LOGANTON, Pa. — Friz Konieczka's farm 75 miles northwest of Harrisburg is small but easy to spot.

It has the orange-striped steer, horses, goats and dog.

"Some people may say it's goofy. I don't think it is," said Konieczka, who paints his animals every bear and deer season to keep them safe.

The retired auto mechanic said his farm outside Loganton, Clinton County, is right next door to Bald Eagle State Forest, site of many hunting camps.

Konieczka, 52, said he has been painting his animals during hunting seasons for eight years, using a paint he said does no damage and brushes out.

Joseph A. Kosack, a wildlife education specialist for the Pennsylvania Game Commission, said he didn't consider it necessary to paint the livestock, but he didn't fault Konieczka for doing so.

"I can't believe a hunter can't distinguish between a deer and a dog or horse," Kosack said. "But you have to do what you have to do to protect your animals."

Kosack said hunting is prohibited within 450 feet of buildings, and reports of farm animals being shot are rare.

Konieczka acknowledged he hasn't had an animal shot, but said a horse was killed elsewhere in Clinton County during one recent deer season.

He a youth did jump out of a car with a shotgun three years ago during spring turkey gobbler season.

When Konieczka asked what he was doing, he said the youth replied, "I'm going to shoot one of those baby turkeys."

Konieczka said he left when told the birds were guinea hens.