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Singer Gentry Sentenced in Bear Killing

Published: 2/27/07, 11:05 PM EDT



DULUTH, Minn. (AP) - Troy Lee Gentry, of the country singing duo Montgomery Gentry, has been sentenced to three months of probation and a $15,000 fine for killing a captive black bear. He also must give up hunting in Minnesota for five years.

Gentry pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor in November. Under a plea deal, he agreed to forfeit the bear and the bow he used during the hunt near Sandstone. The 600-pound bear has been part of a taxidermy display at Gentry's home in Tennessee. He was sentenced Friday.

The bear was killed in October 2004 at the 80-acre Minnesota Wildlife Connection. Owner Lee Marvin Greenly sold the bear for $4,650 and orchestrated the hunt, which Gentry videotaped and edited to make it appear the bear had been killed in a fair chase hunt, according to authorities.

Sounds like the making of a Top 10 Country Billboard Hit

Not that I am for filming stuff like that and acting like it is fair chase, but is killing a captive bear illegal?

what's the differance in shooting a tame bear and tame quail & pheasants???

Here ya go:

http://www.cmt.com/news/articles/153868 ... lines=true

Think they tried to pass em off as a wild bear to the authority's

MURDOC wrote:what's the differance in shooting a tame bear and tame quail & pheasants???

I'd say that it's the availability of quail and pheasants. I spoke with a guy last fall about getting some chukkar before I went to Kansas pheasant hunting so I could do a little upland training. (I didn't get to do it though) Anyway, he said they had something like 50,000. I seriously doubt there are 50,000 "tamie" bears available for hunting. Also this is just ONE guy with quail/pheasants/chukkar...there are probably 10 just like him in Mississippi alone.

just poking a little fun at them boys that shoot pen raised deer, pheasants, quail. They get out their digital cameras and take pics., and show topwaters what good hunters they are. I would say 80% of hunting shows on tv are like this, if you have ever hunted iowa pheasants , ms. deer & quail you would have to agree.

Same thing as fishing for stocked fish IMHO...as long as ya know what your getting, I dont really care