Property owner reports gunshot and possible poaching

Heard on: Gem County, Idaho Police, Fire & EMS

01:28

00:00

county units respond for trespassing in progress.

00:03

(number withheld) Lower Bench Road.

00:05

Calling party advised that her husband heard a shot fired on the property.

00:09

Believe the subject may be poaching.

00:11

Break.

00:17

Only a shot heard.

00:18

We have no vehicle description.

00:20

A husband left on a four-wheeler, unknown direction of travel along the canal bank, and it's unknown if he has weapons.

00:27

Again, (number withheld), over.

00:31

This is information.

00:42

The property owner is a male on an ATV driving eastbound along the canal bank, calling for his safety.

00:48

He has no weapons.

00:50

And again, he was planning on confronting possible poachers.

01:00

Copy. If you locate them, can you just have them keep an eye on them until we can get there to make contact?

01:11

I do not have contact with him.

01:13

My calling party was his wife who lives at the residence.

01:16

She's advising that she did not hear a shot.

01:19

She didn't see any vehicles.

01:20

However, her husband asked her to call, stated he heard a gunshot.

01:25

Believes the deer was poached.

01:27

I'll call you for their information.

2026-10-27 14:09 UTC

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Lower Bench Rd, Emmett, ID 83617

Property owner reports gunshot and possible poaching

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