First duck hunt fatal for father, 5-year-old son
Photo by Larry Briscoe
Hunt County Sheriff Randy Meeks holds a news conference Tuesday afternoon concerning the two lives lost to drowning while on a duck hunting trip at Lake Tawakoni. Shown behind Meeks are, from left, Game Warden Lance May, Capt. Steve Stapleton and Game Warden Benny Richards.
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A Quinlan man took his five-year-old son out early Monday morning at Lake Tawakoni for his first duck hunt.
“At approximately 7:15 p.m., the Hunt County Sheriff’s Office responded to a call for a missing person in the 6800 block of County Road 3512. The reporting person stated her husband and five-year-old son had left at 5 a.m. that morning to go duck hunting on Lake Tawakoni, and when she returned home from work, they had not returned,” Sheriff Randy Meeks said at a news conference Tuesday afternoon at his office.
He said the missing persons were identified as Corey Saunders, a 26-year-old from Quinlan, and his son, Nathan Saunders, five.
Meeks said, “The Hunt County Sheriff’s Office requested the assistance of Texas Parks and Wildlife (TP&WD) in cases concerning water rescue. Once on the scene, it was confirmed that the pickup belonging to Mr. Saunders and the search by boat began at that time. TP&WD located the boy’s body at approximately 11:15 p.m.”
He was pronounced dead at the scene by Justice of the Peace David McNabb who ordered an autopsy.
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