Posted on 08/10/2015 4:20:28 PM PDT by GoneSalt
Take cover, Central Florida bears, the Motor City Madman is coming for you.
On the first day bear-hunting licenses became available in Florida, rocker Ted Nugent, known for searing guitar riffs and outspoken advocacy for hunting and gun rights, snapped up one to participate in the state's first hunt in more than two decades.
He is one of more than 1,100 people who have gotten permits so far, state wildlife authorities said.
State wildlife authorities began selling licenses Monday for the first bear hunt in Florida in more than two decades, but not everyone is happy about the bear hunts.
Nugent, a Detroit rocker whose hits include "Cat Scratch Fever," "Stranglehold" and "Wango Tango," also spoke out recently in support of Minnesota dentist Walter James Palmer, who killed a protected lion on a hunting expedition in Zimbabwe.
In a phone interview, Nugent said he has been following Florida's bear saga.
"Wildlife can only be one of two things: It can only be an asset or a liability," Nugent said, citing the spike in nuisance bears. "Currently the Central Florida bear population is a liability because it is not valued as the renewable resource that God designed it as..."
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Is bear meat edible? We’ve had deer on our acreage for all these 30 yrs. we’ve been out here; but we’ve never hunted them. I like venison; and have bought some that has already been hunted from a local game place. I just don’t have the heart to kill the ones on our place. They are spoiled & friendly to us - from a distance.
Ain’t he got enough bears up in Michigan?
Fla has too many bears as does GA. Nobody really wants to hunt them heavy anymore because who the heck eats bear meat? Only a few.
I have eaten bear numerous times. Much depends on how well the meat is taken care of. With game, you have to cool down the carcass immediately. It is very important in warm climates.
Well prepared bear has tasted much like good roast beef when I have had it.
You know he’s loaded for bear.
Is he using a rifle or does he plan on taking it with his 10 mm pistol?
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