Phrase that was commonly used by Idahoans in the late 1970'
s to refer to the Californians that were ascending on
Idaho. Neither the practice nor the term
will likely come back into vogue as there are now more Californians in
Idaho - look at Coeurdifornia for instance - than there are Idahoans. Gut-shooting may not be legal, but many of them off themselves when they become fatalities on the Goat Trail, Idaho's Highway 95 and one of the nation's 9 deadliest highways.