60 HUNTING DOGS. 



task. Many hunters pick up many of the skunk 

 on the field, without even being touched by the 

 dogs. 



In this connection a contributor writes: 

 ^'We walk right up to the skunks and pick them 

 up by the tails; then hit them on the head 

 with a club and kill them or put them in the 

 bag and take them home alive, as the occasion 

 may suit." 



"NoWj I won't tell that I can catch skunks 

 without getting scented, but will sa}' this, we 

 have caught hundreds by the tail, and after 

 lifting them clear off the ground, never have 

 been scented by them. As I said before, I go for 

 the business end of it, and am not afraid to get 

 some scent on me as long as I don't get it in 

 my eyes. If you get it in your eyes, it feels 

 about as if you had horse-radish or hot water 

 in them for the next ten minutes, which is not 

 altogether pleasant." 



The skunk is a foolish, unresourceful animal 

 and were it not for its natural, unique means 

 of defense, would be utterly at the mercy of 

 dogs and hunters. Many dogs object to the 

 scent and will trail and bring to bay a skunk 

 only with reluctance. Only those who hunt for 

 profit, care to take the skunk, and he must n?eds 

 learn the finer points by experience. 



The Scotch Terrier and Beaijle should be 



