that, and summer pelts ain't no good... if'n it had been winter, I'duh head shot him with a .22... or tried a snare and clubbed him tuh save the hide...
Good job on the varmint. We had a nasty rat in the house last night, but one of the cats got it. I remembered why we tolerate them... rather have cats than rats... but they leave little rat spleens lying around.