A safari being promoted by Las Vegas producer Michael Burdick, on which men would be able to shoot women with paintballs at a cost of $5k and $10k, was actually a scam to sell Burdick's paintball video, "Hunting Bambi."

Burdick should have quit while he was ahead. As soon as we saw Oscar Goodman, the great mayor of Las Vegas (and former stellar criminal defense lawyer) on O'Reilly, promising to shut him down and charge him, we knew it would happen.

....Las Vegas officials investigated and found that the purported safaris were nothing but a hoax to promote the ''Hunting for Bambi'' videos that Burdick sells. The videos show nude women being hunted by men.

The footage in the videos ''was all staged,'' Mayor Oscar Goodman said Thursday. ''There were actors and actresses and there wasn't even the real shooting of paint balls.''

John Redlein, an assistant city attorney, said Burdick offered the hunts at high prices to discourage bookings, and told investigators his Internet site could not even accept credit card charges in the amount necessary to reserve a hunt. ''He's told us in great detail ... that it's a scam to sell videotapes,'' Redlein said.

Burdick is now charged with a misdemeanor, operating without a license.

Goodman derided Burdick for promoting "abusive, violent, assaultive behavior."Burdick could face six months in jail and a $1,000 fine. "He's going to be punished for it, "the mayor said. The summons accuses him of "advertising, promoting and offering for sale paint ball activity videos, paint ball hunts and merchandise,"and operating an Internet Web site" advertising his business through the media without the proper city license."

"It's a joke and a fraud,"Goodman said of the"Hunting for Bambi"enterprise that was touted by promoter Michael Burdick on a Web site and publicized nationally. "I'll do everything I can to see this man is punished for trying to embarrass Las Vegas as a result of a lie and a scam,"Goodman said.

Before admitting the safari was a hoax, Burdick had insisted that the hunts were real, even inviting a reporter to witness one. Sounds like Burdick got outfoxed by the good Mayor.