A young ranch couple in Northern Nevada , Homer and Uvelda (who happened to be a little slow), got married and just couldn’t seem to get enough lovin’. In the morning, before Homer left the house for the fields, they made love. When Homer came back from the fields, they made love. And again at bedtime, they made love.

The problem was their nooner; it took Homer a half hour to get to the home place and another half hour to get back to the fields, and he just wasn’t getting enough work done. Finally Homer asked the town doctor what to do.

“Homer,” said the doctor, “just take your rifle out to the field with you and when you’re in the mood, fire off a shot into the air. That will be Uvelda’s signal to come out to you. Then you won’t lose any field time.”

They tried Doc’s advice and it worked well for a while. Homer came back to the doctor’s office.

“What’s wrong?” asked the Doc. “Didn’t my idea work?”

“Oh, it worked real good,” said Homer. “Whenever I was in the mood, I fired off a shot like you said and Uvelda’d come a-runnin’. We’d find us a secluded place, make love, and then she’d go back home again.”

“That’s wonderful, Homer. So what’s the problem?” asked the Doc.

“I ain’t seen her since huntin’ season started.”