Folks of lesser intelligence even hand feed them in the state parks nearby and simply can't understand why the 'pets' have a tendency to bite their hand or ram horns into cars during rut.
You wouldn't believe the antics that happen in Yellowstone every year. People walking up within 20 feet of a bull elk and setting off the flash in their camera.

We had one family of tourists show up at Bill Cody Ranch with a broken-off buffalo horn stuck in the side of their van.

As to hippies, look at the bright side. Most of them don't vote. I wish more people were like that. I've known a lot of people tending that way, and the more disreputable they look, the less trouble they give you. Mostly they just want to get stoned and "commune" with nature. The folks I have most trouble with are not hippies, but "civic improvers", always pushing for a new boondoggle, with a tax hike to support it.
Slamaxe, you might look at a border location between Montana and Wyoming, e.g. Sheridan or Lovell. Billings is the largest city in Montana, is nearby, has a nice non-bureaucratic airport and tax-free shopping. And the Big Horns are really cool.