New Year's Visitor

I've been trying to relocate some opossums out of a turkey nesting area on our property and found a skunk in the trap today.



I have a fondness for skunks (more than I do for woodchucks and opossums) and decided to release this one without relocating it.



It took a little coaching to get the skunk out of the trap but it soon ran a short distance into the woods and down an old woodchuck hole. It appears this is a local skunk that lives about 20 yard from the trap.