Sleepy Eye, Minn. — Carrying a Beretta shotgun; Minnesota Governor Tim Walz On Saturday, the first day of the state’s pheasant hunting season, he trekked for three hours through tall, straw-like grass, but despite his efforts, he didn’t land a single shot.
“Some days are good and some days are great for pheasant hunting,” Walz said at the end of the day.
The governor’s friend and frequent hunter Scott Rall made the only kill Saturday. Recovering the bird’s remains was a top priority in the hunting party’s instructions, but they were unable to locate the bird in the bushes, which at one point had grown as tall as Waltz himself.
Many of the pheasants and animals emerged from the tall grass and straw and flew backwards toward reporters. At one point, Waltz seemed to hint at it. 2006 hunting accident In an incident involving former Vice President Dick Cheney, Cheney accidentally shot a fellow hunter in the face.
“Every joke the vice president has ever told has been about to be made on the spot, and so was I,” Walz said, motioning for his gun to be removed from a safe location.
“It’s too far away,” Walz said of the bird that came into view.
The governor participated in the hunt in his official capacity as governor, wearing Carhartt hunting chaps and an orange vest commemorating the annual season opener. Still, the effort was followed up with campaign efforts and came on the heels of recent campaign announcements that unveiled a new voting coalition of hunters, anglers and gun owners.
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The new coalition government will aim to emphasize Harris’ support for “traditional causes”.
Vice President Kamala Harris and Mr. Walz It’s starting to lean They continue to advocate for legislation such as universal background checks, despite the fact that they have recently become gun owners. In an interview with “60 Minutes,” Harris revealed that he owns a Glock. During the event In a conversation with Oprah Winfrey, the former prosecutor declared, “If anyone breaks into my house, they’ll shoot me.”
Walz told CBS News that the Beretta A400 he was hunting with was purchased at a time when he was shooting a lot of traps. He noted that the gun has a “kickoff.”
“So as you get older, your shoulders don’t hurt as much,” he said.
During a break to change hunting dogs, Walz ate locally sourced venison and Diet Mountain Dew. He mentioned Sarge, one of three black Labradors who led most of the hunt.
“Sarge came here and said I only worked two hours and these guys didn’t get a single shot,” he joked.
Walz, who grew up in rural Nebraska and frequently travels to farms and football games on the campaign trail, hopes to appeal to male and rural voters. According to a CBS News poll conducted in August, gender gap among voters likely to approach 2020 levels.
The poll found that 45% of likely male voters said they would choose Harris, compared to 54% who said they supported former President Donald Trump.
In the poll, women were more likely than men to think of Harris as someone who would “fight well for people like you.”
Mr. Walz previously boasted that he was the most elected candidate in Congress during his time in the House.
“I loved that Capitol shoot, but it was full of Second Amendment people who didn’t really know how to do it,” Walz said Saturday, recalling a previous photo shoot with fellow Minnesota lawmakers. So it was a little bit dangerous.”
When someone in the hunting party mentioned the Republican vice presidential candidate, Sen. J.D. Vance of Ohio, Walz asked, “Are those guys going to shoot?”
Trump doesn’t hunt. CBS News has reached out to Vance’s team.
The Trump campaign claimed in a statement that Saturday’s raid was “staged,” and Trump campaign co-chairman Chris LaCivita said Walz was “stumbling around trying to load his shotgun.” .
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