[UA] Some more daily weirdness

[Matthew SPEIGHT]

sounds like the Hunter and the Merchant have come to terms...

Critics take aim at 'Bambi' hunts

Women's groups and government agencies are scrambling to shut down a
Las
Vegas company which claims to offer men a chance to stalk and shoot
naked
women in the Nevada desert with paintball guns.
The activity, dubbed "Bambi" hunting, costs clients $15,000 for a
weekend
tour.
The company, Real Men Outdoor Productions, insists it is not doing
anything
illegal and is only providing another variety of adult entertainment.
But critics, some of whom maintain the hunts are a hoax to drum up
publicity
for sales of a Hunting for Bambi video, say it should be shut down.
"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."
The company has a Las Vegas business licence to sell a 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 for such weekend tours.
Mr 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.
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, has also
protested against the hunts.
The US Bureau of Land Management is looking into speculation that the
hunts
have taken place without permits on public property.
About 90 per cent 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.
Mr 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.


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