I bet that cop loved his job that day for that is not any easy task. I am opting for headshots on skunks for now on to prevent a mess.

The last pesky skunk I exterminated was quite a mess. He expired next to my pond on a Febuary morning 7 years ago. My neighbor, who was present, used a stick and flipped it into the water because of the smell, before I could dispose of it properly. I was quite done with the task and called it good. The frigid weather hid the reality of what was to come.

When spring crept up the skunk smell came back with a vengeance. And I was the unlucky fool who dealt with that carcass. Luckily this stuff only happens rarely or I would move.