Gotcha! Ya' Little Beggar

Yesterday morning about the time the sun finally came up to see, I found Pepe La Pew skunk doing his best to dig out from my trap.  He is a full grown male and got a nasty attitude when the sprinkler system came on and he began getting zapped with cold water.  In an attempt to defend himself from the sprinkler, he stood flat footed and shot a stream of the "stinky stuff" all inside of the cage and there was no doubt Pepe had a severe case of the jaws....you can see his little black and white head just prior to getting nailed.  

This varmint has been terrorizing Mrs. G's veggie garden and flower beds for the past 10 days, and as to be expected the verdict was get his furry butt out of my yard!  So off he and I go to the land of exiled critters on Camp Bullis and all was going well until he all of a sudden decided he did NOT want to come out of the trap.  I made enough noise to raise the dead, but Pepe wasn't having any part of it.  I finally had to completely remove all the carpeting and tarp that was protecting me so that he could see the trap door was open.  I know they have poor vision, but my Lord, has the boy never heard of glasses?  And just prior to his exiting the trap, he left me with a couple presents(??) that made the hair in my nostrils flutter.  I think he had boiled cabbage and pinto beans for dinner the night before.

 

 

 

As he was literally waddling across the open area towards the tree line, I noticed Pepe had a bit of a "weight" problem, because with every step he took his big butt swayed from side-to-side like a flag flapping in the wind.  Being the sensitive person that I am, I yelled out "Yo, Pepe!  Dude, you gotta get a gym membership, start working out at the YMCA or else join one of those chub clubs like Jennie Craig.  Son, the saddle bags you've got hangin' off your hips looks like something you would find on a Harley motorcycle."  He was too far away for me to hear if he said anything or not, but I'm fairly certain he went to the Helen Keller school for hand gestures and let me know I was "number one".