Poaching Doesn't Rock: Ted Nugent Caught In Illegal Hunt

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August 18, 2010

Poachers are enemies of wildlife. They are “game hogs”—shooting animals out of season or shooting animals beyond legally established limits. They are “wildlife butchers”—shooting protected species and often using illegal methods of killing. They are motivated by greed and often a lust for slaughter.

Their victims are helpless wild animals, who just want to live free of molestation from humans. But wildlife watchers and lawful hunters are cheated by the actions of these people, too, since the poacher kills and depletes wildlife and denies opportunities for others.

The politically oriented hunting rights groups, such as the NRA, the Safari Club International, and the U.S. Sportsmen’s Alliance, offer mild protest of poaching. They offer anti-poaching bromides, but no real action to halt the slaughter of millions of animals by poachers. In contrast, The HSUS has an anti-poaching rewards program, offering more than $250,000 in rewards since 2008, and we are working with more and more state fish and wildlife agencies on the problem. We are also working with lawmakers to strengthen penalties to lock up poachers wherever they do their killing.

Some of the biggest hunting rights advocates have had their brushes with the law when it comes to illegal wildlife killing. This week, law enforcement nabbed a big buck within the hunting rights field: Rocker Ted Nugent pled no contest in a California court to poaching activities—baiting a deer and not having a properly signed hunting tag.

If Nugent were just some rank-and-file loudmouth, the court proceedings wouldn’t have stirred much attention. But Nugent is not only a long-serving board member of the NRA (15 years), he’s a self-styled voice for hunters across America. We’ve always thought he’s an embarrassment to the hunting lobby, providing an unceasing bilge of callous and crude beliefs and behaving in ways that are directly at odds with the self-portrait offered by hunters.

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[daylan b]

1. He should have been in Texas

Where baiting deer is legal and the way the vast vast majority of them are taken.

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2. Nah

We WANT to see the bastard caught. The poachers are the worst scum of the earth, and Ted Nugent is one of the worst offenders. Line up Kurt Russell next--he's pretty evil, too.

[daylan b]

3. I know, just commenting on the ethics of deer "hunting" in Texas

What most states call poaching is called the norm here.

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4. Ah.

I've heard there are very few refuges for sane people in Texas. Austin sticks in my mind, but nowhere else.

When people like Chuck Norris represent the "best" of Texans, it's a pretty sad thing.

[daylan b]

6. I can't imagine how boring it would be to live in a 'refuge' of people who think alike.

that's what the internet is for.

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7. Actually

it's mainly about having people around you that provide a support system. Many DUers are caught in "red-areas" which are overwhelmingly repugs, and to be a Dem under those circumstances is rather depressing.

[daylan b]

8. I wouldn't agree.

80% of my acquaintances here (South Texas, even the people who run as Democrats to get the Hispanic vote are closeted conservatives) are Republicans. I've always felt if a person cannot live with people they don't agree with and find value in them, they're only fooling themselves into thinking they're open minded.

If you can't discuss politics with people you don't agree with and still remain friends, the problem is you, not the area you live in.

[Duppers]

9. self-deleted

nt

[blogslut]

11. Neither Mr. Norris nor Mr. Nugent are Texans

They are transplants from Oklahoma and Michigan respectively.

[alfredo]

12. Ted was a pariah in Detroit. His taste for underaged girls

was well known there. Nobody wanted to be around him.

[JBoy]

5. Huh. Wrong on both counts...

[howaboutme]

10. Ted Nugent doesn't think like us

He is special. Once you become a celebrity where you have groupies and assholes paying you $50 to pester and ask for an autograph you never look at yourself the same.

We're not the same. We're the proverbial serfs who are expected to pay taxes and obey laws and subsidize these fxxxxxrs. Ted Nugent isn't the same as us, just as are the rest of those who reside in the celebrity Kingdom.