Katharine Armstrong
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Katharine M. Armstrong is the former Chair of the Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission ([1]), a Bush Pioneer, ([[2]]), and the owner of the Armstrong ranch in South Texas where U.S Vice President Dick Cheney accidentally shot and injured another hunter, Harry Whittington, on February 11, 2006. (See Dick Cheney hunting incident.)
In 2000, Armstrong, along with then-husband Warren Idsal, pledged to raise $100,000 for the Bush-Cheney campaign. She is heir to the Armstrong fortune and daughter of Anne Armstrong, who was the first female American Ambassador to the Court of St. James's and a prominent Republican and Halliburton board member. She is a descendant of famed Texas lawman John Barclay Armstrong, who founded the ranch her family still owns, which is among the largest private tracts in the United States.
Armstrong routinely opens her ranch to hunters and hunting parties Both Cheney and Whittington had visited separately before the shooting. Armstrong stated that she witnessed the shooting incident, and her statements to the media indicated that Cheney and another hunter knew that Whittington was in the immediate area, going after a covey of quail. She also stated that Whittington failed to announce his presence while Cheney and the third hunter were shooting at a second group of quail, and that Whittington ended up between the hunters and the covey.
Armstrong's statements suggest that the injuries were minor. Whittington was 78 years old at the time of the shooting, and hit on the face, neck, and chest with shotgun pellets.
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