NUGENTS ARE FAN FAVORITES!
Nugent Receives Outdoors Industry Honors
By Chester Moore, Jr.
Texas Fish & Game Bowhunting Editor and outdoors industry legend Ted Nugent swept the people’s choice categories at the Outdoors Channel’s Golden Moose Awards Feb. 4 2008 in Las Vegas. Nugent and his wife Shemane won for Fan Favorite Hosts and their show “Spirit of the Wild” took Fan Favorite Hunting Series.
“It’s an honor to have been selected by the people as favorites and it’s not about me being a ‘rock star’. It is about connecting with the people at a spiritual and intellectual level and showing passion and enthusiasm for hunting, fishing and trapping,” Nugent said.
Nugent’s win was picked up by many mainstream press outlets and during his time in Vegas for the Golden Moose awards and corresponding Shooting, Hunting and Outdoor Trade (SHOT) show, he filmed a segment with television sensation Criss Angel for his top-rated A&E program Criss Angel: Mind Freak.
“The appearances on these shows are not about getting my name out there or for any kind of vanity but to represent to the public a fun, in your-face attitude about the lifestyle we all enjoy. I am proud to say I have used the fame I have as a bully pulpit to address the issues affecting the working hard, playing hard Americans and have never let up and I never will.”
Nugent also received the honor of being named to the Outdoor Life 25, the iconic magazine’s list of the people who have made the biggest impact in the outdoors industry.
"We started the Outdoor Life 25 because we wanted to recognize high-profile and grassroots individuals who have had the most positive impact on hunting and fishing," said Todd Smith, Editor-in-Chief of Outdoor Life in a press release about the awards.
“To be included with such visionary leaders in conservation and in various facets of this industry as Dick & Jim Cabela and Ray Scott is a huge honor and one I do not take lightly. The message that we do not have to apologize for collecting our dinner with bows and arrows, rifles and shotguns is taking root and has been at the core of my career for many years,” Nugent said.
“The ongoing war against the outdoors community continues and winning this amazing honor just gets me fired up more to continue to stand strong against the forces that would deny our God given rights as Americans.”