2 hunters found dead on flooded ND river
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Two men who went missing on a beaver-hunting trip on the swollen Maple River in southeast North Dakota were found dead on Friday.
The Cass County Sheriff's Office says the 59- and 67-year-old men from Buffalo were reported missing by their families Thursday night, and deputies found the hunters' pickup truck along the river.
Sheriff Paul Laney tells The Forum newspaper that the men's bodies were located by a National Guard helicopter. He says the bodies were recovered near the men's capsized boat.
Laney says the strong current of the flooded river played a role in the men's deaths, but authorities aren't sure exactly what happened.
(Copyright 2011 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
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