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Vincent asked in SportsOutdoor RecreationHunting · 1 decade ago

Animal sounds in North Idaho?

I went camping with someone in North Idaho, about 4 in the morning until 9am. We heard something neither of us have heard before. It sounded like a bouncing ball, not a constant bounce, but like someone dropped a basketball and let it bounce until it stops, and very deep "thump" in sound. We could almost feel it in our chest, a friend said a bird, but this was way to deep to be something that small, im thinking cat like, bobcat or cougar?..... please let me know if you need more info.

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  • 1 decade ago
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    Grouse (sometimes called a "Prairie Chicken"). The "drumming" they do can be like a deep, resonating "thump" from a mega-bass speaker.

  • dumdum
    Lv 7
    1 decade ago

    It sounds like a bird called a grouse drumming.

  • randy
    Lv 7
    1 decade ago

    yup, it sure was a grouse. I've heard it many many times myself here in Idaho. Great tasting bird too!!!

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