The outfit that operated the Hunting for Bambi Web site in Las Vegas until it was run out of town by an angry Mayor Oscar Goodman has incorporated in Florida and applied for a business license from the city of St. Petersburg.

Real Men Outdoor Productions filed for incorporation in Florida on Aug. 14, two weeks before the company’s listed owner surrendered her city of Las Vegas business license.

Hunting for Bambi first came to the attention of public officials when local media reported that its purported creator, Michael Burdick, was advertising that men could “hunt” nude women with paintball guns for a substantial fee.

The claim turned out to be a ruse, officials determined, apparently so Burdick could sell a raunchy video of the supposed hunts.

He sold the videos out of a northwest Las Vegas home he shared with Lakana Campbell, whom he said was his fiancee. Burdick repeatedly hyped the videos and the phony hunts in the national media.

City officials came down hard on the couple; Goodman even threatened jail time.

By the end of August, Campbell had surrendered her business license. But the Web site remained in operation.

According to records from the Florida secretary of state’s office, Real Men Outdoor Productions, the company behind the Bambi Web site, incorporated there, listing an address in St. Petersburg. Pinellas County property records list the address as the home of Lawrence D. and Diana J. Burdick.

Also, according to the city’s Economic Development Department, Real Men Outdoor productions is trying to get a business license from the city to operate a retail business at another address. That address is listed in property records as a home belonging to William J. Burdick.

The application is pending, city officials said.

Because he was not listed on the Las Vegas business license, Michael Burdick was cited by city officials for doing business without a license. He has pleaded innocent and is scheduled to appear in court Oct. 14.