This is strange, I just remembered this story...
I came home one after noon from work at about 4:30pm. As I pulled up the driveway (about 110yrds long) that beautiful summer afternoon I saw what I first thought were baby kittens scattered all about my front yard. Turns out it was a large litter of very young skunks. There must have been a dozen of them, just wobbling through the grass in all different directions. There was an adult with them, but when I drove up the driveway, it ran away. The babies sure were cute, but they had to go....
I called the neighbor to the one side of us, told him about the skunks and said, "They're going to go bye-bye in a few minutes, so that's what the shooting-noise is about.." I called the neighbor on the other side. Her house "views" our yard. I guess she's a bit more tollerant of "nature's creatures" than I must be. When I told her about the skunks she said, "I know aren't they cute?" I replied, "Well, they're not going to be cute in about 5 minutes, so close your curtains on the back side and keep your youngest away." She goes, "Oh GAWD!" and hangs up the phone...
The S&W .22 pistol did the rest.
I'll admit, it wasn't a proud moment for me, but 12 baby skunks usually turn into about 8 adults, and there's too many kids in the neighborhood for that!!