Possible vocalizations heard by elk hunters in the Uintah Mountains (north slope) witnessed in Daggett County, Utah

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In 1989 I heard something out in the mountains that I had never heard before and have not heard since in the wild. In early October I met a couple of hunting buddies at a predetermined location where we would setup camp for the Rifle Elk Hunt. My friends had arrived several days prior to the start of the hunt and scouted the area on horse back. I arrived 2 days before the hunt was to start to also scout the area. The area that we were going to hunt was on the North Slope of the Uinta Mountains. We chose a secluded high mountain meadow (park) with thick dark pines on one side and mixed aspens and pines on the other. We had setup camp at the top of the park next to a rising hillside of aspens with a stream close by to water the horses. We lashed downed aspen trees to the living trees to make a corral for the horses so that they would not have to be hobbled or tied. The jeep trail to our camp was very long and rough. Downed timber had not been cleared for years. The trucks and hor...