muliemadness

Ryan Hamre, Associate Editor of Petersen's Bowhunting Magazine has been missing since Saturday morning the 17th in Rice, MN. Ryan is 24 years old, brownish/blonde hair, 6 foot tall and about 185 pounds.

Ryan lives in Nisswa, MN and his parents live in Winona, MN which is where Ryan was expected to be going Saturday morning. Ryan was seen in Winona early saturday morning at 2 am and last at 5:53 in Rice, MN getting gas. I'm attaching a report that ran in the Winona Daily News. (please keep in mind that since this report was written, evidence of Hamre in Winona has been found, but still has not contacted anyone since Friday night. there's a chance Ryan might have changed his mind and headed North to an Ice Fishing festical in Walker, MN (leech lake sp?). Ryan drives a dark blue 4x4 Dakota Dodge with a white canopy. It's very uncharacteristic of Ryan, he loves working with the magazine and is family guy with a great relationship with his father, mother and two sisters.

Please, anyone who lives in MN or happened to be in the Brainerd, Rice, Nisswa area this past week, if you happen to have some time, please keep an eye out for Ryan's Blue Dodge pickup or if you have any info, time to help looking, planes to help fly the area please contact the numbers listed

here are some numbers to call:
Nisswa Police Department at (218) 963-4301 or the Crow Wing County Sheriff's Department at (218) 829-4749.

also, here shortly we'll have a section on our webpage with pictures and updates on Ryan Hamre, please visit; www.bowhuntingmag.com

Nisswa man missing

Police seek Ryan Hamre, unseen since Saturday

By MATT ERICKSON
Staff Writer
Nisswa police are looking for a 24-year-old man believed to be missing since Saturday.

Police Chief Craig Taylor said Ryan Christoffer Hamre, of Nisswa, last talked to friends Friday, saying he planned to visit his parents in Winona over the weekend. Surveillance cameras recorded Hamre buying gasoline, oil and getting cash from an ATM at 5:53 a.m. Saturday at a Rice gas station.

What happened to Hamre after he left the Rice gas station isn't known, Taylor said. He never arrived at his parents' Winona home and hasn't contacted family members or friends since Friday.

"It's very uncharacteristic of Ryan to do something like this," said Ryan Hamre's mother, Pamela Hamre. "He never misses work. He loves his job. We've contacted every one of his friends. He has a lot of them, they have a kind of network, and no one has heard from him since Friday. It's very unusual."

Pamela Hamre said her son didn't mention that he was coming to visit them in Winona this past weekend, but had left a message at their house on Friday. She said it wasn't unusual for Ryan Hamre to visit without calling first.

Pamela Hamre also made a plea to the public to help find her son.

Nisswa police received a missing person report Tuesday after Ryan Hamre failed to show up for work and his cell phone was found in a ditch along Highway 10 near Royalton. Taylor said foul play isn't suspected but family members said it was uncharacteristic for him to leave without telling anyone.

"It's suspicious in that he's never done anything like this before," Taylor said. "Nobody's heard from him, not friends or family."

Hamre is an associate editor at Petersen's Bowhunting magazine, which is a division of InterMedia, the parent company of In-Fisherman magazine. Patty Harrison, an employee with In-Fisherman, said Hamre had worked with the bowhunting magazine for about two years. She said Hamre gave no indication to InterMedia that he wouldn't be in to work on Tuesday.

"He loves his job and it's unlike him to not call in and let either his parents or his employers know where he was," Harrison said Wednesday. "He's a very responsible young man."

InterMedia employees Wednesday planned to place posters featuring photos and a description of Ryan Hamre throughout the Brainerd area.

Hamre is described as a white man, 6 feet tall, weighing 175 pounds, with blond hair and blue eyes. He wears glasses and has a beard. He was driving a dark blue Dodge Dakota pickup and was last seen wearing a black jacket, a yellow polo shirt with stripes, blue jeans, black shoes and a gray baseball cap.

Anyone with information is asked to call the Nisswa Police Department at (218) 963-4301 or the Crow Wing County Sheriff's Department at (218) 829-4749.

Thank you for taking the time to read this and please keep positive thoughts for our bowhunting brother.

muliemadness

Ryan Hamre has been reported missing. He was last seen 5:53 a.m. Saturday February 17th, at the BP gas station in Rice, MN, driving a 2003 Dodge Dakota, navy blue with a white topper, license plate LFX 023[/align]__________________[/align]

SILVERTIP-CO

...musta met one of the lonely women from the HuntingNet.

MinnFinn

Hopefully he's somewhere or in his pickup where he has shelter. There's a BIG winter storm blowing in to MN, WI and surrounding areas tonight all the way through Sun. If he is able to get to one of the many cabins in that area of lakes, he should be able to get some sort of heat going and make it fine. Let's pray he does.

npaden

I just read this and followed the link and noticed that he has been found and appears to be okay. Not much on exactly what happened though.

http://www.bowhuntingmag.com/ryanhamre/

ironranger

Sounds like he went for a walk and got lost. I grew up near Isabella and know the Tomahawk trail well. Not a place you want to get lost as there is plenty of big woods there and it's gets quite cold this time of year. Glad he's OK. Below is story from link...

"Johnson said Hamre's father, David Hamre, said that his son was found about 6:30 p.m. Friday by the cabin owner who spotted him walking out of the brush onto the Tomahawk Trail, a road near Isabella, halfway between Ely and Lake Superior."
"Johnson said Hamre's father, David Hamre, said that his son was found about 6:30 p.m. Friday by the cabin owner who spotted him walking out of the brush onto the Tomahawk Trail, a road near Isabella, halfway between Ely and Lake Superior."

MinnFinn

Isabella MN near where this fellow was found is about 30 miles of my families home. It's very rugged country of thick woods, lakes, rock ledges, spruce swamps, big timber, etc.
He is a very fortunate young guy. This area was hitting night temps. 2-3 weeks ago of minus 30-35 F. Even week before it was well below zero at night. Cougars, especially Timber Wolves are very active this part of MN.
Most areas around therecell phones don't work. Maybe he managed to find a hunting shack. But if one heads the wrong direction, you could go 20 miles or more and not run into any roads (other than occasional logging road) or houses.

He's very blessed fellow. I hope he's learned to take more precautions (e.g. GPS, compass, map, fellow hunter, equipment and let people know where you're at before heading into the woods.)
I'm really not sure what he'd be bowhunting up here this time of year anyway.I don't think thereare any deer seasons for archery or any other means open since Dec.Very unusual.

jhtrapper

Glad to heir hes OK

ironranger

MinnFinn, I grew up in Babbitt so I know the area well. Did you grow up around there? Sure like it up there and may look at moving back in a few years.

MinnFinn

Nearly all my family lives South and West of Isabella 30-45 miles.
Woods, lakes, spruce swamps, quite a variety of wildlife as you know. My grandparents moved to that area after immigrating from Finland to Hibbing at the start of 1900's and then moved East from there about 45 miles in 1907 iron miners' strike grandpa lost his job from.Dadwas from that area originally and moved back with mom after retiring.We spend a lot of time there.