Troy Gentry shooting Cubby the tame bear

TimJ

TimJ

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A while ago we had talked about Troy Gentry (Montgomery Gentry) shooting Cubby the tame bear in MN and claiming it was wild. Well a few days ago he went to court and pleaded guilty to some state charges to keep from having federal charges. The $15,000 fine is probably doesn't matter to him much but he did lose his hunting and fishing privileges in MN for five years. I do wish he had gotten at least a weekend in jail but they never seem to get that.
I know in SD he can't hunt or fish while his privileges are revoked somewhere else. I hope other states are like that so he can't just stay out of MN and still hunt elsewhere in the USA.

His 'guide' pleaded guilty to two felonies. Not sure what he got but those felonies sure won't do him any good and rightfully so.

Tim
 
And a felony charge is supposed to prevent you from ever buying,owning or using a firearm....that probably won't happen..what about comitting a felony while in posession of a firearm? In Mi. it's supposed to be an automatic 2-3 year prison stay...mmmm-hmmm..don't hold yer breath.
 
At the risk of sounding stupid, whut did troy boy do that was illegal? He killed a tame bear, and claimed it was wild? Isnt that better than killing a wild bear illegally? Or for that matter, killing a wild bear at all? Who cares if a gay country music singer killed a bear and wanted to impress people with a story it was kill or be eaten, or be the great white hunter or whutever? Worst case, I see him as guilty of filing false papers... if its a tame animal he didnt break a single fish or game law.

I can forsee the arugement 'this give all hunters a black eye'. Well, I would have never guessed in a million years that dude hunted for anything but pants that didnt make his but look big. Who'd thunk he was hunter to begin with? Might give queers a black eye, pretty important with them wanting to get married and whutnot right now, but I think hunters are safe from being lumped with this guy. Jimmy Houston did a helluva lot more wrong than troy boy.

Hey, insert your own troy gentry hunting joke... bet he used an old single shot shotgun. Cracked it open and loaded it from the rear. bwhhahahaha. travis
 
Travis, not stupid at all.
Troy pleaded guilty to some state charges of improperly tagging (since he had a tag for a wild bear not a tame one) and not hunting where he said he was. The guide had a tendency to also use a refuge as his hunting grounds. The big thing is that once you break a game law and transport it across state lines it becomes federal. When it comes to bears and cats states and the feds are very touchy about lying and he did a lot of that. I believe there may even be a canned bear hunt law. There is a big black market for bear and cat parts, it is not taken lightly.
There are plenty of wild bears in the area he had a license for so there was no reason not to shoot one legally, other then he wanted a tame well fed one.

I don't know if he is giving anyone a black eye other then ignorant big game shooters who have too much money and not enough sense to think shooting a pet bear in the back yard of the guide is a bad idea. I'd call him a rich CS but that would be rude to all the other CS out there. I saw him hunt on a show and the most likely thing to be saved by him not hunting for a while is another hunter. He makes the VP look like a safety instructor.

btw I think Jimmy Houston is a pompous ass. He should have faced federal charges also but they must have felt it was worse to make him stay with his wife.

Tim
 
But he could still hunt tame animals correct? So really, since he likes to know the name of the animal he's pulling the trigger, its a fine (which money probably doesnt mean much to him) and no fair chase hunting, which he wasnt doing already.... Im not sticking up for him, I was just wondering why it'd be a game and fish thingy if its not a wild animal. Guess you answered the question bears being a touchy subject and all. Was disappointed you didnt have a gay bear hunter joke for me though... hehehe. travis
 
I believe, not positive, that the shooting of the tame bear in an enclosure is illegal in MN. I am quite sure that fenced in hunting in MN is regulated by the DNR, this was not a legit operation and that is where it starts to go bad. Since this guide is not suppose to be running this type of 'hunt' they had to tag the bear illegally to make it look good. You can't transport certain bear parts no matter what the source without a tag or something official that says where it came from.

I agree that it does seem odd that you can shoot bottle fed tame deer, elk and hogs in MN but with a bear it is nearly a federal case but that is the way the laws are. Troy, who goes on hunting shows claiming to be an avid big game hunter, should have known better.

I didn't even know Troy went that way...I'm still trying to figure out Michael Waltrip. I never can tell with you southern guys, you all sound a little gay to us northerners. :)

Tim
 
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Well..if Michael Waltrip is gay.....I'd like to keep his wife satisfied..hell..I wish I could satisfy MY wife...hold it...as long as I am satisfied..who gives a crap? Never mind....
 
maybe you could organize a troy gentry legal fund ice fishing tourney. A few hours in the shanty wif him might give you some insight. bwhahahahah.

Micheal Waltrip... dats funny i dont care who you are, that there is fun-ie. travis
 
or you'll be running a electric cord out to the dog house to hook your computer up to. Whats it worth, for me not to rat you out????? hehe
 
Dave, after 30 years of marriage....that would rate as one of the least things that I did to pisseroff.
 
Here you go Travis,

Frank buys a new rifle and heads to the woods to try it out. He sees a black bear and shoots it. Suddenly he feels a tap on his shoulder and turns to see a brown bear standing next to him. The brown bear says, "That was a bad idea Frank, I'm gonna give you two choices, either I have rough sex with you or I maul you to death. "Frank decides he's not ready to die and although he suffers terribly and takes over a month to heal he vows revenge against the brown bear.
A month passes andFrank heads out to the woods, finds the brown bear and shoots him dead. Frank's feeling pretty good about himself when he suddenly feels a tap on his shoulder. He turns to see a huge grizzly bear standing next to him. The grizzly says, "You know that was a bad idea Frank, I gonna give you two choices, either I maul you to death or we have really, really rough sex." Frank decides he's still not ready to die and decides on the latter of the two. Although Frank almost dies and it takes several months to heal he vows revenge against he grizzly.
Months pass and Frank again heads back out to the woods with his rifle, tracks down the grizzly and shoots him dead. Frank feels quite satisfied when suddenly there's a tap on his shoulder. He turns to see a huge Polar bear standing next to him. The Polar bear says, " Be honest Frank, you don't come out here for the hunting do you?"
 
bwhahahahahahha.

Have you heard the home depot story?

Went to the home depot saturday, and when i was walking to truck, 2 sexy gals skimply clad wanted a ride. When we got in the truck, they started kissing, first each other then me. The blonde started to work on me (humna humna humna). While she was doing that & I was occupied without a care in the world, the redhead stole my wallet.

My wallet was stolen saturday. The again on mon, tues, twice on thursday, and again on friday. travis
 
Geez, Travis...either you're working, or there ain't no ducks, as much as you're posting.

Howd'ya do this past weekend?
 
Skipped work friday, convinced my brother to skip as well. The good news, the mallets showed up. The bad news, wasnt but 4 of them. 3 of them got killed (the 4th didnt come to my side, or we'd have 25% higher kill!). How can 10 states dang near empty out, the snow line is 150 miles north of here, and we not have birds? This is the stuff dreams are made of, this was da perfect storm. id say the planets didnt line up just right, but doggone, now that pluto is out of the picture that should be easier to make happen! 8 hunts, and we've pulled 2 skunks already. Bad part is, most everyone is in the same boat. First 2 weekends, ya had them or you didnt. This weekend, almost nobody had them. We saw a few flight birds coming in sunday morning, but one of my guys went over yesterday and broke ice, and it was nothing but an exercise in breaking ice. Went to wapanocca friday morning (big nwr not far from where we hunt in earle) and saw 1/5th of the ducks we had before the season there. Different birds, they where mallards now, but not enough of them. My partner in como ms had a flight of freggin blue wings on his pond sunday morning! 40 degree temp drop, and bluewings show up? makes no sense. I saw a flight of 75 honkers sunday morning... Ive NEVER seen real honkers first weekend of decemeber. Never.

A friend is in central illnois this week... 6 inches of snow on the ground, water kept open with bubblers, and they cold smacked them yesterday. Why on earth would they stay? If it was dry here, id see it. Its not. Things are in good shape, we've had the weather, but they haven't done their part. travis
 
Well..if Michael Waltrip is gay.....I'd like to keep his wife satisfied..hell..I wish I could satisfy MY wife...hold it...as long as I am satisfied..who gives a crap? Never mind....
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Reminds me of a joke Lee. "How long does it take to bring a woman to orgasm?" Answer: "Who cares!!!"
 
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