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Bunny Hunt ‘08 was a huge success. Sure, we only came back with one half of a bunny, but we shot dozens. You see, in light of my dedicated interest in sustainable hunting, we implemented a new program which I call “Shoot and Release.” The premise is simple: we’re sportsmen and enjoy the thrill of the hunt, but we don’t need to take the bunnies with us. It’s the challenge we’re after, so after shooting the bunnies we simply let them go. We got the idea for “Shoot and Release” from the fishing tradition of “Catch and Release.” Of course, bunnies are quite different than fish. While fish swim away anxiously after release, bunnies tend to play dead. What jokesters.

One of the great aspects of hunting is how close to nature it brings you. When we headed out, I figured there was only one kind of bunny, but in fact there are countless types of bunnies. It’s a good thing we practice “Shoot and Release” because bunnies come in a variety of sizes and shapes and some are quite large. One especially large type of bunny we shot had a long tail and short ears. This bunny must have been part of some type of study because it had a collar and name tag on it. We even saw one bunny that had ears that looked like they could have belonged to a human. And this bunny was huge! It was easily the size of a small child. We almost didn’t recognize it as a bunny, because it was wearing clothes.

The bunny we brought home was the “traditional” kind. My buddy got it with his 12 gauge tactical Mossman 500 from about five feet away. We found most of it. I insisted that he pose with his new trophy:

I believe, if you’re going to kill an animal, you should use all of it. We found a use for every part. Even the head. “What could we use the head for?” you ask. Well, we stuck it on a stake as a warning to the other bunnies. Bunnies, we will fuck you up.

My buddy, the infamous Sacramento Artist St. Ofle, has recently designed a shirt print that we felt was perfect in consideration of my upcoming Bunny Hunt. The genius of the design is the “two-sided” approach: one side of the shirt (the front) will show a bunny print and the inside of the front of the shirt will be the recipe, so that it shows through a little. Brilliant.

This weekend, for the first time in my life, I’m going hunting. Bunny hunting, to be specific. My fellow hunters and I figure that we’re men, and must do what men do best: hunt bunnies. (Still unsure what a bunny is?) So we’re going this weekend, and we’re bringing lots and lots of ammo.