Camo-Wearing Bow Hunters Marry in a Tree in Iowa

Anamosa, Iowa - An Iowa couple whose passion for bowhunting encouraged Cupid's arrow to strike wore camouflage to blend in with the wooded backdrop at their treetop wedding.

Forty-two year old Kim Silver dressed in a silk gown made by camouflage specialist Mossy Oak, and her 61 year old groom, Marvin Hunter, was dressed in camo shirt and pants at the Saturday nuptials.

They said their vows atop a tree stand hunting platform at the Anamosa Bowhunters Club in the state's northeast. The bride and groom occassionally punctuated the ceremony by firing arrows at targets.

Hunter said the couple had always joked about getting married on a tree stand. Silver said they hunt together so much that the camo wedding "just seemed like the right thing to do."

Aside from the fact that it involved people from "Iowa", this story captured my attention for a few reasons. For one, this hunter had the last name Hunter. You think this is his real name? Maybe that's why he became a hunter? Or maybe he changed it because obviously the single chicks at the hunting club would do anything to marry a guy with the last name hunter?? I'm guessing the last scenario is the case because, like it or not, your name says a lot about you. It's why you've never heard of a porn star named Stuart Little, why Curtis Jackson went with the improper grammar in his nickname (50 Cent for all you Wanksta's), and why all women's rights activists insist on a hyphenated last name. Kim Silver is weak. Kim Hunter....well that sounds like a gal that can kill a defenseless animal with the best of them. And you can bet your ass Kim ain't hyphenating nothin'. But why did she agree to dress in camo and get married in a tree? I get that these two love birds like to hunt together, but it seems a little over-the-top, right? That would be like me getting married in a pair of netted shorts (no underwear) on the couch during a re-run of Real Housewives of New Jersey. Or Simple Jack saying his vows to a napping Zulie. So Kim can stop with the dog and pony show about how the tree wedding was the "right thing to do." Just be honest and tell us you were in it for the last name and didn't want anyone but the priest seeing you kiss the old bag.