Governor Rick Perry Shoots Coyote – Continues Jog
Posted by Jim Hoft on Wednesday, April 28, 2010, 7:21 AM
What’s not to like?
Governor Rick Perry (R-TX) shot a coyote that went after his dog during a jog in February.
Governor Perry gives lessons to Larry from California at a campaign shooting event in January. (UrbanGrounds)
CBS News reported:
Pistol-packing Texas Gov. Rick Perry has a message for wily coyotes out there: Don’t mess with my dog.
Perry told The Associated Press on Tuesday he needed just one shot from the laser-sighted pistol he sometimes carries while jogging to take down a coyote that menaced his puppy during a February run near Austin.
Perry said he will carry his .380 Ruger – loaded with hollow-point bullets – when jogging on trails because he is afraid of snakes. He’d also seen coyotes in the undeveloped area.
When one came out of the brush toward his daughter’s Labrador retriever, Perry charged.
“Don’t attack my dog or you might get shot … if you’re a coyote,” he said Tuesday.
Perry, a Republican running for a third full term against Democrat Bill White, is living in a private house in a hilly area southwest of downtown Austin while the Governor’s Mansion is being repaired after a 2008 fire. A concealed handgun permit holder, Perry carries the pistol in a belt.
“I knew there were a lot of predators out there. You’ll hear a pack of coyotes. People are losing small cats and dogs all the time out there in that community,” Perry said.
“They’re very wily creatures.”
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bill-tb commented:
I lived in the wilds of Colorado and it was common place to shoot coyotes. It seems that removing the pest animals, you got money for the pelts, kept the bears away.
Babsy commented:
Remember that Austin is wild, too. Way too many liberals there!
Mark1957 commented:
Outrage from PETA in 3-2-1……..
Valerie commented:
He tried yelling first, and the coyote didn’t run? That animal may have been sick. They do sometimes carry rabies.
dd5450 commented:
Fortunately, he was able to get a shot off before the coyote dropped the “Acme” brand anvil on his head.
Andreas K. commented:
Valerie
April 28th, 2010 | 7:48 am | #4
He tried yelling first, and the coyote didn’t run? That animal may have been sick. They do sometimes carry rabies.
Yup. Also shows that the animal was what we call a “Kulturfolger”, since it had no fear of humans. That makes them dangerous.
There was a case like that in Germany a few years ago with a brown bear (which was named Bruno by the media). The bear got close to human settlements and attacked sheep. He didn’t eat them, just killed them and left the cadavers behind without taking as much as a bite out of them. When a hunter shot him, the “animal rights” activists screamed murder, completely ignoring that the bear showed untypical behavior (no normal and healthy animal kills and leaves the cadavers behind) and thus was a danger.
In both cases the “evil” gun owners reacted properly. Says I as hunter, but according to “animal rights” activists I’m a murderer.
Auntie Em commented:
dd5450…LOL!
The ranch hands on our ranch growing up would rope the coyotes and see if they were sick. If so, they shot them. If not, they were free to go unless they were caught snooping around new calves. Then they got shot.
Judith L commented:
Here in North San Diego County, we have a “neighborhood” coyote who feasts on cats and small dogs. I encountered him one morning while walking my two Greyhounds. There was a mutual assessment from opposite sides of the street. Then, I swear, the coyote shrugged his shoulders and trotted off down the coyote path that runs along the top of our property.
Militant Conservative commented:
dd5450
April 28th, 2010 | 7:48 am | #5
I know a troll when I see one but for once you actually had good humor.
When I first heard the story I thought Perry had shot a Coyote (the human smugglers from Mexico) too bad.
It is TEXAS ya know. It’s a whole other country.
daryl commented:
A hungry coyote will have a pet cat or small dog
for breakfast, lunch or dinner any time there’s a chance he can take it easily, more quickly than a southeast asian immigrant.
Yeah, most Texans shoot them, (the coyotes). If we didn’t we’d be over run with them like we are with illegal aliens.
The coyote is almost as prolific a species as the illegals too, but not quite. They probably would be if we afforded them with free health care, food stamps and subsidized housing.
Foxfier commented:
There was a jogger killed by “coyotes” up in Canada recently. (some research and it turns out they were wolf-coyote crosses that also take down elk calves…)
Another cattle ranch kid here– we LIKE the coyotes. They clean up what afterbirth the mothers don’t get, keep the mice down and run if the cows think they’re too close or showing too much intrest in the calves. We’ve had to shoot more pet dogs than coyotes.
(Always with warning, unless they are actively drawing blood. One my mom tracked five miles cross-country to be told the dogs “hadn’t been out” that day. In spite of a big, muddy dog-print on the front door mat.)
LarryD commented:
The Detroit Red Wings just shot (down) a whole pack of Coyotes last night! GO WINGS!!
John commented:
Damn his hair looks good.
Perry
++
Jim commented:
My kind of guy who know the secret about “gun control” – hit your target.
gus commented:
Our Mayor here in Milwaukee got involved in a domestic dispute on the street last year. He had no security with him and he is anti-gun. He blames guns for crime. (stupid Libtard). In fact WISCONSIN is one of 2 states that has ZERO ZERO, CCW permits.
Our Mayor is about 6’5″ and a big guy.
A perp severely broke the Mayors hand, scarred his face permanently and knocked out several of the Mayors teeth.
Our Mayor is a moron.
gus commented:
Militant Conservative. Is your powder wet today??
the Boodge commented:
This story doesn’t make Rick Perry a cooler guy now! He sucks a governor and has broke a majority of his promises! He talks a tough game, but does little to act on it!
czekmark commented:
boodge, you aren’t a Texan are you?
daryl commented:
“He sucks a governor and has broke a majority of his promises!”
Well I guess that always leaves you with Barney Frank. I hear he doesn’t differentiate between the governing class and the governed in that department. And how is that hopey, changey thing going with obama? Any luck there or has that damned Michelle stymied your efforts there too?
retire05 commented:
Perry, perhaps, was sending a message to the two legged type coyotes; don’t mess with Texas.
And while there are some (the liberals who drive around with “Keep Austin Weird” bumper stickers on their Volvos) who may not like Perry, there is no denying that our state is doing better than any state in the nation with unemployment going DOWN last month.
Danny Green commented:
Probobably carying a new Ruger LCP, I’d like to know.
Paul_In_Houston commented:
There’s got to be some way of working the classic
“Your Honor, he needed killin’.”
into this.
11B40 commented:
Greetings:
The hollow points were a nice touch. Manly. Deader is better.
Peggy commented:
Don’t mess with Texas? How about “Don’t mess with Rick Perry.”
He is his own security detail. Think of the savings!
Jim Sweet commented:
Even though I’m Texas Republican, I’m not a Perry fan. But he did fine here.
The snake reason for packing is fine too, as long as you include the two-legged subspecies in it.
Ron Kerridge commented:
Like Jim Sweet, I’m a Texas Republican and not Gov. Perry’s biggest fan. But man alive, this is a great story. He’s unbeatable in Texas now, I warrant.
Old One commented:
The commietards in the Gay Bay will soon be organizing a boycott of Texas because Gov. Perry shot a cute coyote.
The unemployment rate in Texas dropped in part because the stampede of businesses leaving California for Texas must be creating a real recovery there as California melts down economically. Since 2006 the leftists in California have lost the state 1 million jobs.
I personally know of more than a dozen lifelong Californians who have fled the people’s republic of California for Texas in the last 2 years and all vow they will never return to the ruins of liberalism on the Pacific.
Steve commented:
I’m not confident this story happened as claimed. Why is the governor out for a jog without security? Jogging with a loaded pistol? The dog AND coyote stayed still long enough for him to get off a shot?
Not confident in this one….just sayin’.
Moemo commented:
I have had coyotes stand there looking at me for several minutes, but that always seem to be when I don’t have a gun with me. My problem is getting them to show themselves when I do have a gun handy.
AuntieMadder commented:
“They’re very wily creatures.”
That’s funny. And so is dd545′s comment:
tunately, he was able to get a shot off before the coyote dropped the “Acme” brand anvil on his head.
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daryl
April 28th, 2010 | 8:27 am | #10
ungry coyote will have a pet cat or small dog for breakfast, lunch or dinner any time there’s a chance he can take it easily, more quickly than a southeast asian immigrant.
Yeah, most Texans shoot them, (the coyotes). If we didn’t we’d be over run with them…
That is so true. I lived in an apartment very near DFW airport. There were fields on two sides of the complex. At night, they’d yelp, cry and howl (if you call that sound they make “howling”). My kitties, who lived indoors, would look at me with their eyes wide, their facial expessions saying, “Holy crap! Is that what goes on out there at night? Glad I’m in here with you.” A few of my neighbords told me about having to brake abruptly when driving on one of the roads between the two fields and the complex late at night. And the apartment management many times posted alerts to the residents to keep our pets inside and not to let them out on their own, especially at night and not even on the gated patios, to prevent them from falling victim to the coyotes.
The libturds from other states just don’t understand how much a danger coyotes pose to small dogs and cats – our pets – in Texas, even in Texas suburbs.
PS: I like Rick Perry. Unlike his hair, he’s not perfect but I’ve not yet known of any politician who is.
AuntieMadder commented:
Steve
April 28th, 2010 | 8:12 pm | #30
Why is the governor out for a jog without security?
He had security with him: his dog and his gun.
SR commented:
The real Terminator Governor, not like the phony we have in California.
Stuart commented:
“Coyotes are very wily creatures.”
You bet they are. The last one I tried to kill ran like hell until he was out of pistol range then just sat out there taunting me to try and hit him. I am a fair pistol shot but 125 yards with a 9mm is a bit of a stretch.