I would think most of the tress have shed their leaves by now. Maybe this guy is not even in the search area.
He could be another J.B. Cooper.
I believe someone is helping this dude, too. With little radios and GPS, a friend can direct him away from the search area.
Someone in the search party?
Take all the radios away...except for LE and see what happens.
Wait till it gets cold. The trees will have lost their leaves, and it will make the use of IR detectors much more practical. They will be able to spot fires, warm bodies and even the mouths of caves.
Put out a new AR-15 and a couple of bricks of ammo. Shoot him when he comes out to fetch it.
Big deal - Geraldo will be doing an interview with him on Fox.
Those cops had prayed it wouldn’t come to this kind of an unwinnable contest: a battle of wits.
Oh well, I guess they’ll just have to napalm the entire forest.
I have discovered the error in the Law Enforcement Agencies use of the balloon.
It was an “unmanned balloon”.
Silly ossifers shudda known better than neutering a balloon and expecting results from it afterwards.
;-)
FLIR is magical in the desert. Not so much in wooded areas.
It seemed like a wasteful plan.
I don’t believe for one second that he is still in that area. No one just up and leaves a firearm behind. It was meant to be found to clear his escape route. He knew that when the snows come he will be found by way of his tracks. He has had help.