ok so let me start by saying i dont just go around slaying grinners. hear me out. i had my live trap set behind my house just to see what was back there. when i went to check it today it had a grinner in it. i really wasnt expecting to catch anything, so all i was carying was the redoak board bow i just finnished so i could stump shoot after i checked the trap. well of course my first thought was "usless critter" and i opened the trap and dumped him out and he scurreyd a little ways off. i took out my phone to answer a txt from the girl friend, and when i looked back up he was sitting ten yards or so away lookin around. at that point i noticed a big wound on his side. he had been attacked by something and had a two inch wide, three inch long wound on his side, skin gone, bare flesh showing. i figured the guy was probably in pain, and wished i had my .22. but all i had was my bow, so i took out one of my cane arrows which i also made
with a flat blunt made by inserting a nail into the end of the cane and sanding it all even. anyway he was looking off to my left so i drew the bow for its whopping fith shot in its life and took aim. my arrow hit him behind the ear and killed him. he began his death jerks, and because of my lack of confidence in my weapons i sent another arrow into his forehead. the first shot killed him, so it was a quick clean death. i skinned him out and have the skin drying, and it will become string scilencers for the bow that killed him. sorry i know this is a long winded explination of killing a possum, but in a way im proud of it and in a way i kinda feel bad for the little guy. anyway here's the pic.
