CONEJOS COUNTY, Colo. (KKTV) - A massive search effort for two out-of-state hunters in southern Colorado has come to a sad end.

Family members shared Thursday that Andrew Porter and Ian Stasko had been found dead, about a week after family lost contact with them on an elk hunting trip in the Rio Grande National Forest in Conejos County.

In a GoFundMe created by family members to raise funds for additional search and rescue resources, Porter’s aunt shared the update Thursday saying Colorado Search and Rescue had located the men’s bodies.

Search efforts began Saturday after the Conejos County Sheriff’s Office (CCSO) attempted to make contact with the men when they missed a 24-hour check-in with their loved ones. When deputies arrived at the Rio De Los Pinos Trailhead, they did not find

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