Gun store Shooting Locations It is currently Thu Mar 28, 2024 3:33 pm



Rules WGO Chat Room Gear Rent Me Shield NRA SAF CCKRBA
Calendar




Reply to topic  [ 37 posts ]  Go to page 1, 2, 3  Next
 Anyone remove a skunk from their property? 
Author Message
Site Supporter
User avatar
Site Supporter

Location: The banana belt of MT
Joined: Wed Dec 30, 2015
Posts: 8578
Real Name: Brian
Saw some digging in the gravel under the deck of the mother-in-law building.
Set up the game cam and low and behold....

I've read ammonia rags in a bag with holes in it, dog or coyote urine, any of this stuff work?

Also a feral cat and a deer captured last night too.


You do not have the required permissions to view the files attached to this post.

_________________
"I hate to advocate drugs, alcohol, violence, or insanity to anyone, but they've always worked for me."- Hunter S. Thompson


Wed Oct 21, 2020 8:48 am
Profile
Site Supporter
User avatar
Site Supporter

Location: Can't say
Joined: Sun Sep 7, 2014
Posts: 8134
Youtube has videos on this.

_________________
I defend the 2A. US Army Combat Veteran and Paratrooper: OIF Veteran. BSM and MSM recipient. NRA Lifetime. Entertainment purposes only. I'm a lawyer, but have not offered you legal advice.


Wed Oct 21, 2020 9:01 am
Profile
Online
Site Supporter
User avatar
Site Supporter

Location: Tacoma
Joined: Sat May 4, 2013
Posts: 6195
I have trapped a few. Was trying to get raccoons, but came up skunk.

If you get one, first Cover the trap with a blue plastic tarp. Transport the covered trap in the back of your truck to release site. You will also need a live trap with a quick-release function to open up the trap. Open up trap, grab corner of tarp and back up. Skunk will exit trap. Word is, Skunks don’t typically spray when they are in an enclosed space.

Or you can do what my son did when he was 10. Shoot it through the trap, and stink up the entire neighborhood.


Wed Oct 21, 2020 9:13 am
Profile
Site Supporter
User avatar
Site Supporter

Location: Nisqually Valley
Joined: Wed Oct 5, 2016
Posts: 4809
Put it in a box and mail it somewhere spiffy!


Wed Oct 21, 2020 9:17 am
Profile
Site Supporter
User avatar
Site Supporter

Location: In my Cave near the Cloquallum
Joined: Thu Sep 26, 2013
Posts: 7758
Real Name: Jim Sr.
Put it in a box and mail it to Inslee!!!

Fixed it for ya... :bigsmile: :bigsmile: :bigsmile:

_________________
"You are either with us...as Americans. Or, You are against us. There is no IN BETWEEN." ???

"We cannot negotiate with those who say, 'What's mine is mine, and what's yours is negotiable.'" JFK

"Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety”

-Ben Franklin

MadPick wrote:
I don't think you beat your children enough. :ROFLMAO:


Wed Oct 21, 2020 9:21 am
Profile
User avatar

Location: Seattle Washington USA
Joined: Tue Aug 25, 2020
Posts: 126
Good luck (having it not spray anything)... I would try and relocate it soon, because of the possibility it is a female looking for a site to have a litter.
They are actually a nice animal. When I was a child we had neighbors who raised some young skunks that lost their mother... Hard to get rid of the smell if they spray, I hit one with a car, don't know if that car ever smelled fresh again. Tried using tomato juice to clean the car.

If there is a humane society or a group that catches feral cats, etc, or something similar near you, they might have live-animal traps you can use for free...


Wed Oct 21, 2020 9:24 am
Profile
Online
Site Supporter
User avatar
Site Supporter

Location: Kent
Joined: Wed Mar 13, 2013
Posts: 1653
Real Name: Andy
I’m all for live trapping and relocating. Don’t get me wrong here.
But I have heard. They only spray when stressed or in fear. Some people have had luck shooting them with suppressed air rifles.
A hart or lung shot should do the trick.
The key is the skunk can’t know what hit it. Hence the suppressed part. They are almost always shot at night. So some sort of night vision my be required.
If you have a suppressed.22 LR that would be great. I’d guess a bow and arrow would work just as well.


Wed Oct 21, 2020 9:36 am
Profile
Site Supporter
User avatar
Site Supporter

Location: Maple valley
Joined: Thu Oct 27, 2011
Posts: 3516
Old Growth wrote:
Put it in a box and mail it somewhere spiffy!

Seattle city council chambers would be my vote.


Wed Oct 21, 2020 9:44 am
Profile
Site Supporter
User avatar
Site Supporter

Location: Nisqually Valley
Joined: Wed Oct 5, 2016
Posts: 4809
vic_b wrote:
Old Growth wrote:
Put it in a box and mail it somewhere spiffy!

Seattle city council chambers would be my vote.


The only good vote ever to be associated with the clowncil!


Wed Oct 21, 2020 9:58 am
Profile
User avatar

Location: Everett
Joined: Wed Sep 16, 2020
Posts: 16
Do you have a dog you can put up for the night in the MIL?


Wed Oct 21, 2020 10:05 am
Profile
Site Supporter
User avatar
Site Supporter

Location: Nisqually Valley
Joined: Wed Oct 5, 2016
Posts: 4809
Also go out and take a piss anywhere you have seen evidence of skunks.


Remember, nature doesn't give a shit how classy you are/aren't.


Wed Oct 21, 2020 10:10 am
Profile
User avatar

Location: Everett
Joined: Wed Sep 16, 2020
Posts: 16
Or perhaps some cougar, bobcat, or coyote scent if such things are available.


Wed Oct 21, 2020 10:36 am
Profile
Site Supporter
User avatar
Site Supporter

Location: The banana belt of MT
Joined: Wed Dec 30, 2015
Posts: 8578
Real Name: Brian
Ok, talked to my buddy behind our house, he said and I quote "get cher some soaked rags in scented ammonia pop them in a plastic bag, poke a few holes in the bag and down the hole she goes!"

Sounded kinky so I did it.

_________________
"I hate to advocate drugs, alcohol, violence, or insanity to anyone, but they've always worked for me."- Hunter S. Thompson


Wed Oct 21, 2020 1:25 pm
Profile
Site Supporter
User avatar
Site Supporter

Location: Eatonville
Joined: Mon Sep 14, 2020
Posts: 617
Real Name: Marcus
I'll make a very strong recommendation here. If you choose to trap that skunk, DO NOT I repeat DO NOT attempt to relocate it! As it is we are not in trapping season so that animal cannot be removed by anyone except a certified wildlife control operator licensed by the state to remove problem animals. Skunk are a fur bearing species so they are well regulated in washington in what can be done with them. If it were during trapping season (nov-march) things would be different. As the law stands a trapped problem animal of any fur bearing species MUST be dispatched on sight, or released on the same property they were caught on. It's a pretty fair fine for doing otherwise. If you intend to have it removed you need to apply for a special trapping permit through olympia, or hire a wco who will aquire the permit for you to have it removed. Not worth the fines to try to relocate if you get caught. That being said if you want to prank someone with a skunk idea look up Cavens Ghusto. Super strong skunk based lure used for bobcat and coyote trapping, know as a long distance call lure. And don't be surprised if the box it ships in has been opened and taped back up several times the post office flags the packages of this stuff often since there is almost no bottle, tape, or bag that it gets shipped in that is capable of containing the smell. Another one is Jeff Dunlap's Hellfire


Wed Oct 21, 2020 2:22 pm
Profile
Site Supporter
User avatar
Site Supporter

Location: The banana belt of MT
Joined: Wed Dec 30, 2015
Posts: 8578
Real Name: Brian
Norman, I'm in rural MT. Ya see a critter, ya shoot it. No questions asked.
The problem is, I'm in bed when skunks are awake and I don't have a night scope. :)

_________________
"I hate to advocate drugs, alcohol, violence, or insanity to anyone, but they've always worked for me."- Hunter S. Thompson


Wed Oct 21, 2020 2:28 pm
Profile
Display posts from previous:  Sort by  
Reply to topic   [ 37 posts ]  Go to page 1, 2, 3  Next

Who is online

Users browsing this forum: Boomdog, johnny bob, mtnwkr and 76 guests


You cannot post new topics in this forum
You cannot reply to topics in this forum
You cannot edit your posts in this forum
You cannot delete your posts in this forum
You cannot post attachments in this forum



Rules WGO Chat Room Gear Rent Me NRA SAF CCKRBA
Calendar


Powered by phpBB® Forum Software © phpBB Group
Designed by ST Software for PTF.
[ Time : 0.563s | 19 Queries | GZIP : Off ]