A large search is underway for two hunters who were last seen in a wilderness area near the border of New Mexico and Colorado.

Andrew Porter and Ian Stasko, both 25, were elk hunting in the Rio Grande National Forest, the Conejos County Sheriff's Office said in a news release . Both men were reported overdue to the agency.

Local newspaper the South Fork Tines reported that the men had arrived at the area on Sept. 11 and were meant to check in with loved ones the next day. Porter's fiancée called the sheriff's office when the men did not check in, the paper reported.

On Sept. 13, deputies from the sheriff's office went to a trail head in the area to try and locate the men.

The vehicle that the men had driven to the trail head was found, but deputies did not locate either individual.

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