Elk hunters hear loud wood knocks from multiple directions in remote forest 40 miles east of Boise witnessed in Elmore County, Idaho

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While mule deer hunting in Idaho, I road my atv to the snow line on road 255 southwest of Atlanta. I passed a truck with Alaska plates. It was parked on the side of the road with no one around just where the snow started. I was forced to turn around due to deep snow about a mile from the truck up hill from it. I observed many large elk tracks in the snow so I decided to move down in elevation to glass the timber strips. Elk season started in 3 days so I want to see if any were in this area. Once at the location about a half mile down hill past the truck, I parked on the side of the road. About 5 minutes into my search I heard a knock to my right about level with me about 300 yards away (guess). Very loud and solid. I first thought it was two trees hitting each other from wind. The wind was light though. About 5 minutes later it happened again but the knock sounded different and a bit lower. Within 10 minutes the Alaska truck drove by me with just a driver. He headed down e...