It was pandemonium last night, as the defending Bowhunting Champion Team XX was received at a red carpet event held at the Ritz Carlton hotel.

TheXX arrived with their full entourrage oftwenty matching blackcamoHummerLimousines. The paparazzi was everywhere. Publicists from ESPN, the Enquirer, Howard Stern, HNIand the Associated Press were on hand. This was clearly THE official launch of the 2006 Bowhunting Contest.

Team XX Captain, Shed33, was the first to grace the red carpet. Flash bulbs were popping as he strolled down the rug, with his beautiful wife in his arm. He posed briefly for photos.

TheChampswere donning customMossy Oak Break-Up Armani suits, with their matching World Championship Bowhunting rings. Team XX star huntersBOW HNT and Rybohuntershowed offtheir new scentlok cufflinks. TheDefending Champssmiled for a group photo as they boarded the buses, showing off their new, matching 24 karat gold bows.

After their royal reception and interviews with the press, theChamps feasted on venison and roast duck.

The Champs were all business afterward, as they boarded black, limo-tinted buses en route to their top secret whitetail training location. Armed guards set up a roadblock so that would-be spectators were unable to follow. At a glance, it would appear thatTeam XXis poised and focused to defend their title.

Whitetail deer across America quivered in terror as theTeam XXbuses pulled out of the Ritz parking lot. Onebucksaid that he was "loading up his family and moving to Mexico," becausestaying in the United States"is suicide."