SKUNK

[scotty088]

Hi All,
I have had problems wits a nasty skunk living under a 40 ft storage container behind my shop.My dogs seem to get sprayed often as they aren't smart enough to know thats not a cat there chasing.I finally decided to get a live trap and trap him.Acording to articles I have read on the internet you can cover the cage with a blanket to keep the skunk calm enough to load the cage and relocate him.Ha Ha Ha Ha!!!!! So now I have a live skunk in a cage.What am I to do now?I took a rope tied a hook on the end,masking taped it to the end of a 12ft piece of pvc pipe.carefully hooked the end of the cage drug it out all the while the skunk is spraying.after pondering all my options,What are my options?

 

[biggerten]

Bang!!!

On to the next problem.

 

[jdjdjd]

I have trapped lots of skunks in live traps. I throw a big towel over it and carry it. Never been sprayed yet.
As far as disposal, use what works best. Take it someplace where you can shoot it or just let it go at your neighbor's house.
Ponds are good too.

 

[Ductape]

I've found skunks spray after covering the trap with a blanket about 50% of the time.


My advice: Cover the trap. Baptize it as soon as possible.

 

[Western]

I have trapped lots of skunks in live traps. I throw a big towel over it and carry it. Never been sprayed yet.
As far as disposal, use what works best. Take it someplace where you can shoot it or just let it go at your neighbor's house.
Ponds are good too.

Blanket always works for me, the trick is slow and easy.

Like my grandfather used to say " treat the skunk like a politician, or he will spray all kind of "stuff" from his a#$%"..

 

[20 20]

STAY com cover cage{you did}. I have taken skunks in garbage pails no lid and walked them out into the woods tiped pail and stood there while skunk walked out. I have also walked upto and with skunks helping them off the road. I even helped a mother with her babies cross a road.

PLEASE, DON'T kill the little guy if there is no need. Skunks are awsome rodent control and overall very harmless. Some folks even have them as pets. I don't understand the mentality with KILL KILL KILL

 

[WayneB]

I agree you do not have to kill the skunk, but you don't have to dump it onto your neighbor either. I really hate people that do that. Had a person dumping out a woodchuck in my backfield area one time. I caught him in the act and forced him to take the thing away. He couldn't understand why I was so mean......................!

 

[jimmyj]

We had a pretty tame skunk coming around all the time. It went into the chicken coop and kept all the mice down and only stole the occasional egg. Never sprayed any of the animals.

One day my neighbor saw it under his bird feeder and shot it. Now, I have had to shoot stuff from time to time so I'm not a total bleeding heart. But, this kind of bummed me out. Also, it bugged me because my neighbor is a "shoot to wound" kind of a guy and I feel if you have to do it, do it right.

 

[20 20]

WayneB and Jimmyj, your the type of neighbors I wouldn't mind having around , but keep your neighbors where they are

 

[Chuck52]

I trapped two skunks that were determined to dig a den under my front stoop. I used a plastic cover for a now defunct grill to cover the trap both times and then used my pole saw to hook the trap and drag it away from the house with the cover over it all the way. Since they didn't want to take no for an answer about digging under the stoop, I shot both from a safe distance after using the pole saw to pull off the cover Neither sprayed, though there was a bit of a smell where they were trapped. Putting the cover over the trap was a bit nerve wracking, but both skunks seemed pretty calm about the whole thing. I had to adjust the cover both times to get the trap completely covered, and I used the pole saw for that, too. Later on it occurred to me that I should have tied a rope to the trap before the skunk took up occupancy.

I've seen a plan for a skunk trap made of a piece of pvc drain pipe. The idea there is that the trap is small enough so that the skunk can't rear up into the spray position. I think it was just a piece of 6" or 8" pvc with screen on one end and a drop door at the other, with a simple trigger, that could be baited, tied to the door....kinda like the rabbit traps you can find plans for on the web.

Chuck