into the 6,000-acre wildlife area maintained by the Ohio Department of Natural Resources to check on his deer stand.