Elk hunter observes an apparent family group witnessed in Bear Lake County, Idaho

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Either late august or early september 1982 or 1983 at the opening of archery season. Several friends and myself were camping near Elk Valley with our dads at our annual bow camp. One morning we started our hunt at the top of a thick area of timber. I had never been in this area before, but my instructions were to make way through the forest and walk straight downhill. After awhile, I was expected to breakout into a clearing where here will be a saddle with a few rocky knolls which would drain into some ponds at the bottom. This entire area is known as the "Bloody Bucket", for what reason I wasn't sure and I didn't ask! The hunt was planned out that my friends and I would slowly walk down through this are hoping to scare out a mule deer or a bull elk and having the big game cross the path of another hunter in our party. We were spread out so far apart that we couldn't see or hear each other. As I made my way into the opening, everything was just as was described to me. I cou...