skunk problem

God, here we are all hysterical again about skunks! ROFL!! I am disappointed that none of you bother with the archives here as we've discussed this many times. David Underwood has a good head on his shoulders and knows what he is dealing with and how to handle things....for a hunter.

For those of us who are not after pelts and who appreciate what a good mouser and eater of insects the skunk is, but don't want our dogs running afoul of one we can handle things a bit differently but quite safely for us, our pets and the skunk. Do check the archives as I've written this out more than once and in more detail.

Suffice to say you can set your live trap, with a good bait, AND A BIT OF WATER, cover it with a light sheet, what ever. Check the trap EARLY in the AM with all your pets put away, pick up it up gently, put it in your auto and take the skunk out and release it for heaven's sakes.

I've trapped many a skunk, both on my property and at the nieighbors and never once has one sprayed me or my car. They are not looking for trouble you know. They just want to make a living like the rest of us but will try to protect themselves if they feel their lives are in danger...wouldn't you?

LQ

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So you've moved skunks in live traps without them spraying in your car?

I caught one last spring that was stealing goose eggs but didn't think I could relocate it and I sure wasn't going to put it in my trunk so I drowned it. I think I'll build one of those wooden livetraps like in Davids picture.

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The box I described is for rabbits.
For a skunk, you might wanna use 1X8's.

I had figured on scaling it up a bit. Do you have air holes drilled in the sides?

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Nope! Give a wabbit a lil hole, and
he will make a big ol hole!
You won't make your box all that tight.

about a month ago a friend of mine had one liveing under there house. Her husband thought about it and decided that if choc. kills dogs I wonder if it would kill a skunk? He said his five had about half a box of choc. from her birthday and so he put them under the house and then closed up the hole. He checked two days latter the choc was gone and sure enough the skunk was dead. All he had to do was get a long stick with a hook on it, pull it out and discard it. Make sure you don't put the choc. where any other animals can get at it.