Judging by the posts....and there are a fair few. No one person knows exactly what it was. (Difficult when its faceless!)
You could argue that if you "don't know, don't shoot" I was just saying (clumsily, I admit,) that if it definately had been a mink then I would probably would have shot it. Polecat, No, X possibly yes, but when its down a hole how the hell is anyone going to know? So no, you're right it probably shouldn't have been shot until it had been identified correctly.
Swampy
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