SKEETER:
Whatta Hunt! We caught(by my unsure count), 11 real mousies, 7 voles, and 3 "THREE!" Moles.
I couldnt be efrywhere at once, of course, but I know that The Feline Americans caught 6 voles, Eric & Flynn caught a real serious fighting mole, Victor and Cecil caught one of the mousies, Tigger caught 2 mousies, Jake almost got a mole by hisself, and Cecil/Bert/Jake/Victor did werk together ta get a mole.
They declared it tastey". Well sure... We all loved the taste of the various types of mousies (and no shame in enjoying them).
We all had chickie broth an Niptinis on the deck between mousie hunts. That was real relaxin...
An we all had a great OUTDOOR POOP/PEE session after... That was great. Some of the guys "did it" outdoors ("au natural") fer the first time. There is somethin kinna 'citin about that if yer not used ta it. Rakin real dead leafs an twigs over yer "stuff" is great.
An of course, there was lots of talkin. Mancats DO talk among themselfs ya know. Some girlcat questions, some puter stuff, some jus "daily" stuff. It was great.
Some of the mancats got outside fer the first time ever. Given the inexperience, I hafta say they handled themselves well. Nokitty panicked bein outside, they caught onto the mousie huntin business real quick (with some helpful advice from sperienced hunters), an some of them them efen caught a mousie.
OK, so maybe there was a question (like "OK I grabbed one, now whadda I do wif it?"), but they all did fine. I helped them, and they ALL did great. Some knew JUST what ta do. An they helped the others, too.
And, I will haf you know, we efen discussed cooking details like Alton Brown (Good Eats), measuring cups, salt-shakers, and scales. And rain and snow problems. Between huntin the mousies, of course.
AND had some great "natural" food, I might add.
Then there was the Burpin contest. That was fun! Bert&Jake, Cecil, an Victor did very well. I had the biggest loudest deepest BURP, though. Well, I'm old an sperienced... But I sure heard some impressive ones from the other guys! Very satisfying an Mancatly!
My thanks to Mr Tigger, Angus, Speedy, Miles&Sammy Meezer, Socks, Eric&Flynn, Speedy, Derby, The Feline Americans (Charmee, Fuzzypants, Pumpkin, and Puffy), Victor Tabbycat, Bert&Jake, an Cecil the Couger for comin ta help with da mousies. I hope I dint miss anykitty! If I did, let me know so I can add you.
We really reduced the population! There are some left, but The Big Thing is pleased that there are so many fewer...
Would ya beleef it? He offerred me some treats after the party an I was too full of voles ta want any! That's a first!
Skeeter
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