Texas gov. shoots, kills 'wily' coyote during jog

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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.
"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."
On this particular morning, Perry said, he was jogging without his security detail shortly after sunrise.
"I'm enjoying the run when something catches my eye and it's this coyote. I know he knows I'm there. He never looks at me, he is laser-locked on that dog," Perry said.
"I holler and the coyote stopped. I holler again. By this time I had taken my weapon out and charged it. It is now staring dead at me. Either me or the dog are in imminent danger. I did the appropriate thing and sent it to where coyotes go," he said.
Perry said the laser-pointer helped make a quick, clean kill.
"It was not in a lot of pain," he said. "It pretty much went down at that particular juncture."
Texas state law allows people to shoot coyotes that are threatening livestock or domestic animals. The dog was unharmed, Perry said.
Perry's security detail was not required to file a report about the governor discharging a weapon, said Department of Public Safety spokeswoman Tela Mange.
"People shoot coyotes all the time, snakes all the time," Mange said. "We don't write reports."
The governor left the coyote where it fell.
"He became mulch," Perry said.

Don't mess with Texas

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"He became mulch," Perry said.

This absolutely cracked me up!!!!!!!!

It reminds me of a song by Ray Wylie Hubbard .. SCREW YOU, WE'RE FROM TEXAS

The bunny/coyote huggers didn't take long to jump on this either. They are sending him a whistle so he won't have to murder the next coyote.

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WildEarth Guardians, a wildlife protection group in Denver, offered to pay for a class in assertiveness training for Perry because of his “slaying of a song dog.” The group also offered the governor an alternative to the pistol.

“With all due respect to his manhood, 90-pound women in tennis shoes effectively scare 30-pound coyotes away with a sharp shout,” said group spokeswoman Wendy Keef­over-Ring in a news release. “We're sending Governor Perry a plastic whistle so he can leave his gun at home.”

Ms Keefover-Ding: "Kiss My Whistle"

Go Gov.!!

Bob

I agree Bob! Ms. Keefover-Ring needs to take her whistle and go pound sand!!!

What's a song dog?

make texas the "new" washington
just had their 7th execution
the gov packs heat and not afraid to
smoke a coyote!!!
how do they feel about illeagals?

Go Governor!!! Oxon, song dog is another name for a coyote, just like whistle pig is another name for a ground hog.

Tank the coyote loves dog on a rope, good stuff.

Isn't it an alarming indicator of how sad our politicians are as a whole that one stands out this much for doing what SHOULD just be a common sense reaction to that situation?

I hope he runs for president!

ddj

Shouldn't he have had an aide contact the local Fish & Game Department and come out to sedate this coyote? Anyway, why is the Governor carrying a weapon at all? It really disappoints me that Texas is still the Wild West where individuals were expected to rely on themselves. Don't you know that the kind,all knowing US Government will protect you? Oh,well, Texas always was a peoblem!

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I hope he runs for president!

No You Don't.

You know nothing about the man except for these grand stand plays he is pulling off right now.

This is the SAME person that wanted or wants to have the Trans Texas Corridor running to Mexico to make it easier for illegals to get into this country.

The man is out to keep his job as govenor no matter who he has to pander to.

He has done plenty of things that many Texans are not happy with, and his hold on the govenorship is tenious at best.

Odds of his getting re-elected are getting smaller as time goes along.

I'm thinking that California's governor doesn't carry when he jogs. Anyone want to bet against that?

LWD