BOWTOWN TOWNSHIP – Three hunters were located safe after being lost in the Maine woods overnight Monday in separate incidents.

Doug Bordo, 55, of Jay became separated from his hunting group at about 2 p.m. and got lost in the terrain near the Kennebec River, according to a statement by Maine Warden Service spokeswoman Deborah Turcotte. A call was made to the Maine Warden Service about 12:30 a.m. by members of the hunting group when Bordo failed to contact them.

Bordo was not carrying a compass, according to Warden William Chandler, but he had matches and was able to build a fire to keep warm during the night.

At 9:30 a.m. Tuesday, Bordo was picked up by a logger after he followed the sounds of trucks to a logging road, and wardens were notified that he was safe, Turcotte said.

Bowtown Township is in central Somerset County next to The Forks Plantation.

Hunters Charlie McGinnis and his son Caleb took a boat Monday from Rockwood, which is also in Somerset County, across Moosehead Lake. Winds caused water to rush over the boat and flood the motor when they landed, making their return trip impossible, Turcotte said.

The two found a camp and spent the night Monday.

Charlie’s brother Mark called the Warden Service at 6 a.m. Tuesday to say the two were overdue. Maine Warden Service pilot Daryl Gordon spotted the men from the air and rescued them with the assistance of the Rockwood Fire Department.

According to Warden Mike Favreau the McGinnises “did everything right” by bringing their boat out of the water, finding shelter and leaving a note to alert the camp owner they had stayed there.

The Warden Service did not have information about where the McGinnises reside.