I saw Ted last month at the Belly Up in Aspen which seats about 200 people so I was 5 feet away. It was awesome.
Ted bellowed out that he had a permit for the 1st Amendment "right here" and whipped out his middle finger for the audience.
He's legitimately passionate and a smart guy. He's not going to convince a lot of fence-sitters but he certainly irritates the anti-gunners and anti-hunters, which is just fine with me.
As for the poaching convictions - I educated myself on the specifics. It seems more sloppy hunting and not paying close attention to regs than what we think of as poaching (he wasn't blasting elk calves in the middle of the night).
None of us are angels.
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