Thunderwolf Ranch

Something daddy has always wanted a skunk tail

Daddy has always wanted a skunk tail for his truck.  He wants to hang it from his antenna, (ok, he is a red neck )

A few days a go I was checking the old large goat pen to see about moving the goats back and I saw a piece of the fencing that I am going to have to fix.  I noticed there was a dead black animal laying there.  I got close and saw it was a skunk.   I went to the barn and asked the girls if they knew when it died.  They said Midnight a friends dog was on the night before and killed some thing.  I told them about the skunk.  We girls went to check it out and it was a fresh kill.  So I asked where the scalpels were?, out they said, bolt cutters? Dave has them, Why??   Well..........................

Girls daddy always wanted a fresh skunk tail, so I am removing this one.  Kristi was sad , the poor skunk, Shayna ok cool.  I used a shovel and removed his tail.   What do you do with a skunk tail?

Well you :

Here is a picture of the tail, bottom side up, before we started:

Next we have a few pictures of me cutting the tail down the center, but not in half, WHERE ARE MY SCAPPLES??? :

More :

And one more :

Last we have the tail cover in salt:

We saw both sides of the tail had close to same amount of white on it so we girls voted to do the bottom side.  The side you are to do.

It is still covered in salt until it is cured.  When it is done "cooking as we are calling the process"  I will sew it back up and attach some kind of doohickey so he can hang it from the antenna. My red neck boy/man.

Hubby was so shocked when he guessed what his Prize was!  He was laughing so hard, he could not believe I took the tail off for him!!

I was laughing and told him that if I was not a farmer / rancher I would have never done it.   I would have NEVER done this if I stayed the person my parents brought up.   I would have hired someone to do it !     Sorry mom but I did it . 

  I will show a picture of the tail when it is all done.

God Bless, mj

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{ 04:05, 2008-Aug-30 } { Posted by morningsunshine }

lol! funny!

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{ 12:38, 2008-Aug-30 } { Posted by gabbie427 }

Ok, I think the idea is great...and definately a redneck idea.

But girl, you are braver than me, because I wouldn't touch that thing with a ten foot pole. LMSO EWWW!!! LOL Now that is love.......that's all I can say! LOL

God's Blessings,
Amy Jo