Skunk Removal

[Lvn2Fish]

awesome thread btw. Until it took a strange turn

[MOPanfisher]

OK I tried to read some of this thread, but did the skunk get caught or not? All the rest is just blah blah blah to me. Around my house there are 2 critters that get no quarter, skunks and armadillos, and have no second thoughts about it. I had a skunk curled up in front of my door one morning. Dang thing didn't want to move, so being a quick thinker I up ended a trash can over it. Gotcha, then the issue of what to do with a skunk that has a trashcan over it, finally involved a large scoop shovel, a bag, some quick footwork and a load of #6's. I used to eliminate skunks with a .22 rifle and CB's, short range shot behind front leg and wait about 10 minutes they would die and not spray, shot in the head they would spray. I had heard the low velocity impact and chest/lung hit didn't scare them enough to spray, maybe so maybe not but it worked.

[TTJJ]

I'm only targeting what ever small animal is digging around my house. My PVC trap has a removable back door, which makes cleaning it easy. Bait for tonight is apple core, peanut butter, and tuna. I'll also push the loose dirt into the hole.

[Quillback]

OK I tried to read some of this thread, but did the skunk get caught or not? All the rest is just blah blah blah to me. Around my house there are 2 critters that get no quarter, skunks and armadillos, and have no second thoughts about it. I had a skunk curled up in front of my door one morning. Dang thing didn't want to move, so being a quick thinker I up ended a trash can over it. Gotcha, then the issue of what to do with a skunk that has a trashcan over it, finally involved a large scoop shovel, a bag, some quick footwork and a load of #6's. I used to eliminate skunks with a .22 rifle and CB's, short range shot behind front leg and wait about 10 minutes they would die and not spray, shot in the head they would spray. I had heard the low velocity impact and chest/lung hit didn't scare them enough to spray, maybe so maybe not but it worked.

Trophy's skunk is still on the loose, I'm sure he'll let us know when he gets that critter.

[TTJJ]

Didn’t trap anything last night. The raccoon showed up again. The hole under the small concrete slab remained covered up with dirt. Maybe he couldn’t sleep with the compressor running all day, and left. I’ll try a different location.

[MOPanfisher]

Nothing brings out coons and skunks like folks having a good time, so in a effort to help surely we could get a few of us together to drink beer, cook hot dogs over a fire and roast marshmellows, toss some fried chicken bones around. Of course the property owner would have to provide all the groceries since its "his" skunk/coon. Hey we are all here to help.

I used to have a mixed breed mutt of a dog that absolutely hated skunks, I swear he would go out hunting them, would take the spray and kill the skunk. Handy to have to thin out the skunk population, but sure was stinky to hve around the yard as sometimes he liked to drag them back to chew on.

[TTJJ]

Yard pest relocation may not seem very exciting for some.

But they’re out there: river bottom gobblers, 12-pointers, yard skunks.

[David Unnerstall]

Did it occur to anyone how melancholy we will all be when Trophy catches that skunk and this thread will end.

[Jerry Rapp]

Did it occur to anyone how melancholy we will all be when Trophy catches that skunk and this thread will end.

I am hoping that there is actually a whole family of skunks so that this thread will continue until the internet ends.

[stlfisher]

Yeah, this would be pretty boring if he trapped the skunk on day one...I figure we are only halfway through the story.

He may end up trapping a mating pair of mountain lions before too long.