"...and forfeit both the stuffed bear and the bow used to shoot the animal in 2004..."

Note that the bear Montgomery Gentry took was killed with bow and arrow.

I don't like what he did, but anyone who thinks it is guttless to shoot a bear with an arrow, even if it is in a fenced range, should try facing a charging bear. I did and it ain't something I would recomend if you want a long and healthy life.

Part of the penalty was for claiming it was taken in a open range thus falsifying the tag.