DEC Announces Search for Missing Hunter Could Extend into the Weekend (New York State Department ...

(Source: New York State Department of Environmental Conservation) Skip to main navigation For Release: Thursday, November 19, 2015 The Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) is requesting assistance from experienced volunteers to locate a missing 82-year-old hunter in the Adirondacks, DEC Acting Commissioner Basil Seggos announced today. At 4:30 p.m. on Sunday, November 15, DEC Ray Brook Dispatch received reports that Thomas E. Messick, of Troy, NY, failed to meet his hunting party at a designated location...