We'll last night I got a call from my mother after midnight. Apparently her baby German Shepard had found a opossum in the back yard. So I went out their and there was a 15-20 lb opossum laying on its side. It was wet underneath where the dog had gotten it. I waved my shoe in front of it and nudged its head. It moved and hissed at me. I then went into the house and got a flashlight and two guns. I made my mother hold the light on it (poor visibility) while I aimed a 38special revolver at it. First shot nearly deafened me(always wear protective hearing when using firearms (IMG:[
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style_emoticons/default/sad.gif) My only regret is I couldn't make the head shot the first time and I put it in more distress than it was already in.
What did you do today?, Other than come to this stupid place.
Oct 1 2009, 04:27
