Show The Pleasure of Skunk Hunting V Veteran teran Explains ls Methods Which Enable Him to Gather la In the Little Midnight Prowler Some Prowler Some Risk Atten dant Upon Pursuit of This Sport A man who is in the habit of hunting hunting hunting hunt hunt- ing skunks says You want to know how I kill km skunks without getting scented I 1 put on an old ld suit so if I 1 do get a little little little lit lit- tle dose It wont won't hurt anything I 1 have an old duck coat with big pockets pockets pockets pock pock- ets on the inside which I have used for tor a trapping coat for a number of years The skunk seldom goes out in the day time but as soon as it gets dark ho he begins he-begins begins to prowl pro They live mostly on crickets and grasshoppers and in inthe inthe inthe the fall they are very fat Often I 1 have found it an Inch thick on the theba ba back k in skinning them If pains are taken in skinning not to touch it with the hands this oil when tried out like lard is the best thing for a cold or croup I know linow of used of-used used externally externally ex ex- of course course cours As the skunk lives In the woodchuck woodchuck wood- wood ch chuck ck holes in the meadows and pas pastures pastures pastures pas pas- tures I can always tell where to find them for they make little holes in the dirt with the nose which l look ok very much as though some one had poked the ground with a n. cane Wherever Wherever ev ever ever r the skunk nIt mak makes s one of these holes he gets a cricket which in the fall as the ground gets cold burrows under the grass roots The fox digs for crickets too but as he digs with his paws the hole is somewhat different different differ differ- ent in shape A moonlight night with the wind in the south I 1 have found the best to hunt them I 1 generally carry a lantern lantern lantern lan lan- tern so that I can skin them at once and save lugging them around I cut cuta a stick from a sapling about the size of a broom handle and about six fe feet t long Armed with this I 1 take the warpath through the fields keeping a sharp lookout for any black spots that seem to move The Th skunk Is generally busy buy looking looking looking look look- ing for grub and as soon as I spy him I run right at him You have to tobe tobe tobe be quick not because the skunk will run for they cant can't run very fast but the sudden approach scares them so they will face you with th the hair bristling on end just as a a hen will when you try to catch one of her young This is th the time to strike and one good blow on the head generally generally gen gen- does for them but woe woe to the the hunter who this first blow as the golfer says |