Hunter gets spooked by loud knocks 7 miles south of Bovill witnessed in Latah County, Idaho

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Hi. I don't know how to start this off but here it goes: I am a 35 yr male disabled combat veteran (Iraq/Afghanistan) I've hunted this land for the last 5 years ish. It was the 9th of October and I had camp set up. Wife was getting off early and the kids were in school. They were coming to meet me there in the afternoon. I decided to go see if I could locate a small pocket of elk and shoot some grouse. I took my SxS down a normal trail that I somewhat frequent looking for my last 2 birds. It's a old log road that dead ends. Immediately shot 1 soon as I got off the SxS. Got him and figured hey it's a dead end, I'll walk this and see if I can find fresh elk sign. I can show you on OnX where I was and can explain the terrain. Anyway, walked down maybe 1/2 mile at the beginning I kept jumping birds but always opposite of where I was. I went to the left the jumped 50-60 yards other side... get to a good opening and see a few wolf tracks. Big pile of bear shit. Decided to head back t...