Jamestown  (CSi)  A missing hunter returned home Monday, after a search for him was initiated in rural Stutsman County.

Stutsman County Sheriff, Chad Kaiser says his office received a call about 10-a.m., Monday from the man’s family saying he was overdue returning home from Sunday.

Kaiser says the an air and ground search was initiated and the man’s Suburban was found stuck in snow, about three miles south and a mile west of Jamestown.

Kaiser says the vehicle had slid off the roadway.

The man’s cell phone was dead and he was unable to call for help.

The man left the scene on foot or possibly received a ride at daylight, Monday, and arrived home in Jamestown about the time the vehicle was located, around 2-p.m., Monday.

Kaiser says the man was being interviewed to gather more information.

The Stutsman County Sheriff’s Office was assisted in the search with the help of R&B Motorsports, providing a snowmobile, along with the aircraft provided by Keith Veil.

Also assisting at the scene were the Jamestown Police Department, and the North Dakota Bureau of Criminal Investigation.