| Show the i ne pleasure of skunk hustings Hun Hunti tings veteran explains methods which enable him to gather in the little mian midnight lt prowler some risk atteno attend dant won upon pursuit of this thi s sporty am A man an who is in the habit af 0 hunting skunks says 14 you want to know how 1 I kill skunks without getting scented I 1 put plit on an old suit so if I 1 do get a little dose it wont hurt anything I 1 h have aye an old duck coat with big pockets on the in inside side which I 1 have used for a trapping coat for a number of years years the skunk seldom goes out in the day time but as soon as it gets dark hei he begins to prowl they live mostly on crickets and grasshoppers and in the fall they are very fat often I 1 have found it an all inch thick on the back 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 1 know of used externally ter nally of course As the skunk lives in the woodchuck holes in the meadows and pastures I 1 can always tell where to find them for they make little holes in the dirt with the nose which look very much as though some one had poked the ground with a cane wherever the skunk makes one of these holes he gets a cricket wi which lIch in fil the fall as the ground gets cold burrows 11 under the grass roots the fox digs for crickets too but as he digs with his paws the hole is somewhat different 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 so that I 1 danskin can skin them at once and save lugging them around I 1 cut a stick from a sapling about the size of a broom handle and about six feet long armed with this I 1 take the warpath karpath through the fields keeping a sharp lookout for any black spots thaC keni to move alke th e skunk is generally busy looking for 0 grub rub and as soon as I 1 spy him I 1 run right at him you have to bo be quick not because the skunk will run for they cant run very fast but the sudden approach scares them them so they will face you with the hair bristling on oil end just ds as a hen will when you try to catch one of her young this is the time to strike and one good blow on the head generally does for them but woe to the hunter who this first blow as the golfer says |
