With a quick reassuring look at Buck, Commander continued. “This is how it will work. The “weekend warriors� will come out and pay their fee and be issued their gun with 10 shots. Once they are in their positions, Buck and his friends will go tearing across the field and the hunters who have paid a pretty penny for this shooting pleasure, will blast away at them.� “That’s awful!� I cried. “What if some one actually hits them?!� Commander gave me one of those blue-eyed looks, “Do we really look like dumb animals?� I chose not to answer that question. “The ‘hunters’ will be shooting with paint ball guns, for your information.� Commander explained to his dumb blonde cowgirl. “When they ‘hit a buck’ the deer will fall over and play dead. You know, on their back, all four hooves straight up in the air. Then that’s where you come in. You rush the hunter right down to the deer and with your good picture taking skills you record the hunter with his “kill�. Then the happy hunter heads home with his trophy photo and we release the buck to be shot again.� I’m not often speechless, but I could not think of one thing to say. After several minutes where 6 large animals eyed me intensely, the only thing that came to mind was, “I know you’re in this for the hay bucks but what’s in it for the bucks?� “Well, they’d like a little of that hard earned hay in the middle of winter for themselves and their does. And then too, they’d like to do their share to help get more bucks flowing in this stalled economy. They’d like to think it’s all
about passing the buck not killing the buck!â€? Commander stated then hesitantly continued. “The bucks do have one more request, though.â€? I didn’t know how this conversation could get any more crazy or what else this misfit of hoof lunatics could possibly request but I couldn’t contain myself and blurted out, “ What?! They want bigger guns so your advertising slogan can be “More Bang for Your Buck’?!â€? “Noooo,â€? Commander’s blue eyes gave me the dumb blonde look again. “The bucks just want to make sure that on our ‘Shoot and Release Course’, the paint guns shoot red, white and blue paint. As they fall to the ground, they want to go down in history with people knowing that The All American Buck stops here!â€? I turned away. I had to leave. But then I thought, if congress can’t buck up our economy any more, maybe the animals do have a better idea‌
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