Tuesday, April 24, 2012

Ted Nugent: Naughty Hunter

Ted Nugent is an avid hunter and is also a convicted hunter.  Two times convicted.
From the Reno Gazette Herald: 
Rocker and gun rights advocate Ted Nugent pleaded guilty Tuesday to transporting a black bear he illegally killed in Alaska, saying he was sorry for unwittingly violating the law.
“I would never knowingly break any game laws,” Nugent told the court. “I’m afraid I was blindsided by this, and I sincerely apologize to everyone for this.”
With his plea, the singer and avid hunter followed through with a signed agreement he made with federal prosecutors earlier this month.
Magistrate Judge Michael Thompson accepted the deal at a U.S. District Court hearing in Ketchikan. Nugent and his attorney participated by telephone.
Asked by Thompson if the agreement was clear, Nugent responded: “It is with me, your honor.”
According to the document, Nugent illegally shot and killed the bear in May 2009 on Sukkwan Island in southeast Alaska after wounding another bear in a bow hunt. The bow incident counted toward a state seasonal limit of one bear. Nugent and his lawyer, Wayne Anthony Ross, said neither of them knew about that law....
As a hunter, Nugent has run afoul of the law before.
In August 2010, California revoked Nugent’s deer hunting license after he pleaded no contest to misdemeanor charges of deer-baiting and not having a properly signed tag.
Nugent’s loss of that deer hunting license through June 2012 allows 34 other states to revoke the same privilege under the Interstate Wildlife Violator Compact. Each state, however, can interpret and enforce the agreement differently.
http://www.rgj.com/article/20120424/NEWS13/304240061/Ted-Nugent-guilty-illegal-Alaska-bear-kill-fined-put-probation?odyssey=tab|topnews|text|FRONTPAGE
I like Ted Nugent and some of his views but  I really don't care for his music.  And if you are going to have a hunting show, you probably should not violate the law, even if unintentional.  But you are also not much of a hunter if you have to bait deer.

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