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Jake Schmitt was scouting mule deer in Utah's Uinta Mountains last month when his UTV "lost control" and flipped, sending him down a cliff

Schmitt suffered a broken leg, fractured ankles and broken ribs and was forced to crawl through the wilderness in the night

Luckily, he had his dog, Buddy, with him; a GoFundMe has been started to help him recover

In the pitch-black Utah wilderness, the only light came from the small LED on Buddy’s collar.

It was just enough to keep Jake Schmitt — Buddy's owner — moving forward one night last month as he dragged himself through dried creek beds and scraggly terrain with a broken leg, fractured ankles and broken ribs.

“At the beginning, I was kind of just waiting to collapse and die, and I figured I would just keep going until my bod

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