For years I have been noticing that many Deer, Elk and even Moose crossing signs have a sticker on them that appears to be a simple green crown. It has always been puzzling but I have never discovered the meaning or origin of the stickers. I suppose a call to the State Patrol might yeild an answer but I thought I’d see what you all make of it first.
I also have a question related to this, there are many deer crossing signs in my area that have a red sticker placed on the end of the deer’s nose, to make him look like Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer.
How do people find the opportunity to do that? Surely the highway patrol doesn’t do this, but I’ve never seen a car pull up to a sign and slap a sticker on it.
Anybody know anyone that’s done this?
Regarding the crown, a friend of mine is involved with a branch of the Society for Creative Anachronism and has said that some members of her branch do this. Their group’s symbol has an animal like that with a crown over it, and so they slap crown stickers - often in another group’s area - as a friendly “we’ve been through here” symbol. Sorry, I can’t remember the name of the particular SCA branch that she’s in. She lives in the southwestern US, and I know they’re organized by region though.
Follow-up to my last post: the SCA “kingdom” (regional group) called Kingdom of the Outlands has in its heraldry symbol a white hart/deer leaping, with a crown over it.
Thanks for the input. I looked a the Kingdom of the Outlands web page and the region they serve CO NM NE and WY explains my exposure as I am a resident of Colorado. The emblems on their page is green and yellow witch lend additional creedance to the therory. Thanks again, Alan