Skunk Advice

[CADplans]

I have trapped about a half dozen,, never a bit of smell,,
until after shooting it,,,

You could transport it in a truck, the same way,, but, I am sure, that would be illegal.
Mine simply ride up into the hills,,,

 

[beowulf]

I know this was not your question, but I can tell you what not to do with a dead skunk. Our dog Sam killed a skunk and deposited it at our back door to show us how proud he was. I grabbed a shovel and took the dead skunk a considerable distance from the house where, accompanied by the dog, I dug a nice hole, deposited the skunk in the hole and buried it. I cleaned the shovel and returned it to a shed, washed up in the barn sink and went back to the house.

There, at the house, at the back door I found the skunk. I thought I was teaching the dog where a dead skunk belongs - buried under ground. But the dog thought I was playing "hide the skunk from the dog" and thought I was not very good at that game.

I reburied the skunk farther away and this time went alone to do that.

 

[EddieWalker]

Thank you for all the advice. It sounds like making your own formula works the best. I'll be buying some Hydrogen Peroxide and baking soda this evening and keeping it on the shelf, un opened. We have plenty of dawn, so that's not an issue. I book marked the link to "removing skunk odor" and will print it out too.

As for trapping and killing them, I have had some success at that, but just like coyotes and racoons, I know that there are always more out there and it's a never ending battle. Because of keeping our dogs separate when our female is in heat, we are adding several rows of hot wire to their fence this weekend. One row will be added to the outside of the fence to keep out unwanted critters. It's a cheap and effective way to make the fence a lot more effective. I hate it when our dogs get zapped, but know it's worth it to keep them safe and away from the fence.

Now if I can only find out how to keep snakes out of the yard!!!!

 

[Bird]

I think I was 13 when I had an 11 year old buddy who lived about a quarter mile up the road from us northeast of Healdton, OK. His collie got excited about something in a hollow log on the ground, and the boy thought it was going to be a raccoon, so he reached in and drug it out by the tail. The dog killed it. And it was a good thing it was summer, school was out, etc. because his mother threw him some clothes, told him to bury the ones he had on, to wash in their stock pond, and to sleep outside, staying out of the house 24/7 for several days.:laughing:

The first three and a half years my wife & I were married, we were assistant managers of a 104 unit apartment complex; 4 apartments to each building; two upstairs, two downstairs. The downstairs apartments each had a fenced concrete patio just outside the rear sliding door. And in the middle of one night, I got a call because an elderly female resident had a little dog that started barking at the back door and she went and opened the door without looking out first, and the little dog charged right out into a skunk. The old lady was so concerned about her dog that she did not promptly close the door. What a mess??? We had to temporarily move her into a vacant apartment and have her apartment fumigated by professionals. Of course that night she was concerned that her little dog was going to die since he was puking. I assured her the dog wasn't going to die.

 

[oosik]

Around here it makes absolutely no difference what I do with a dead skunk. The coyotes will find it and if required, dig it up, and eat it. I make it easy for all concerned. There is a special place on the far west end on my property where all animals that die, end up. The coyotes check the location periodically and clean up the mess.

 

[k0ua]

I watched our black lab kill a skunk once. He had it pretty well figured out. Full throttle running towards the skunk. Skunks don't have very good eyesight so good plan on the dogs part. He got his nose under the skunk and tossed it about 6 feet into the air. This was still at full throttle. Next was full 4x4 to get turned around before the skunk figured out what was going on. Then he grabbed the skunk in his mouth a shook the living daylights out of it. Then chomp chomp from one end to the other. Repeat untill he was sure the skunk was dead. Then it was off to the pond for a swim to get rid of about 90% of the smell. It was awesome to watch!

I would pay real money to see that video!

 

[k0ua]

Around here it makes absolutely no difference what I do with a dead skunk. The coyotes will find it and if required, dig it up, and eat it. I make it easy for all concerned. There is a special place on the far west end on my property where all animals that die, end up. The coyotes check the location periodically and clean up the mess.

Now, that is symbiosis. You and the 'yotes have come to an understanding.

 

[k0ua]

I know this was not your question, but I can tell you what not to do with a dead skunk. Our dog Sam killed a skunk and deposited it at our back door to show us how proud he was. I grabbed a shovel and took the dead skunk a considerable distance from the house where, accompanied by the dog, I dug a nice hole, deposited the skunk in the hole and buried it. I cleaned the shovel and returned it to a shed, washed up in the barn sink and went back to the house.

There, at the house, at the back door I found the skunk. I thought I was teaching the dog where a dead skunk belongs - buried under ground. But the dog thought I was playing "hide the skunk from the dog" and thought I was not very good at that game.

I reburied the skunk farther away and this time went alone to do that.

I am sure your doggie enjoyed your little "bury the skunk" game! And HE won!

 

[2LaneCruzer]

Rabies can only be transmitted with direct contact of blood or saliva from the infected animal to your blood or saliva or eyes, etc... the virus itself dies in air. So, yes, I suppose if you shot a rabid animal and its blood splattered back into your open mouth, open eye, or open cut, you could get rabies. But the virus itself won't transfer through the air. It has to remain in blood or saliva droplets. At least, that's the way I understand it.

I think that is correct, for the most part. I did read of one case where some spelunkers were exploring a cave that was full of bats; they later came down with rabies. Turns out the air in the cave was thick with bat urine which was able to carry enough of the virus to infect them. Rare, for sure, but not impossible.

 

[RSKY]

Coyotes love dead skunks. Wife's 80-year old aunt shoots them and lets them lay. Coyotes get them that night.

I never took the ones I killed out of the traps. Had to throw traps and everything away.

RSKY