A few weeks back Granny and Papa mentioned to my boys that a raccoon had been spending its nights eating corn. After doing much research, they decided to get a trap to catch it. Well, last weekend they caught a skunk and Colby had to shoot it. This weekend the result was the same....another SKUNK!
It was the first time that I had ever seen a real skunk. Of course I knew they were nocturnal but I thought it would wake up with all the noise. Just imagine, 5 boys lob-- wait... if you have ever had 5 boys ages 11 to 5 together you will understand that all I needed to say was 5 boys and you can imagine the noise level ;o) The skunk didn't even budge. The debate was who was going to shoot it. 4 out of 5 boys wanted to take a shot, but fearing that they wouldn't have great aim, it was decided that the true hunter among us should shoot it..... Mark! Luckily he had great aim and killed it with one shot. He added another one just to be sure and Hayden added his BB just
as an insurance shot.
Now here is Papa creeping in to make sure it really was dead.....
And now with the trophy kill.....
Surprisingly it didn't stink at all, but maybe I just stayed far enough back that I couldn't smell anything. The kids said it did and I think a few of them were tearing up because of the smell. All 8 boys including Sal, Mark and Papa were impressed with the kill. Granny was glad to have the predator gone, I was enjoying watching the boys get so excited, Jessica was saying "ewww, gross" and Em and Liv were too busy modeling to pay attention.
We were also able to go on 2 quad rides with the kids. I was impressed with Cole who rode the 8 mile trail all by himself. It was a bit scary at first but coming down the mountain he was riding like a champion. We are thankful to be able to make memories with our family and friends. Thanks too to Granny and Papa for always letting us stay at their "bed and breakfast."
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