Ted Nugent to serve two years probation for illegal bear kill
By John Hendrickson | April 25th, 2012 | 1 Comment »Ted Nugent will pay a hefty fine and serve two years probation, but not for that whole talking-about-riding-into-the-battlefield-to-chop-off-Obama’s-head thing.
No, for the illegal transportation of a bear he shot and killed with a bow in Alaska three years ago.
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1 of 31Ted Nugent's machismo packed the Ogden Theatre while the Colorado sky cried for his rain dance in July 2011. Photos by Nathan Iverson, heyreverb.com.
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2 of 31Ted Nugent's machismo packed the Ogden Theatre while the Colorado sky cried for his rain dance in July 2011. Photos by Nathan Iverson, heyreverb.com.
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3 of 31Ted Nugent's machismo packed the Ogden Theatre while the Colorado sky cried for his rain dance in July 2011. Photos by Nathan Iverson, heyreverb.com.
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4 of 31Ted Nugent's machismo packed the Ogden Theatre while the Colorado sky cried for his rain dance in July 2011. Photos by Nathan Iverson, heyreverb.com.
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5 of 31Ted Nugent's machismo packed the Ogden Theatre while the Colorado sky cried for his rain dance in July 2011. Photos by Nathan Iverson, heyreverb.com.
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6 of 31Ted Nugent's machismo packed the Ogden Theatre while the Colorado sky cried for his rain dance in July 2011. Photos by Nathan Iverson, heyreverb.com.
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7 of 31Ted Nugent's machismo packed the Ogden Theatre while the Colorado sky cried for his rain dance in July 2011. Photos by Nathan Iverson, heyreverb.com.
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8 of 31Ted Nugent's machismo packed the Ogden Theatre while the Colorado sky cried for his rain dance in July 2011. Photos by Nathan Iverson, heyreverb.com.
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9 of 31Ted Nugent's machismo packed the Ogden Theatre while the Colorado sky cried for his rain dance in July 2011. Photos by Nathan Iverson, heyreverb.com.
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10 of 31Ted Nugent's machismo packed the Ogden Theatre while the Colorado sky cried for his rain dance in July 2011. Photos by Nathan Iverson, heyreverb.com.
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11 of 31Ted Nugent's machismo packed the Ogden Theatre while the Colorado sky cried for his rain dance in July 2011. Photos by Nathan Iverson, heyreverb.com.
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12 of 31Ted Nugent's machismo packed the Ogden Theatre while the Colorado sky cried for his rain dance in July 2011. Photos by Nathan Iverson, heyreverb.com.
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13 of 31Ted Nugent's machismo packed the Ogden Theatre while the Colorado sky cried for his rain dance in July 2011. Photos by Nathan Iverson, heyreverb.com.
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14 of 31Ted Nugent's machismo packed the Ogden Theatre while the Colorado sky cried for his rain dance in July 2011. Photos by Nathan Iverson, heyreverb.com.
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15 of 31Ted Nugent's machismo packed the Ogden Theatre while the Colorado sky cried for his rain dance in July 2011. Photos by Nathan Iverson, heyreverb.com.
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16 of 31Ted Nugent's machismo packed the Ogden Theatre while the Colorado sky cried for his rain dance in July 2011. Photos by Nathan Iverson, heyreverb.com.
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17 of 31Ted Nugent's machismo packed the Ogden Theatre while the Colorado sky cried for his rain dance in July 2011. Photos by Nathan Iverson, heyreverb.com.
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18 of 31Ted Nugent's machismo packed the Ogden Theatre while the Colorado sky cried for his rain dance in July 2011. Photos by Nathan Iverson, heyreverb.com.
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19 of 31Ted Nugent's machismo packed the Ogden Theatre while the Colorado sky cried for his rain dance in July 2011. Photos by Nathan Iverson, heyreverb.com.
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20 of 31Ted Nugent's machismo packed the Ogden Theatre while the Colorado sky cried for his rain dance in July 2011. Photos by Nathan Iverson, heyreverb.com.
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21 of 31Ted Nugent's machismo packed the Ogden Theatre while the Colorado sky cried for his rain dance in July 2011. Photos by Nathan Iverson, heyreverb.com.
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22 of 31Ted Nugent's machismo packed the Ogden Theatre while the Colorado sky cried for his rain dance in July 2011. Photos by Nathan Iverson, heyreverb.com.
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23 of 31Ted Nugent's machismo packed the Ogden Theatre while the Colorado sky cried for his rain dance in July 2011. Photos by Nathan Iverson, heyreverb.com.
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24 of 31Ted Nugent's machismo packed the Ogden Theatre while the Colorado sky cried for his rain dance in July 2011. Photos by Nathan Iverson, heyreverb.com.
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25 of 31Ted Nugent's machismo packed the Ogden Theatre while the Colorado sky cried for his rain dance in July 2011. Photos by Nathan Iverson, heyreverb.com.
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26 of 31Ted Nugent's machismo packed the Ogden Theatre while the Colorado sky cried for his rain dance in July 2011. Photos by Nathan Iverson, heyreverb.com.
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27 of 31Ted Nugent's machismo packed the Ogden Theatre while the Colorado sky cried for his rain dance in July 2011. Photos by Nathan Iverson, heyreverb.com.
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28 of 31Ted Nugent's machismo packed the Ogden Theatre while the Colorado sky cried for his rain dance in July 2011. Photos by Nathan Iverson, heyreverb.com.
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29 of 31Ted Nugent's machismo packed the Ogden Theatre while the Colorado sky cried for his rain dance in July 2011. Photos by Nathan Iverson, heyreverb.com.
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30 of 31Ted Nugent's machismo packed the Ogden Theatre while the Colorado sky cried for his rain dance in July 2011. Photos by Nathan Iverson, heyreverb.com.
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31 of 31Ted Nugent's machismo packed the Ogden Theatre while the Colorado sky cried for his rain dance in July 2011. Photos by Nathan Iverson, heyreverb.com.
As reported by the Associated Press, “Nugent must pay a $10,000 fine and serve two years of probation, including a special condition that he not hunt or fish in Alaska or on U.S. Forest Service properties for a year.”
Sorry, Ted. Might be a while before we see another gem like this:
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John Hendrickson is the managing editor of Reverb and an award-winning journalist at The Denver Post. Follow his rants on music and more on Twitter.
