# King, possibly French, with hunting grounds for women. **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [June 22, 2010, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/king-possibly-french-with-hunting-grounds-for-women/544140 "2010-06-22T17:43:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Laudenum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Laudenum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Laudenum)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2010, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/king-possibly-french-with-hunting-grounds-for-women/544140/1 "2010-06-22T17:43:29Z")
I read something, somewhere, which stated that there was a French (I think) King who had a preserve where he and his friends ‘hunted’ nubile young women. 1. Is this true. 2. Did they literally run them down and trap them etc, or just bang them outside. 3. Were they willing. ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2010, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/king-possibly-french-with-hunting-grounds-for-women/544140/2 "2010-06-22T18:36:32Z")
Sounds like a Dolcett story. **VERY NSFW** ---
**Author:** ![Laudenum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Laudenum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Laudenum)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2010, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/king-possibly-french-with-hunting-grounds-for-women/544140/3 "2010-06-22T22:58:15Z")
> [@Quartz](#): > > Sounds like a Dolcett story. **VERY NSFW** Do I dare Google it even? ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2010, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/king-possibly-french-with-hunting-grounds-for-women/544140/4 "2010-06-22T23:14:22Z")
> [@Laudenum](#): > > Do I dare Google it even? Not at work. 🙂 I did and left quickly. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2010, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/king-possibly-french-with-hunting-grounds-for-women/544140/5 "2010-06-22T23:24:20Z")
:: googles :: Consensual cannibalism and erotic horror. How charming! :: runs away :: ---
**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2010, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/king-possibly-french-with-hunting-grounds-for-women/544140/6 "2010-06-23T00:24:03Z")
At my last job someone was looking for the phone number of someone named dolcett. I _told_ them not to google it. :eek: They did, and got in trouble with IT, until they were able to show them paperwork with the phone number missing, and that they were googling for the phone number. ---
**Author:** ![Zany\_Zeolite\_Zipper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/4af34b/32.png) [@Zany\_Zeolite\_Zipper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zany_Zeolite_Zipper)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2010, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/king-possibly-french-with-hunting-grounds-for-women/544140/7 "2010-06-23T02:49:08Z")
Thank you Dope. It has been a long time since I’ve learned of a new fetish. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2010, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/king-possibly-french-with-hunting-grounds-for-women/544140/8 "2010-06-23T02:50:49Z")
> [@Zany\_Zeolite\_Zipper](#): > > Thank you Dope. It has been a long time since I’ve learned of a new fetish. Yeah, I figured Rule 34 took care of everything. But when it’s things you literally have never imagined before… :eek: ---
**Author:** ![APB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8e8cbc/32.png) [@APB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/APB)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2010, 11:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/king-possibly-french-with-hunting-grounds-for-women/544140/9 "2010-06-24T11:04:05Z")
> [@Laudenum](#): > > I read something, somewhere, which stated that there was a French (I think) King who had a preserve where he and his friends ‘hunted’ nubile young women. [QUOTE=Quartz] Sounds like a Dolcett story. VERY NSFW [/QUOTE] Or the opening sequence of [_Carry On Henry_](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0066894/). Which is entirely SFW. ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2010, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/king-possibly-french-with-hunting-grounds-for-women/544140/10 "2010-06-24T12:42:25Z")
I think I’ve heard that story as being about Henri II and that it was a “hide and seek” game rather than a literal hunt. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2010, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/king-possibly-french-with-hunting-grounds-for-women/544140/11 "2010-06-24T12:45:54Z")
Has it really been that long since we discussed the **Bambi Hunt Hoax** : > **[Hunting for Bambi](https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/hunting-for-bambi/)** > > Has a Las Vegas business conducted hunts of naked women by paying customers armed with paintball guns? By the way – i don’t see why this should be a hoax. Now that the idea is out there, I wouldn’t be surprised if there have been plenty of these, only carried out on friendlier terms. Maybe using Nerf guns or water balloons. ---
**Author:** ![Laudenum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Laudenum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Laudenum)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2010, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/king-possibly-french-with-hunting-grounds-for-women/544140/12 "2010-06-24T14:32:37Z")
> [@Nava](#): > > I think I’ve heard that story as being about Henri II and that it was a “hide and seek” game rather than a literal hunt. It could well have been Henry II ---
**Author:** ![NinetyWt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/cc9497/32.png) [@NinetyWt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinetyWt)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2010, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/king-possibly-french-with-hunting-grounds-for-women/544140/13 "2010-06-24T22:41:23Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > Now that the idea is out there, I wouldn’t be surprised if there have been plenty of these, only carried out on friendlier terms. Maybe using Nerf guns or water balloons. I don’t think chicks would like being shot in the boob by a Nerf gun any better than they would by paintball guns. I know paintball guns are worse - can make bruises - but still… eesh. Makes my boobs hurt just thinking about it. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2010, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/king-possibly-french-with-hunting-grounds-for-women/544140/14 "2010-06-24T23:03:50Z")
> [@Laudenum](#): > > It could well have been Henry II It’s good to be the king! ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2010, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/king-possibly-french-with-hunting-grounds-for-women/544140/15 "2010-06-25T01:03:00Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > Has it really been that long since we discussed the **Bambi Hunt Hoax** : > > [Hunting for Bambi | Snopes.com](http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/outrage/bambi.asp) > By the way – i don’t see why this should be a hoax. Now that the idea is out there, I wouldn’t be surprised if there have been plenty of these, only carried out on friendlier terms. Maybe using Nerf guns or water balloons. But snopes still calls it a hoax if the idea produces ostentation like that. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2010, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/king-possibly-french-with-hunting-grounds-for-women/544140/16 "2010-06-25T02:03:14Z")
> [@](#): > > I don’t think chicks would like being shot in the boob by a Nerf gun any better than they would by paintball guns. I know paintball guns are worse - can make bruises - but still… eesh. Makes my boobs hurt just thinking about it. > > * * * Who says it has to be in the boob? ---
**Author:** ![Rigamarole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2010, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/king-possibly-french-with-hunting-grounds-for-women/544140/17 "2010-06-25T02:04:33Z")
> [@NinetyWt](#): > > I don’t think chicks would like being shot in the boob by a Nerf gun any better than they would by paintball guns. They sure will if you pay 'em. You’ve seen porn before, right? 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2010, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/king-possibly-french-with-hunting-grounds-for-women/544140/18 "2010-06-25T03:01:04Z")
Assuming that there is such a story, I could see it being based on May Day where, rumor has it, everyone would essentially head out into the hills and have sex. I believe there may have been some amount of chasing involved, but more like tag than hunting. Looking through the page of May Day on the Wikipedia, Charles IX is specifically mentioned in relation to the holiday, and under his page it’s noted that he wrote a book on hunting. Possibly these things all got mixed up into one? ---
**Author:** ![Deeg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/deeg/32/2955_2.png) [@Deeg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Deeg)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2010, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/king-possibly-french-with-hunting-grounds-for-women/544140/19 "2010-06-25T15:59:09Z")
> [@NinetyWt](#): > > I don’t think chicks would like… One could say that about all sorts of crazy things that chicks do. Get a large enough population and you can find someone for just about anything. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2010, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/king-possibly-french-with-hunting-grounds-for-women/544140/20 "2010-06-25T16:51:54Z")
> [@Deeg](#): > > One could say that about all sorts of crazy things that chicks do. I would imagine wealthy males to crazier things. 🙂 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/king-possibly-french-with-hunting-grounds-for-women/544140.md?page=2)