RANGELEY — An Alabama hunter was rescued Thursday from an area off Reddington Road in Dallas Plantation after he started having chest pains.

The man and his wife were bird hunting on a spur road previously used for wood cutting, fire Chief Rudy Davis said. It is one of many off the Redington Road now used by all-terrain vehicles and snowmobiles that can connect Rangeley to Stratton and the old Navy base in Dallas Plantation, Davis said.

The name of the hunter was unavailable.

About a dozen members of Rangeley Fire and Rescue and two NorthStar ambulance employees responded to the 3 p.m. call, he said. They were able to bring him out of the woods just before dark, shortly after 6 p.m. and he was transported to Franklin Memorial Hospital for an evaluation, he said.

The hunter had recently had a pacemaker implanted and he did the right thing — quitting where he was and getting help, Davis said.

“The biggest problem was finding them. They were off the beaten path in an area that has a maze of roads, spur roads used for cutting at one time,” he said.

The hunter was able to get cell phone service and maintain that contact with dispatch until rescuers could find them. That’s quite unusual, he said.

The hunter recognized some signs and was able to give directions. When rescuers were searching, dispatch was able to give better directions and rescuers found the right road and his pickup truck. The hunters were in an old cutting area, Davis said.

Firefighters were able to pack up their equipment and return to the station about 7:30 p.m., he said.

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