Man Dies From Fall While Bowhunting Near Tillamook

The victim died at the scene before he could be retrieved and taken to a hospital.

View from area looking up cliff where victim fell Photo: Oregon State Police

(TILLAMOOK, Ore.) - A Tillamook-area man fell to his death while bow hunting with his brother Saturday afternoon on private property about 3 miles north of Trask River Road.

Police say that at approximately 1:04 PM, the victim's brother, 50-year old William Harrison of Tillamook, called 9-1-1 after hiking about three miles from the scene where he had left his seriously injured brother who had fallen about 250 feet down a cliff.

Personnel from Oregon State Police, Tillamook County Search & Rescue, Tillamook Fire Department, Tillamook Ambulance, Netarts Fire Department, and Garibaldi Fire Department responded to the area to assist.

After emergency responders returned to the scene on foot with the victim's brother, two rescue personnel went down the rocky cliff to where the victim, 46-year old Timothy Lee Harrison was lying. The victim died at the scene before he could be retrieved and taken to a hospital. A U.S. Coast Guard helicopter responded to assist with retrieving the victim and two rescuers.

Trask River Road is about three miles east of Tillamook along Highway 6. The scene was about 7 miles up and 3 miles north of Trask River Road.

Oregon State Police troopers from the Tillamook work site are the lead investigating agency. A chaplain for Tillamook County Sheriff's Office also responded to assist.