Ruxton The Mighty Hunter!

About a month ago Ruxton came and asked me if he could go hunting? I told him that he could and then he came back and asked if he could hunt Rabbits! I said sure anything to get him out of the house and not be board, I told him that it was a great idea. Well a few moments later I hear this hooping and yelling, I looked out the window and I see Ruxton jumping around in the back yard excitement very evident. I told Addler I think Ruxton has shot something. Addler hurries out and this is what shows up at my door a few moments later. He was so happy. But of course this is not the end of the story this is Ruxton there is always "his" side of the story, that is always worthy of writing down to be left in history forever! He says he went out saw the rabbit and shot it, it went down and he said it started making a really loud noise, he was scared for a minute especially when our cat come out of no where and finished off the rabbit. He was really grateful for the cat, and calmed down after he realized that it was just the cat. So then he did his celebration dance that I was witness to. Then Addler shows and the two of them have a conversation about what to do with the rabbit, how to pick it up. Addler made the suggestion that he lift it up by the hind legs, so in Ruxton's words, "I was kind of scared but I just grabbed it by the back legs." He took it to his Gandpa Tubbs and showed him telling him that he was a little worried because he wasn't sure if it was dead, Grandpa grabbed it smacked against a log and said, "now go skin it!" Ruxton was so excited he came in talking about mounting the head on the wall and I explained that you really just can't do that, his comment after a moment of thought was, "Ya I guess you don't see rabbit heads on people's wall." It was a lot of fun and didn't end there, he went out and shot another rabbit. Needless to say his brothers were way impressed with Ruxton and he is now considered the best hunter. And Old, I believe her name is, Martha the gun is way better than old Bess the other gun. (Ruxton named them if you hadn't yet guessed.)

I have a bit of disclaimer, we are not a gory family with no respect for animals, this was the story from a five year old perspective, and I love it and love this kid.

Just a couple of pictures of Holdan to go along with the hunting story. The bottom one is of something that stunk if you can't guess, he can be cute!