A Motley Crew

[David Wesner]

Found these guys about 20 yds from the shop

I have a bad, BAD time with little guys like this ......... can't help but fall in love with them

I know - I've been a trapper since I was a young boy. Caught more beaver, otter, fisher & mink than you could care to count.
Now ?? Couldn't tell you what happened but at 49 I'm a big softy

These guys are so tiny they're falling all over each other just trying to walk.
Funnier than heck !! They were right at our feet.

My daughter and I counted 7 little ones :foot:

 

[Rick Marchand]

Sometimes its appropriate to dump a few pics...

 

[Phillip Patton]

Found these guys about 20 yds from the shop

I have a bad, BAD time with little guys like this ......... can't help but fall in love with them

I know - I've been a trapper since I was a young boy. Caught more beaver, otter, fisher & mink than you could care to count.
Now ?? Couldn't tell you what happened but at 49 I'm a big softy

These guys are so tiny they're falling all over each other just trying to walk.
Funnier than heck !! They were right at our feet.

My daughter and I counted 7 little ones :foot:

They're adorable! I have never seen a live skunk.
I've heard they make great pets, once you de-gland them.

 

[Dixieblade57]

Great pictures I trapped for years myself but there is something about age that makes you approach to things begin to be different.
Years ago the wife and I walked up on a skunk feeding in the grass, while out for a walk with my dog. I think it was digging bugs out of the ground and eating them.
The dog was real obedient and I made her sit beside me. We were within 12-15 ft. My wife had never seen a skunk in the wild and proceeded to try and get closer. The skunk proceeded to throw up its tail and do its little dance. I told her to stop. For once she listened to me!
The skunk could smell us I guess but did not seem to know exactly where we were. I don’t think there eyesight is good at distance but don’t quote me on that!
Anyway after I got the wife to back off again and the skunk calmed down and we watched it feed till the dog finally started getting antsy. I told the dog if you grab that skunk I am leaving you here and that looked like a good point to continue the walk!

 

[David Wesner]

Sometimes its appropriate to dump a few pics...

Good ones Rick As a kid I loved watching Pepe on Saturday morn

They're adorable! I have never seen a live skunk.
I've heard they make great pets, once you de-gland them.

Phillip, like we say with our knives ...... pics just don't do them justice These little guys are 10 times as cute as the pics show.

Their actions are so comical. The den is on a small hillside which had them rolling down the hill, bumping into each other, tipping over backwards & sideways, They were like 7 little drunks

Great pictures I trapped for years myself but there is something about age that makes you approach to things begin to be different.
Years ago the wife and I walked up on a skunk feeding in the grass, while out for a walk with my dog. I think it was digging bugs out of the ground and eating them.
The dog was real obedient and I made her sit beside me. We were within 12-15 ft. My wife had never seen a skunk in the wild and proceeded to try and get closer. The skunk proceeded to throw up its tail and do its little dance. I told her to stop. For once she listened to me!
The skunk could smell us I guess but did not seem to know exactly where we were. I don’t think there eyesight is good at distance but don’t quote me on that!
Anyway after I got the wife to back off again and the skunk calmed down and we watched it feed till the dog finally started getting antsy. I told the dog if you grab that skunk I am leaving you here and that looked like a good point to continue the walk!

I've had quite a few encounters with skunks over the years too. Some good - some not so good .............. for me, or the skunk

Regarding their eyesight, I've come to the same conclusion. They have very beady little eyes.

 

[Nathan the Machinist]

Good lord Dave. Skunks! :barf:

Get a cat man.

 

[WA Martin]

My step-son's best friend works at a security gig in Spokane. Apparently a couple weekends ago he was so bored that he was looking around and saw a cat he dicided needed a friend. He started following it and calling, "here kitty, kitty, kitty" until it got under a parking lot light and he saw that is was a pretty black kitty with the white stripe. I guess he was able to carefully back away to a safe distance.

On another note, our pastor, for reasons I can't remember, has no sense of smell (although he claims there's nothing wrong with his sense of taste ). Apparently he was out hunting or working cows or whatever a few years ago and got sprayed by a skunk. Had no clue. Couldn't figure why all the other guys wouldn't let him up to the campfire...

 

[LaBella]

Pew!

 

[David Wesner]

Good lord Dave. Skunks! :barf:

Get a cat man.

I tell ya Nathan, there's so many different critters running around here you just never know whats going to show up.

I was sneaking around down near the Kelsey Creek a couple days ago when out of nowhere came a Pine Marten (Sable) chasing a Red Squirrel through the tree tops. Literally

Talk about an aerial, gymnastic like chase

The Marten chased the squirrel out of my sight so I never did see whether or not he lived through the ordeal.
Hard to imagine being able to notice facial expressions but I swear the squirrels eyes were the size of saucers
He had that "deer in the headlights" look of panic ......... and rightly so

My step-son's best friend works at a security gig in Spokane. Apparently a couple weekends ago he was so bored that he was looking around and saw a cat he decided needed a friend. He started following it and calling, "here kitty, kitty, kitty" until it got under a parking lot light and he saw that is was a pretty black kitty with the white stripe. I guess he was able to carefully back away to a safe distance.

On another note, our pastor, for reasons I can't remember, has no sense of smell (although he claims there's nothing wrong with his sense of taste ). Apparently he was out hunting or working cows or whatever a few years ago and got sprayed by a skunk. Had no clue. Couldn't figure why all the other guys wouldn't let him up to the campfire...

Skunks, I've found......... are a lot like people. Individuals. Some will spray at the drop of a hat while others (most in fact) will take a lot of ribbing before they cut loose.

When they do, it's a wicked, sickening smell

I can fully understand why the crew wouldn't let him near the fire

Pew!

Yes, PEW !!

 

[NickWheeler]

I think they're cute as heck (especially your group David!) I just don't like that stuff they like to spray out after the tail dance. lol Got sprayed when I was about 7 and that really sucked!

I walked out of the shop this time last year and had one standing about 4 feet from me. His tail shot straight up, but he never did turn around...he just watched as I CAREFULLY backed away.

This vid makes me laugh every time I have a cat that goes into "crazy cat" mode and runs around just like this, so to see a pet skunk do it is just plain funny

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MMTbYpwBZn0

 

[David Wesner]

I think they're cute as heck (especially your group David!) I just don't like that stuff they like to spray out after the tail dance. lol Got sprayed when I was about 7 and that really sucked!

I walked out of the shop this time last year and had one standing about 4 feet from me. His tail shot straight up, but he never did turn around...he just watched as I CAREFULLY backed away.

This vid makes me laugh every time I have a cat that goes into "crazy cat" mode and runs around just like this, so to see a pet skunk do it is just plain funny

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MMTbYpwBZn0

!Great! youtube video Nick .......... , with excellent tunes to match i.e. "RustedRoot" :thumbup: I love it !! BEAUTIFUL pet skunk !!!!

FWIW, I checked on the skunk burrow yesterday and it looks like they've been evicted :thumbup:

YES !!! Thank GOD !!

I really didn't want to have to "deal with em" ....... now what I mean

 

[Nathan the Machinist]

I had to look up "Pine Marten". We don't have those around here. And I'm kind of glad actually. It would be one more thing to eat my cats. I wish stuff would quit eating my cats...