Someone yell skunk??

Seen a new one lurking around lately. Not in my yard, though.

Howdy seaborn how's things going down there? The Mrs and the dogs doing OK? Mrs Goat says Hey!

There's No Way that I would get 4ft away from a Skunk . . .

Goat would hit it. Stank and all...

Re: #13

... if you shoot them properly, they will NOT release any scent/spray ... they have to voluntarily do that and they have to be able to lift their tails to spray. If you catch them in the proper sized hav-a-hart trap, their tails can't be raised and they can't spray you (they'll still smell a littl though).

... if you shoot them ... you HAVE to make a clean head-shot and kill them instantly ... or they will spray ... a .22LR will work, but you'd better put the bullet right through the middle of the skull ...

... best advise... use a .410 Shotgun with #4 shot and aim at the head ... need to be within 20yds to be effective to stop it without it being able to spray ...

- just my experience here .... worked for me ... trial and error ... make a few mistakes with the first ones I took care of ...

I had skunks living under a rent house I used to own--made it hard to keep tenents.

So I got a HavAhart live trap, and started trapping...

Easy to catch with a little cat food as bait.

First one, I thought: 'Yeah! Caught one!'...and I'm looking at it in the trap.

Then, it was '...uh-oh...now what?'

... 10ft peice of rope ... pond ... leave it overniht .... use a rake to open cage while still submerged ... skake trap ... drag cage back to truck ...

Aww.. he's scared... here kitty kitty....

Set cat food out daily to win them over... they're just like cats. They'll even let you pet them after a while... tho they don't purr.

Torp I don't know about that but you can smell my fingers.

Skunks must have some huge litters. 3 years ago it was rare to see one and now I see dead ones on the road several times a week. I like the smell when it is not too intense - brings back memories.

^... reminds you of an old girlfriend or what?

#22^

We're all fine here. When is the herf in Waxahachie??

You Big D boys should get on the ball. LOL!

32. Author: [email protected] Date: 01/07/2009 11:12 AM Reply

^... reminds you of an old girlfriend or what?

or what

Goat I aint going anywhere near those hands.

13. Author: Nutttttttttty Date: 11/13/2007 11:33 PM Reply

#9 I have to call B.S. These bastards bite. You ever hear or rabies? Shooting them isn't really a fantastic solution either though. I have shot 2 already this summer underneath the deck and man even if you kill you them on the first shot they release and stink up the place for days.

A decent solution to clean that dog is hydrogen peroxide and baking soda.

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Skunks are known to be one of the largest groups of animals to spread rabies (I read this a while back).

As for the hydrogen peroxide / baking soda trick - this is true. My dog got nailed by a skunk about a decade ago, and we tried tomato juice to get rid of the smell - that did not work. Looking up a solution on the internet, we came across a recipe with included hydrogen peroxide, baking soda, detergent, and something else. It was amazing how well that stuff worked - we could barely tell the dog had been sprayed.

vinegar

I have seen a new road kill daily since Saturday and to live ones walking

along the road this morning.

Must be mating season.

...so what I did, once I had the skunk in the trap, was get an old sheet and cut a hole in it big enough for the trap's top handle, just about in the center of the sheet.

Then, using the sheet as a shield, and the hole in it as a peep-hole, I approached the unwary skunk. Slowly, slowly, slowly, now drop sheet gently over trap and (slowly now, dammit) position peep-hole over the trap's handle. Easy now, pick up trap, and place in back of truck. Drive to creek...