View Full Version : Texas gov. shoots coyote during jog
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100427/ap_on_re_us/us_governor_shoots_coyote
AUSTIN, Texas – 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.
I take back all the bad stuff I have ever said about Texas.
Utah Bob
04-28-2010, 09:38
A friend sent me this and asked what my governor did today.
I said, "Probably watched Sesame Street and drank some green tea".:(
Tatonka316
04-28-2010, 10:06
Utah Bob - my guess it was decaffinated green tea!:confused::eek::mad:
molon labe:lifter
We might be better off if he'd let the coyotes be and went after the den of polecats dug in around that sandstone swamp we built in Washington, DC.
Richard's $.02 :munchin
I was hoping he shot one of those "illegal border runner" coyote types.
If it was just an animal, shucks here in Cali, Nancy Pelosi could neuter a Grizzly bear with personality alone...
Utah Bob
04-28-2010, 16:02
Utah Bob - my guess it was decaffinated green tea!:confused::eek::mad:
molon labe:lifter
Yup. Decaf Organic green tea no doubt. Probably crooks his pinkie too.
TrapLine
04-28-2010, 16:52
I like how the report states that the governor carries his gun "loaded with hollow point bullets." When I carry my gun, I mean if I had one;), I would carry it empty so I could throw it at the "coyotes":rolleyes:.
incarcerated
04-28-2010, 23:13
....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....
Sounds like Presidential material to me.
You have my envy: all we've got is an actor.
And in breaking news, Texas Governor carries a .380 calibre pistol.. :D
And in breaking news, Texas Governor carries a .380 calibre pistol.. :D
Must've been a slow news day for the world - it's certainly not news here in Tejas. ;)
Richard
Must've been a slow news day for the world - it's certainly not news here in Tejas. ;)
Richard
Yeah, that was what I was getting at...would have expected a .45 ACP or something similar. :) But I can understand the .380 ACP for running/jogging.
ZonieDiver
04-29-2010, 07:53
Be careful Gov. Perry, or the next thing you know, this is how some group will be portraying you.
Yeah, that was what I was getting at...would have expected a .45 ACP or something similar. :)
He was a C-130 pilot in the USAF - there are reasons they don't let them handle anything bigger than a .38. :p Now his Texas Ranger PSD ffolkes are a different story...;)
Richard
About the only comment I have heard or read on the episode here in Texas is that it is illegal to hunt with laser sights in Texas. Considered unmanly.