[editor-surveyor]

"In Idaho I knew a rancher that painted cow on his stock during elk season,because of the out of state hunters,mostly from California."

Pretty weak. Here in Concord (Calif) there are at least 250 head of elk, and across the river in Fairfield, probably another 200 or so, all within 30 miles of the city limits of San Francisco. Those critters make heads turn all the time when folks passing through see 'cows with trees on their heads' :o)

[noutopia]

Didn't know that there are real hunters in California.