Three men hunting hogs in a Texas forest were rescued after getting stranded by floodwaters, game wardens said.

Rescuers responded Feb. 17 at about 3 a.m. to a distress call from a hunter who said he and two other men were trapped in the Big Slough Wilderness Area of Davy Crockett National Forest, according to a Facebook post from Texas Game Wardens.

Search and rescue personnel hiked over a mile through the woods and eventually found two men stranded in a flood area, one “wet and suffering from hypothermia due to below-freezing temperatures,” game wardens said.

Both men were towed back to safety using life jackets and throw ropes, officials said.

Despite showing signs of hypothermia, a third hunter “self-rescued” and made it back to his vehicle, where he started a fire.

“The remaining stranded hunters and rescue personnel were quickly warmed by it and a self-heating emergency blanket,” game wardens said.

“That place is very easy to get turned around in,” one person commented on the post.

“I see it change all the time hog hunting after a big rain,” another said. “Real easy to get in a spot where you have to get wet to get back.”

The Big Slough Wilderness Area of Davy Crockett National Forest is about a 160-mile drive southeast from Dallas.

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