ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Rocker and gun- rights advocate Ted Nugent pleaded guilty Tuesday to transporting a black bear he illegally killed in Alaska.
With his plea, Nugent followed through with a signed agreement he made with federal prosecutors this month. The guitarist, singer and avid hunter apologized for his actions and said he would “never knowingly break any game laws.”
According to the document, Nugent illegally shot and killed the bear in May 2009 after wounding another bear in a bow hunt. The bow incident counted toward a state seasonal limit of one bear.
The hunt was filmed for Nugent’s Outdoor Channel show “Spirit of the Wild.” The document says Nugent agreed to pay a $10,000 fine and serve two years of probation, including a condition that he not hunt or fish in Alaska or on U.S. Forest Service properties for a year.
