Michigan rocker and hunting activist Ted Nugent says he plans to get a Texas driver’s license soon. He said in a phone interview Wednesday that he officially will become a Texas resident in 2005, after moving his family to Crawford, Texas, about a year and a half ago.

The rock guitarist was at his Michigan house in Concord, near Jackson, during the holidays to prepare for his Whiplash Bash tour.

Nugent said he plans a New Year’s hunting excursion with Texas Gov. Rick Perry.

He said his son, Rocco Nugent, is excelling in the local schools and has done well in sports.

And the hunting in Crawford is great, too, he said.

“Right behind Rocco’s school is game! It’s a barbecue dream,” he said.

Nugent, who said he supports President Bush “100 percent,” said his new home is “right around the corner” from Bush’s ranch. Nugent said he is working with the Texas fish and game department, where he writes for a state publication on bow-hunting.

Nugent and his wife have started a “Hunters for the Hungry” program there that delivers venison and other game to those who need food, he told The Jackson Citizen Patriot.

The second episode of his VH1 TV series, Surviving Nugent, was shot last spring in Waco, Texas, not far from Crawford. Nugent said he will keep his Michigan property and rebuild the house next spring, returning for hunting and family events.