For some reason the J Bar T has become infested with skunks. I have been taking care of them as fast as possible ... the neighbor has been putting out traps and catching them .. but there are still a lot of them. In nearly 20 years here we have never had a problem with them like this year.
Not only skunks, the racoons seem to be in a "high" cycle also.
The Ithaca Model 49 in .22 Magnum has proven quite effective at predator control .. from coyotes and foxes to feral cats and dogs. I have always liked the round but used it a lot in the handgun. Out of the rifle it is much more effective ... the effect on target is multiplied by quite a bit.
I have been using a number of different brands ... kept over from the "old days" ... and any hollowpoint seems to work well from the little carbine.
The only real problem I have had with the skunk critters - beside scaring the heck out of me when I walk out on the porch at night - is the durn dog keeps getting into them. You would think he would learn ... but no .. he got into it with one night before last. This time we got him before he got into the house ......
-sigh-
The upside of it is we are kinda used to the smell now. And people don't visit near as much!
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