a hunter with vast experience got lost in north eastern Washington two months ago....he wandered and wandered and finally they found him 19 miles from his camp...he simply sat down under a tree and went to sleep permanently.....
I recall a story some years back about 2 hunters who got caught in a surprise snowstorm right after shooting a prize buck. Their desire to drag the buck to the truck overruled common sense. They got sweaty and their clothes started freezing. THey panicked, got lost and long story short, froze to death.