Search and rescue 'season' begins in Elmore County

Friday, October 28, 2016
Members of the Elmore County Search and Rescue team guide a helicopter from the Idaho National Guard into position during a recent mission in the mountains of northern Elmore County. (Photo by Mike Moore)

It doesn't show up officially on any calendars, but it's fairly easy for Rick Summers to predict when the "season" will begin. He doesn't even need to mark the date since it always begins around the same time each year.

Just take several hundred outdoorsmen and set them loose in the mountains as soon as hunting season begins. It's just a matter of time before one of them turns up missing.

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