HELP! For some reason this year we are plaqued with skunks can't walk two blocks from the house with out running into one. There are a couple of them in between my yard and the one behind me and next door to me. Anyone know of any sure fire way to keep those stinky bastards away? City won't do anything their response is"that's nature" interresting; wonder if it would be the same where they live?
How to repel Skunks?
Bruce Specht
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All you amateurs listen to an old fart who has disposed of more than a hundred skunks, several possums and a couple of ***** all trapped in my carport in the last couple of years. This in the center of a town of 10,000 folks.
I started with a live trap and some dry cat food, caught a few skunks and called animal control - they dispatched them with a .410 and damaged my trap and stunk up the neighborhood.
Next I covered my trap with cardboard and began trapping in earnest assuming I'd soon clean out the neighborhood - I varnished the cardboard for waterproofing because I wanted it to last till job was done HA!
Yes, you can carefully pick up the covered trap and haul it away with out incident. When you reach disposal site carefully (again the operative word is "carefully"), roll the trap over so the trap door will open and wait patiently up-wind (this is also very important)! till the varmint exits then a 20ga. W/71/2s works well.
After a couple of months my cardboard started to deteriorate with no end of skunks in view.
Being an old tin-bender I fashioned a sheetmetal cover with a slide off "end" opposite the door (this helps expedite the departure time after you turn the trap over and open the escape door. (sometimes the critters decide they like their new "home" and just don't want to venture out)
I keep score and I'm well over a hundred with no end in sight.
My trapping ability is considerably greater than my trapshooting skills!
I figure I'm at least AAAA and 30 yds. in this game!!
unc
I started with a live trap and some dry cat food, caught a few skunks and called animal control - they dispatched them with a .410 and damaged my trap and stunk up the neighborhood.
Next I covered my trap with cardboard and began trapping in earnest assuming I'd soon clean out the neighborhood - I varnished the cardboard for waterproofing because I wanted it to last till job was done HA!
Yes, you can carefully pick up the covered trap and haul it away with out incident. When you reach disposal site carefully (again the operative word is "carefully"), roll the trap over so the trap door will open and wait patiently up-wind (this is also very important)! till the varmint exits then a 20ga. W/71/2s works well.
After a couple of months my cardboard started to deteriorate with no end of skunks in view.
Being an old tin-bender I fashioned a sheetmetal cover with a slide off "end" opposite the door (this helps expedite the departure time after you turn the trap over and open the escape door. (sometimes the critters decide they like their new "home" and just don't want to venture out)
I keep score and I'm well over a hundred with no end in sight.
My trapping ability is considerably greater than my trapshooting skills!
I figure I'm at least AAAA and 30 yds. in this game!!
unc
Ken Rucker - If the rear feet must be planted on something solid for them to spray, how do they lift their rear end over their head and look directly at what they are spraying. I have seen young skunks do this frequently. Also, many who have never tried it do believe that if a Skunk is picked up by the tail they cannot spray. Nobody who has tried this believes the story. When picked up by the tail, the two muscular protrusions (sprayers) just inside the anus are already pointed in the right direction.
Yes, Skunks can be a vector for rabies, but at least in my area, Raccoons and Foxes are much more commonly infected. No Mammal is infected at a higher rate than Bats.
Yes, Skunks can be a vector for rabies, but at least in my area, Raccoons and Foxes are much more commonly infected. No Mammal is infected at a higher rate than Bats.
Clearing an entire neighborhood will take the cooperation of several of the home owners. My neighbor and I trapped and eliminated about 15-20 each before we started to notice a reduction. After another year or so, with only 3-4 kills each, we seem to have the situation under control.
Although I agree with the “eliminate the food source” argument for most animals, skunks eat just about anything including, or especially, bugs. It’s just about impossible to eliminate all that they will eat.
Although I agree with the “eliminate the food source” argument for most animals, skunks eat just about anything including, or especially, bugs. It’s just about impossible to eliminate all that they will eat.
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Thanks for your tips and ideas. Think I'll try moth balls, just need to figure out how to get the moth to give them up LOL
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