ORIGINAL: Steve863
No, I'm not dissing him for it, I am only saying that it is a far cry from being something that is benefiting hunting on a national level which is what SKB2706 is somehow trying to make us believe with his articulate one sentence statements.
Nugent also appears regularly on talk radio programs nationwide and on nationally syndicated stuff like the Larry King Show and Politically Incorrect, probably speaking more on RKBA and in his capacity as a member of the board of directors of NRA than specifically about hunting.
No, I certainly never hunted with Fred Bear, although I have read a good many things about him. If at least some of the things I have read about Bear are true, then it would be a crime to mention him and Nugent in the same sentence in my opinion. If he somehow had the opportunity to hunt with Bear, it surely doesn't mean Nugent is of the same stature other than maybe in his own mind.
I don't think even the rather egomaniacal Nugent thinks he's anywhere near the same stature as Fred Bear. Based on what I've read, Nugent hunted with Bear a number of times, considered him a mentor, and greatly admired what Bear did for hunting in general, and bowhunting in particular. I don't see why someone would consider it somehow disgraceful for Nugent to quote things that Bear said.