Sorry to leave it so vague, I just don't want to start a negative post. However I'd like to hear thoughts on this guys actions. I watched this plane fly extremely low into many canyons I was hunting for two days. While this was annoying I didn't figure it was illegal so let it be. It was when I was stalking a herd of elk in one canyon, this plane flew over and spotted them, turned around for 3 more passes up the canyon getting lower every time. The first pass the elk didn't mind, the second pass they lifted their heads to watch, third pass they began to run. On his 4th pass the plane dropped in dangerously low and and he chased the running elk out of the canyon and into the next. None of which is private so I don't know what his goal was. Besides harassing wildlife in the middle of hunting season, I'm not sure what the plan was... There was another pair of hunters watching this whole scenario that I met up with on the ridge and they had the same thoughts. They called the plane in, I assume to IDFG, but I never ran into that pair again to see what happened with it. I should have gotten a contact number from them. I was then in my local archery shop in October telling hunting stories and this plan came up. Turns out several guys in that area had similar experiences with the plane chasing elk out of a canyon and then leaving. I have a few guesses what the intent was but not one guess justifies anything good. It was illegal, it was obvious, and quite frustrating. My mistake was not using my optics to get a number off the plane, however the hunting pair that called them in got a decent cell phone picture but not clear enough to make the numbers out. I've heard rumor that authorities are aware of this fella but that's about all I've collected. Wouldn't think a bright yellow bush plane would be that hard to track down. Especially being spotted that many times in one area and possibly reported many times. I'm recently new to this forum and was having elk day dreams yesterday and the plane popped into my head, so I figured with all the Idaho guys and gals on here I'd see what I could find out.
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