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Topic: Need to whack a skunk. Need your two cents.
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The Outdoor Tripp
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posted January 01, 2007 09:18 AM
I have a skunk traveling through my back yard every night. He comes into the yard through a small dig under the fence on the side yard (comes from the neighbor's side) and travels about 40 feet to a small dig under the back fence.
I've seen him several times in the last year when I've taken the dog out. I smell him at least once or twice a week.
I want to off the little vermin.
Before you knucklehead yahoos start telling me what size size howitzer to use, listen up: I live in a development with neighbors surrounding, except for the back fence which borders a natural area. Guns and anything noisy are out. Poison is out as there are dogs and cats around.
I have the infamous Hav-a-Hart chain link squirrel condo made famous during the Great Squirrel Wars of 2005.
How do I get this bugger and then get rid of him without getting sprayed? Can't stand skunks but I really don't want to catch him and just let him starve (actually my tree-hugger neighbor would probably clue in and call the cops).
Any ingenious ideas?
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tooslow
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posted January 01, 2007 09:23 AM
call animal controll, that's why you pay taxes.
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The Outdoor Tripp
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posted January 01, 2007 09:31 AM
Animal control?
Unheard of.
Totally against the Pampass-know-it-all creed.
To do such a thing would discredit and bring great shame to the Huntmastersbbs family.
Any other suggestions?
(P.S. - welcome to the fray)
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Dan Carey
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posted January 01, 2007 09:53 AM
This works for me.
Take off all your clothes and cover your body in cooking oil, peanut or corn oil will work equally well. In your left hand hold a open can of pinto beans, in your right (if you are right handed) have a small baseball bat. Stand by the opening in the fence until the varmint shows up. Offer him the beans, as he is smelling them whack him squarely on the crown of his or her head. Be very careful you don't miss or your screwed.
Good luck.
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Leonard
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posted January 01, 2007 09:55 AM
I read in T&PC about trapping skunks and retained almost nothing? I think they say to place the cage next to a wall and cover it with fabric?
Good hunting. LB
edit: Annimal Control in my city consists of borrowing a cage trap from the annimal shelter and wishing you good luck.
[ January 01, 2007, 09:56 AM: Message edited by: Leonard ]
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blakyote
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posted January 01, 2007 10:02 AM
Use a hand post hole digger and dig a post hole straight down about 4ft.,then put sardines or jack mackeral down in the hole.The skunk will get in the hole but won't beable to get out,the just fill the hole back in.Or get a small cage trap with about 5x5 inch opening,and bait with the same.Then when he's caught put the whole thing in a container of water and drown it,he wont spray because he won't beable to lift his tail.
[ January 01, 2007, 10:07 AM: Message edited by: blakyote ]
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Leonard
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posted January 01, 2007 10:12 AM
Welcome to the New Huntmasters, blakyote. Glad to have you on board.
Good hunting. LB
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blakyote
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posted January 01, 2007 10:17 AM
Thanks Leonard.I'm usualy known as blakcoyote,but I changed providers,and couldn't remember my password,so I re-registered.My computer crashed a while back,and finally just found this board again.I really like the good solid info on here. ![[Cool]](cool.gif)
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The Outdoor Tripp
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posted January 01, 2007 10:19 AM
Dan,
Will olive oil work?
If so, what brand?
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blakyote
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posted January 01, 2007 10:24 AM
I don't know about olive oil,but know that dill pickles are selective for skunks and will keep you from catching a neighbors cat.
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Tim Behle
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posted January 01, 2007 10:35 AM
Blakyote brings up a good point, Skunks can't climb out of hole worth a damn. I've been paid to "Rescue" a number of them who have fallen in window well openings for basements.
Just use your cage trap that you already have. Stick a can of cat food in it, and the skunk should be waiting for you the next morning.
When you get him, just open an old bed sheet and hold it out in front of you so that the skunk can see it but not you. You can then walk slowly up to it, cover the cage and move it to where ever you want.
They make cool gifts for assholes. Just turn him loose in the back of someone's pick up. The skunk won't be able to climb out. If Nistetter's Sister-in-law is out for a visit, you can probably sell him to Jay for a good price!
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posted January 01, 2007 01:50 PM
Fill in the cross unders and re-route the damned thing to your treehugger neighbor's yard. Then see how much she loves critters.
As far as the olive oil...... I would say extra virgin, but talking about virgin anything in that context just makes things even weirder than they already would have been. If you go with this option, post video. Please.
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Dan Carey
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posted January 01, 2007 02:25 PM
"As far as the olive oil...... I would say extra virgin, but talking about virgin anything in that context just makes things even weirder than they already would have been. If you go with this option, post video. Please."
Yeah, please do....
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The Outdoor Tripp
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posted January 01, 2007 02:35 PM
Lance,
Every time I've seen the skunk it is coming under the dig from the tree-hugger's back yard. For all I know it's one of her pets. She had a pet goose for several years before someone swiped it. Used to let it run loose in the front yard where it bit a number of people (all men by the way).
For those of you who are not familiar with central Texas and the Hill Country -- the furthest I could possibly get with a post hole digger is maybe 8" and then I'd need a fair amount of dynamite for all the limestone I'd need to blast.
Something tells me to just trap the skunk, then throw water balloon full of Kingsford at it and then nail it with a flaming arrow.
Trouble is the trap would need to be up against the wooden fence (his runway) and it would just burn the damned thing down.
Another possibility is to sit on the back porch and nail him a few times with the pellet gun.
Any of these sound plausible?
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posted January 01, 2007 03:20 PM
Im a new guy, so I don't know much. But, I've heard that tomato juice gets out skunk smell. I'm thinking you better buy some!! If you see the skunk coming in your yard. Try this. Dig a shallow hole, put some poison bait in it. Then cover it with a piece of plywood or something heavy. Tie a string onto what ever you used. Run the string in your window or door and wait for Pepe' Le Pue to come tresspassing again. Pull the string "slowly" so you dont scare it. Uncover its final feast and watch it crawl back under the fence to die a horrible death. Gauranteed to work!!!
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The Outdoor Tripp
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posted January 01, 2007 03:41 PM
Yeah.
I'll get right on that.
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posted January 01, 2007 03:49 PM
Tripp,
A good Heart-lung shot with that pellet gun should do it, just don't hit the shoulder bone.
The impact won't be enough to make him spray, and the pellet won't cause instant death. He might just crawl back under the fence and die.
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posted January 01, 2007 03:57 PM
Why not try making friends with him. After you gain his confidence, coax him into a plastic bag and tie a knot in it.
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The Outdoor Tripp
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posted January 01, 2007 06:14 PM
I don't know about the rest of you guys, but I'm beginning to like Dan more with every post.
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posted January 01, 2007 07:03 PM
Tripp,be carefull.That little gizmo under the tail is directional.Even if you stand off to one side he can still nail you.I found this out a long time ago.I got perfumed two times before i dispatched the bugger.Rotates like a turret on a 50 caliber machine gun and it's just as powerfull!
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posted January 01, 2007 10:00 PM
**I have a skunk traveling through my back yard every night. He comes into the yard through a small dig under the fence on the side yard (comes from the neighbor's side)**
Every day that skunk lives increases the chances your neighbors dog,cat or house gets a stench deposit.
I'd say its live value is immeasurable.
Edge
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The Outdoor Tripp
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posted January 01, 2007 10:15 PM
And unfortunately, every day old stripeback lives increases the odds of my dog, cat, house and self getting a stench deposit.
I'd say it's death value is immeasurable.
R.I.P. le Pew ![[Smile]](smile.gif)
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The Outdoor Tripp
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posted January 01, 2007 10:23 PM
Okay gang, here's what's up.
About 10:00 pm tonight I set the Hav-a-Hart up against the fence between the two digs the skunk enters and exits my yard from each night.
On the trap pan sets a freshly opened can of Chicken of the Sea chunk tuna in oil.
If Pepe' checks into the chainlink Hilton I plan on sitting in a lawn chair on the back porch 40' away and taunting him.
After I've insulted his loved ones, friends, dog and football team, I'm gonna kung fu his ass .177 style.
Will keep ya'll posted.
Bonzai!!
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posted January 01, 2007 11:49 PM
Not his ass, that's for girly men. Head shots on skunks. Good hunting. LB
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The Outdoor Tripp
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posted January 02, 2007 12:39 AM
So about an hour after I open the doors of the chainlink Hilton for business I get curious, flip on the back floodlight and spy a black cat sitting next to the trap. Looking more closely I notice the trap has been sprung.
I then flicked the light on and off a few times to scare off the cat and decided to reset the trap before going to bed.
Upon getting ready for bed I walk out on the back porch to see le Pew scurrying away from the sprung trap and under the fence through the dig to the neighbor's yard.
I could hear the odiferous bastard rummaging in the leaves across the fence as I reset the trap.
Checked the trap about 30 minutes later and found nothing. However trap was still set.
I'm thinking the odds are pretty good I'll have a polecat trapped by morning.
Pray for me.
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