Buck’s First Press Conference

• What's Up?

  Nothing. You?

• Why Do People Call You Buck?

  Other descriptive words were taken.

• Where do you buy your hunting clothes?

  In the early days, a good tailor in Nairobi could turn a safari set out in three days. Now, the sales rack at Fleet Farm®.

• Do fishermen tell the truth?

  Not in recent memory. Ice fishermen – never.

• How about hunters?

  Yah, sure, you betcha, much like auto body shops doing an estimate.

• Does Minnesota really have 10,000 lakes?

  Five for sure. Red Rock, Leven, Spider, Little Pine, Big Pine.

• Where is Big Babe Lake?

  Northernmost Minnesota, a few portages north of the big lake with small fish that starts with the letter M, just below the border of a vast, largely uninhabited country with expensive plywood.

• Do most women hunt, fish, shoot, cook better than men?

  Yes.

• What’s the best use of a Jeep Grand Cherokee?

  As a planter. Cut below the door window.

• What is your favorite headgear?

  For formal occasions a red Stormy Kromer®. For cold weather goose hunting and in-law reunions—a Sleeping Indian® Northbound Hat.

• What day do you think the wrecked car in the middle of the lake will break through the ice?

  The Friday just after Thursday.