Troy Gentry Sentenced for Killing Bear

[borzoimom]

Up here, penalities are really stiff from poaching bears. ( gall bladders specifically..). If he were in Virginia- he would not be slapped on the wrist- he would be decked!

[Daisy and Delilah]

The punishment seems to be a "made up piece of business", if you will. Just a little slap on the wrist to make the public believe that justice has been served. All carefully orchestrated perhaps? Whatever it takes to not upset Mr. Gentry too bad. It's an attempt to make us think he's paying the consequences for this unspeakable deed.

No matter what the purpose or intent was, I see it's affected their stature in the country music business, or, maybe in the music business in general. Maybe not a huge impact but enough to, at least, decrease some of their sales.

Pam, I'm glad you verified that you've noticed a decline in the playing of their music. I'm not even sure what they have released since this incident. I was a huge fan of theirs but I have a very bad taste in my mouth over this. I hope others feel the same. I'm inclined to tell the truth about it. Whenever one of their songs comes on the radio, I cringe. We can only hope that we see more of a decline in their popularity after this sentencing has taken place.

borzoimom: It's a shame this didn't receive the maximum penalty allowed. I have a feeling that he possibly would have been given a lighter sentence no matter where he was. What a slap in the face the whole thing is. $15,000 is pocket change to him.

[CathyBogart]

It's not as much as he deserves, but I'm glad he got some punishment.

[mugsy]

With as much hunting as there is in MN, it doesn't really surprise me.

As for Montgomery Gentry, I think they are now solo. I don't watch or listen to much country anymore, but, I did see a video with Eddie Montgomery by himself.