I also used my tractor to transport, but in the FEL. Drove about 300 yards, then I set the trap just off the FEL. I used a large clothespin style woodworkers clamp, clipped to the top of the sheet. Tied one end of a cord to the clamp, and looped the other end on the FEL chain hook. I hopped back on the tractor and drove backwards until the 20' cord tightened and pulled the sheet off the trap. Then I used my Ruger 77/22 to dispatch from a safe distance.
Yes, You Can Move A Live SKUNK!! (How To,,)
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Sawyer Rob
Super Member
I catch them in my traps from time to time...
I cover the trap and then move it where ever I want. Then I open the door and walk away, once they are a ways away, I shoot them...
You moved yours a quarter mile away? Was it back at your place when you got home?? ha ha ha
It WILL be back!
SR
I cover the trap and then move it where ever I want. Then I open the door and walk away, once they are a ways away, I shoot them...
You moved yours a quarter mile away? Was it back at your place when you got home?? ha ha ha
It WILL be back!
SR
PJSprog
Elite Member
I have been using this trap opener this year,,,
Amazing accuracy,,
Oh, my :yes: ... a 6" S&W 617 10-shot ... one of my grail guns. Very nice.
We rarely set traps close enough to the house that any odoriferous offender cannot be terminated before removal. Had one spray up the back side of the barn once; pretty much ended the work out there for the day.
RobS
Super Member
Was on a fishing trip years ago at a commercial fishing camp. Skunk under the cleaning house. Campmaster took care of the skunk with his shotgun. Couldn't go near the cleaning house for days due to the smell...
A month or so ago, I caught a skunk in a Duke's Trap,,,
Amazon.com: Duke DP Coon Trap: DUKE PECAN: Sports & Outdoors
I had to dispatch that skunk where it was trapped,,, near the chicken coop.
The smell took two weeks to go away,,
I now use a different method to anchor the trap, it is now easier to "move"
Amazon.com: Duke DP Coon Trap: DUKE PECAN: Sports & Outdoors
I had to dispatch that skunk where it was trapped,,, near the chicken coop.
The smell took two weeks to go away,,
I now use a different method to anchor the trap, it is now easier to "move"
drssg
Veteran Member
I'm not as kind-hearted as the OP. I used a very similar approach, but I threw the whole thing into the shallow end of the pond. It's just deep enough to cover the trap, then I shot it under water. That contains the smell pretty well.
It would be simpler just to let it drown, but I prefer to end its suffering more quickly.
It would be simpler just to let it drown, but I prefer to end its suffering more quickly.
QRTRHRS
Elite Member
Many years ago my father and his buddy used to go around to the "country" dumps and catch them by blinding them with lights and tossing them in a burlap bag. From what I recall, they never sprayed while in the bag. I can remember riding along and the car never got stunk up. They would then somehow remove them from the bag and dope them up with ether and cut the scent glands off. They would then sell them to some pet shop. Somewhere I have a photo of me with my pet skunk when I was five years old.
Bird
Rest in Peace
Aah, yes. When I was a kid of 11 or 12, I wanted a pet skunk. Someone had found a nest of baby skunks and gave me one that was so new it didn't have it's eyes open yet. At the time, we had a mother cat in the barn with a new litter. So I took my little skunk and let him nurse that cat. The first day, I stayed with them to let him nurse and then took him away. But the second day, that cat licked him to clean him, and seemed to adopt him, so I left him with her and her kittens. The next day everything was fine and I thought I had it made. And the third day, I found just a little skunk fur and toenails; she had eaten him.
PILOON
Super Star Member
My grandfather would cover the trap and take it to the pond and submerge trap and skunk.
Next day he'd bury the drowned skunk.
Next day he'd bury the drowned skunk.