Skunk Removal

[Terrierman]

Couple of tricks to help actually catch that coon.

1. I still favor canned cat food for bait, the smellier the better. Poke a couple of holes in the can and tie wire it to the back of the trap. They can't just steal it all then.

2. Set the trip lever as close to going off as you can - a real hair trigger.

3. Use a couple of landscape pins to nail the trap down.

[TTJJ]

A good bait for raccoons is large marshmallows. 

[Justin Spencer]

Trap placement is essential. If the skunk is getting under the deck place it next to or under the deck. Make it to where they have to enter the trap to get the food, don't give them access to the back or sides of the trap if possible. Use objects to funnel them into the entrance. They don't want to enter the trap, but will if it is the only way they get to find out what that good smell is.

[lee G.]

When I worked as a park ranger we had to clear the campgrounds of skunks when they showed up. We would blind them with a flashlight, pick them up by the tail, hold them out the window of the patrol car, drive them a couple of miles, then drop them in the grass beside the road. Do not try this at home!

[Wayne SW/MO]

One way to get past a crafty coon is to put a little pan of water at the back of the cage and smear some canned cat food around the center. He'll cave, generally, and come looking for the cat food and to check out the water.

[Mitch f]

When I worked as a park ranger we had to clear the campgrounds of skunks when they showed up. We would blind them with a flashlight, pick them up by the tail, hold them out the window of the patrol car, drive them a couple of miles, then drop them in the grass beside the road. Do not try this at home!

I hope you were joking?? Maybe not

[Mitch f]

I think it was GreasyB who told me that a coon would dig thru piles of old meat and bones in the trash just to get to an ear of corn.

[Quillback]

When I worked as a park ranger we had to clear the campgrounds of skunks when they showed up. We would blind them with a flashlight, pick them up by the tail, hold them out the window of the patrol car, drive them a couple of miles, then drop them in the grass beside the road. Do not try this at home!

That is bold, very bold, no way I would even think about trying that method of skunk removal.

[lee G.]

Yeah, I never saw any campers doing it,

[Wayne SW/MO]

Did you wear moccasins to sneak up on them?