one of the few times I into the woods with out a gun, was on the back part of our 60, heard a growl, and there was a big coon, middle of the day, he was acting funny, and come at me I hit him with a stick, and be lined for the cabin, came back with a 22 rifle, but never saw him after that. I told a Deputy I knew and he said there had been a few rabid skunks in the area!
