Wallowa County Dispatch received a 911 call late Friday morning requesting Life Flight for two hunters injured in a horse-related mishap at Smith Mountain near Howard Butte north of Enterprise.

Sgt. Kyle Hove, public information officer for the Oregon State Police, said two OSP troopers, Brian Miller and Mark Knapp, responded to the incident and arrived at approximately the same time as the two Life Flight helicopters.

Hove said the incident involved two members of a three-man elk hunting party that was on horseback in a gated area. One man was transported to Lewiston, while the other was flown to Wallowa Memorial Hospital in Enterprise.

Neither of the two men had life-threatening injuries, according to Hove. He credited the Wallowa County Sheriff’s Office and dispatchers for the timely coordination and assistance with the incident.