Incident #1001187
Grangeville, Idaho Cty, Idaho
1966
Account
Bob Watson and George Hawkins were hunting elk south of the Salmon River near Burgdorf when they came upon two sets of tracks at an elevation of about 6000 feet. It had snowed a foot up high the day before, but very little down by the river and the snow was melting rapidly. One track was 16 inches long, the other about 9 inches. They were encountered a mile apart, both headed downhill, and they meandered and crossed several times but did not seem to be together. They were followed for over a mile until they left the snow.
When
- Year
- 1966
- Season
- fall
Where
- State / province
- Idaho
- County
- Idaho Cty
- Nearest Town
- Grangeville
- Direction from Town
- South Southeast
- Distance from Town
- 47
- Population of Town
- 4000
- Elevation/Altitude
- 60
- Latitude
- 4576--
- Longitude
- 11555--
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, one small
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- Shot Hit
- No
Witnesses
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Terrain
- alpine
Weather and light
- Relative Temperature
- warm
- Snow
- early snow
Source
- Source
- Russell Gebhart quoting Bob Watson and George Hawk
- Source Type
- colleague
- Source Date
- 1974
- Source reliability
- 8
- Incident reliablility
- 6
- Jwg file date
- 1974
- Incident type
- 2
Footprints 1
- Set of Tracks
- 2
- Footprint Length
- 16.0
- Estimated Age
- 1
- Age Unit
- days
- Number of Tracks
- many
- Trail Followed Y/N
- Yes
- Trail Ended Naturally Y/N
- Yes
- Other footprint codes
- 10520
- Material Tracks Made in
- soft shallow snow
- Tracks Came From
- hillside
- Tracks Went to
- valley
Footprints 2
- Set of Tracks
- 2
- Footprint Length
- 9.0
- Estimated Age
- 1
- Age Unit
- days
- Number of Tracks
- many
- Trail Followed Y/N
- Yes
- Trail Ended Naturally Y/N
- Yes
- Other footprint codes
- 10519
- Material Tracks Made in
- soft shallow snow
- Tracks Came From
- hillside
- Tracks Went to
- valley
Witness
- Wildlife Familiarity
- considerable
- Interviewer
- Russ Gebhart
- Interview date
- 1974
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- hunting
- Track witnesses
- 2