Pleeease stop using the city slickers term for these guys. Even if these guys were from an urban area, chances are that they know what elk look like and couldn't have cared less at the time.
Why is it that when an unknown out-of-towner poaches, they are called a city slicker? Yet when a local guy poaches, he's just putting food on the table? (not that these guys are charged with poaching, but a similar deal)