Jest Shoot Em

Sometimes things happen that looked like a good idea when you started but just didn’t end that way, with that said I’m going to pick on my brother in law just a bit but only because I know he can handle it.

Robbie my little Sister Melinda’s husband, a few years back found that a skunk was out in their front yard, so not wanting any of the animals or kids to get sprayed he decided to get the skunk out of the yard, I am not exactly sure how he was going to get this done but end result was the skunk running up underneath the front porch.

Rob got the bright idea to shoot the skunk and remove it after the dirty deed was done, so armed with his rifle and their son Alan standing behind his Dad’s decision by holding the flashlight, stood “Way Behind” and threw a little light on the subject, taking a .22 rifle Rob took a shot under the porch killing the skunk dead as a doornail, but not before leaving a little gift for everyone, no more worries of the kids or animals being sprayed as Rob had taken one for the team so to say, he removed the spray out of the skunk right then and there and also underneath the door they use to go in and out of the house, my Sister said it took weeks for the smell to go away but the nickname “Rob The Skunk Hunter” remains today.

About a week ago Melinda and Rob were coming home after dark and she spotted what appeared to be a skunk running across the road into their horse pasture which has a creek running through it, Rob sprang into Skunk Hunting mode and grabbed his new weapon of choice (a flashlight) and went after the skunk, I want to give Rob credit for learning from his past mistakes, as you have a whole lot less chance of being sprayed when you observe a skunk from a distance with a flash light rather than up close and personal with a .22