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Message: <blockquote data-quote="guywhofishes" data-source="post: 49802" data-attributes="member: 337">[h=1]Hunting show host charged with poaching in Alaska[/h]ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The host of the Sportsman Channel hunting show The Syndicate was charged Monday with poaching in northwest Alaska.U.S. Attorney Karen Loeffler said grizzly bears, moose, caribou and Dall sheep were illegally killed in the Noatak National Preserve, and some of the illegal kills ended up on the cable television show.Prosecutors charged a host of the show, Clark W. Dixon, 41, of Hazelhurst, Miss., with two felony violations of the Lacey Act.Dixon  is charged with taking a grizzly bear for a  fee in 2010 without being a  licensed and registered big game hunting guide. He's also charged with  conducting an illegal outfitting operation since 2009.Two production companies and another individual were cited for filming and airing video without a commercial permit.Sportsman Channel spokesman Tom Caraccioli says the channel has no comment.Several  personalities associated with Alaska-based reality or outdoors  television shows have had brushes with the law, including former rock  star and gun rights advocate Ted Nugent.In  2012, Nugent paid a $10,000 fine and was placed on two years' probation  for transporting a black bear he illegally killed. The kill occurred in  2009 during a bow hunt that had been filmed for Nugent's Outdoor  channel television show Spirit of the Wild.Another star, former Miami Dolphins running back Larry Csonka, was fined $5,000 in 2006 for filming his North to Alaska cable television outdoor show on National Forest Service land without obtaining a special use permit.More recently, Jim West, a hunting guide who appeared on Animal Planet's Wild West Alaska, pleaded guilty last year to four misdemeanor hunting or guiding violations.And the family associated with the Discovery Channel's Alaskan Bush People  face residency problems on two fronts. The state has cited the six  family members for illegally applying for the yearly oil check residents  receive once they meet certain requirements, such as living in the  state for a certain amount of time each year. The family members also  face minor citations for not meeting residency requirements for resident  hunting and fishing licenses.</blockquote>

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