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Published April 08, 2011, 09:07 AM

Two hunters go missing on flooded ND river

Authorities are searching for two men who did not return from a beaver-hunting trip on the swollen Maple River in southeast North Dakota.

BUFFALO, N.D. (AP) — Authorities are searching for two men who did not return from a beaver-hunting trip on the swollen Maple River in southeast North Dakota.

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. Chief Deputy Jim Thoreson tells The Forum newspaper that authorities early Friday also found the men's boat.

The river is flowing fast because of spring flooding. Authorities are searching by air and on the ground with boats and all-terrain vehicles.

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