Now here is a story about some real macho hunting:


LAS VEGAS (July 17) - Outraged by a Las Vegas company that claims to offer men a chance to stalk and shoot naked women in the Nevada desert with paintball guns, women's groups and government agencies were scrambling to find a way to shut down such "Bambi" hunts.

"As soon as I found out about this, I called for an investigation," Las Vegas Mayor Oscar Goodman said. "Las Vegas is a place where anything goes, but this crosses the line if this is real."

Real Men Outdoor Productions Inc., insists it is doing nothing illegal and only providing another variety of adult entertainment in a city celebrated for sin.

But critics, some of whom maintain that the hunts may be a hoax to drum up publicity for sales of a "Hunting for Bambi" video, say it should be shut down.

The company has a Las Vegas business license to sell a $20 video of hunters chasing nude women through the woods as a spoof on hunting videos that feature men hunting deer.

That video was staged, Real Men spokesman David Krekelberg said, but it gave rise to the idea of hosting hunts with paintball guns and charging men $10,000 for such weekend tours.

Krekelberg said the company has so far hosted 18 "Bambi" hunts in undisclosed locations around Las Vegas. In each, a hunter faces off with two women dressed in nothing but sneakers, each of whom receive $1,000 and can earn up to $2,500 if they make it through the hour without being struck by the paintball, he said.

But Jodi Tyson, director of the Nevada Coalition Against Sexual Violence called the "Bambi" hunts offensive, dangerous and exploitative.

The world's largest paintball products maker, Brass Eagle Inc, has also protested the hunts.

The U.S. Bureau of Land Management is also looking into speculation that the hunts have taken place without permits on public property. About 90 percent of Nevada is owned by the federal government.

"In our patrol of the lands, if they're out there without a permit and we find them, we would cite them," BLM spokeswoman Jo Simpson said.

Krekelberg denied that any of the hunts had occurred on federal property, saying only that they occur on private estates in southern Nevada. He refused to say where out of fear of sabotage, noting that "there are nuts out there who would come in and throw a wrench in there."

He also asserted the women were not being mistreated, noting that they can wear goggles and helmets for protection if they wish.

Grandpa
I saw that story last week on the news. Personally, I think those guys have a lot more money then they do brains! In fact, I think that the girls that they are shooting fall into that same category. They said that some of the guys even had mounts made of the girls that they bagged. I wonder if they were skin mounts or just molds. I also wonder if any of those girls were "wild" or 'native". More then likely they were probably from one of those old "red light hatcheries"!

Cowlitzfisherman

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/paynter/131268_paynter18.html

I think its funny. Even the bambi web site is a real kick

so, uh, are you saying there is something wrong with chasing naked women???

or did your wife make you write that??

MACHINE GUN JUMBLIES FOR EVERYONE!!!

Metalhead Mojo

If I was paying a naked woman $1000 to $2500, it sure in the hell wouldn't be to pop her with a ball of paint! There is noting "wrong" about chasing naked women, but there is plenty wrong with ones head, if he has to pay $1000 to $2500 to do it with a paint ball gun!

You know the old saying; "Different strokes for different folks"! Maybe it would be funnier if the women would be hunter and the guy was the one running around naked. One very well placed shot and the game would be over. . . for him!!

Cowlitzfisherman

you know Cowlitzfisherman, there is such a thing as too much information

You think thats bad, its more like 5k if you are already in vegas and 10k if they fly you in. I wonder if anyone would pay me that much to chase me around naked and shoot me with paint balls.

Neurosis,

i used to wonder why you had a camel in your avatar...

so then you go and lose the camel...

cool beans on the jeep