G’s husband had a ‘have-a-heart’ trap out in their yard the other day.  He hoped to catch a stray cat that has been wreaking havoc on the neighborhood garbage bags.  He hadn’t baited the trap yet, he planned to do that the next morning around the regular time he’s seen the cat.  Much to his surprise when he came out he found he’d caught a small black and white critter.

     Yep, he had a skunk in the trap.  Now around here no one will trap, retrieve, or even tell you what to do if you catch one.  It’s a good thing it wasn’t the first time one of us has caught a skunk.  B very carefully draped the trap with two black garbage bags and ever so quietly backed away.

     He came over to borrow DH’s cart hauler that goes on the trailer hitch.  There was no way he wanted a trapped skunk inside his 4WD with him.  He told us later that he gently set the cage on the hauler and carefully strapped it down.  Then he drove to an area where the skunk should be happy and released it all the while praying the critter didn’t spray him.  B got lucky the skunk toddled off without a backward glance.