shoulda hadda gun

A Washington man was attacked Friday by three coyotes while he took his dog for a walk near an elementary school in the town of Kent, which is south of Seattle

The Seattle station reported that Faron Scarberry suffered bruises on his knuckles and scratches on his left arm in the attack and was forced to receive 26 rabies shots.

Scarberry was walking his dog- a puggle- when he was approached by the pack. One lunged at him and another took hold of his pant leg and started shaking.

Scarberry said the coyotes likely wanted to put his puggle on the menu, but he managed to resist the attack and the coyotes ran back under a fence.

Wildlife experts said this December is the time of year coyotes are out searching for their food. And coyotes eat just about anything.

• A “puggle” is a crossbreed dog, a mix between a beagle and a pug. Crossbreeds are all the rage these days, the puppies selling for designer prices, but just a few years ago they would have been called mutts and been free for the asking.  Not they they can’t be great dogs, or cute pets. It’s just a trend thing.
• Washington State is a “shall issue” CCW state, so this guy could have had a pistol in his pocket if he had wanted to. Well, assuming he wasn’t walking his dog right at the school; Washington has a Gun Free Zone for schools too.
• Coyotes sometimes hunt in packs. The packs can be larger than a dozen.

• Rifle cartridges like the .22-250, .220 Swift, .222 Magnum, or the .223 Remington are perfectly suited to hunting coyotes, from close up out to about 300 yards. If you found yourself attacked by a large pack of coyotes, an AR15 with a 30 round magazine would be about the best defensive firearm you could wish for. What the hell, ‘yotes are smaller than poodles, right?

Claudia Johnson and her kids frequently walk the area near where Scarberry was attacked. She said her cat was attacked last year in the same neighborhood.

“We kept our animals in for quite some time after that,” Johnson said.

Faron Scarberry, who lives next door to a school, wants to get the word out about the frightening attack before the wild animals strike again.

“They were coming around the bush and I guess they were going after my puggle.” Scarberry said.

Scarberry was walking his dog in in Kent near his home when the dogs approached.

“One of them lunged up towards me and I kind of pushed it away with my hand and its front claws scratched my hand and wrist,” Scarberry said. “Then one of the grabbed me by the pant leg and started shaking my leg so I just started kicking and hitting at them to get them off of me and they ran back under the fence.”

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“The elementary school is right at the back of our property and the kids walk here to and from school,” Scarberry said. “I don’t want any of the kids to get hurt.”

Posted by Drew458       on 01/11/2013 at 10:51 AM   

1. In Washington state the coyotes are a protected species in many areas so shooting them is a federal issue and a state crime.Nice Huh.

   Posted by Rich K       01/11/2013  at  03:08 PM