Out and about this afternoon with my 1 year old lab in my photo. Been carrying a g36 lately but was crawling under kids pickup looking at tranny and such so wasn't.
She was goofing around in the trash pile with odds and ends of wood, old water heaters, etc sniffing around and was especially interested in what was under an old hog trough.
Of course I figured was a mouse. I figured heck let her have it so I tilted the trough sideways seen a blur of the business end of the Skunk with bad stuff happening. Of course she did to and bit down. I was too slow to put trough back down.
Poor girl was foaming at the mouth and rubbing the ground. This is her first encounter. Course outside water hydrants are froze still. Went to house hydrant quick got water and tried to wash her mouth out. Quick gave 1/2 gallon of milk to her.
Ran inside to grab my 870 youth 20 which I thought i had for defense. Grabbed what was close at hand, 7 1/2s which good enough. Ran out door to take care of Skunk while loading and jeez for some reason it would only take 2 rounds. Jeez plug was in it still.
Hollered at kid to meet me there with a rope and I let him take care of Skunk while I used rope to flip trough over. The 7 1/2s did good at 15 feet.
Sorry for long winded but this got me thinking. No reason the 870 has a plug and only 7 1/2s readily available. Just shows that anything can happen and when it does learn from it. No plug anymore and better ammo now ready.
She was goofing around in the trash pile with odds and ends of wood, old water heaters, etc sniffing around and was especially interested in what was under an old hog trough.
Of course I figured was a mouse. I figured heck let her have it so I tilted the trough sideways seen a blur of the business end of the Skunk with bad stuff happening. Of course she did to and bit down. I was too slow to put trough back down.
Poor girl was foaming at the mouth and rubbing the ground. This is her first encounter. Course outside water hydrants are froze still. Went to house hydrant quick got water and tried to wash her mouth out. Quick gave 1/2 gallon of milk to her.
Ran inside to grab my 870 youth 20 which I thought i had for defense. Grabbed what was close at hand, 7 1/2s which good enough. Ran out door to take care of Skunk while loading and jeez for some reason it would only take 2 rounds. Jeez plug was in it still.
Hollered at kid to meet me there with a rope and I let him take care of Skunk while I used rope to flip trough over. The 7 1/2s did good at 15 feet.
Sorry for long winded but this got me thinking. No reason the 870 has a plug and only 7 1/2s readily available. Just shows that anything can happen and when it does learn from it. No plug anymore and better ammo now ready.