Hunting skunks

[wow]

You have to sneak up behind it, hold the tail down and it cant spray you. Need video.

[32drawlength]

You have to sneak up behind it, hold the tail down and it cant spray you. Need video.

Lol, I need a bunch of Shiner & decon suit!

[Tuffbroadhead]

I'll tell ya what we charge for skunk removal..

99.00 to set and catch the first animal, 75.00 for each additional animal we catch after that.....

love this time of year!! Skunk mating season!!


The secret is what you do to a trap to NOT get sprayed...

[clcraft]

My dad and i always double teamed them on the count of three, when we would catch them eating the dog food. Two sets of number 4s they never really had time to spray.

[Colton]

I think the coons would grab it instantly.

So shoot the coons till they stop coming then get after the skunks

[hellbndr23]

Friend of mine uses a few feet of 4" pvc pipe. Cap one end and bury in the ground at a 45° angle. Put the mouth right at ground level. Pour sardines down into the bottom. Then pour bacon grease from the mouth so it runs all they way into the pipe. Makes it slippery so they can't back out. Supposedly with the small diameter pipe they can't raise their tails and spray. He has a cap for the other end with a garden hose fitting on it. Fill with water, come back a few our later and reset everything. He's been doing it this way for years.

[Playa]

Friend of mine uses a few feet of 4" pvc pipe. Cap one end and bury in the ground at a 45° angle. Put the mouth right at ground level. Pour sardines down into the bottom. Then pour bacon grease from the mouth so it runs all they way into the pipe. Makes it slippery so they can't back out. Supposedly with the small diameter pipe they can't raise their tails and spray. He has a cap for the other end with a garden hose fitting on it. Fill with water, come back a few our later and reset everything. He's been doing it this way for years.

This seems like either a brilliant idea or a brilliant practical joke!

Either way, I could never bring myself to waste bacon grease like that, I'd have to use vegetable oil or something!

[Tyler's Outdoor]

Killed 7 of them last summer one night in a 1/2 acre field.

[Aggie_bowtech]

My dad has killed 7 at their house in New Braunfels. This is a true story...

He uses a peanut butter sandwich and places on the metal Havahart trap. After he catches them he grabs a big bed sheet and spreads it out as wide as he can and blocks himself with it. Walk towards the animal and put the sheet over the trap. He then picks it up and walks towards the lake (they live on the lake). Drops the trap in the lake and drowns the animal.

Oh yeah forgot to mention he keeps a rope or chain on the trap to get the trap out of the lake. He's killed 7 this way and they only sprayed the sheet once I think.

[Aggie_bowtech]

So here's my question, if you kill one is there a way to save the hide without it getting the stink on it?

Yes, read my previous post. My dad actually skinned one and got the hide tanned. It turned out pretty cool.

[hrdwrkncwby76]

Lol

[huntresss]

So here's my question, if you kill one is there a way to save the hide without it getting the stink on it?

Yep! I wet the whole skunk down first with a peroxide/baking soda/dish soap compound 'cause they almost always spray upon death. This solution cuts down on the smell enough so I can skin them. Be careful when skinning around the scent glands as they still have plenty of juice left in them. After I finish skinning, I wash real good with pine sol or simple green and then send them off to be tanned. The peroxide solution cuts the smell down to almost nothing. Just don't leave it on too long or it will bleach out the black hairs.

[GS91]

The PVC pipe trap is the way to go. You can find a lot of info on the web about them. They can't spray in it. You don't have to bury it in the ground. After one is caught, throw it in the lake, as posted above, and give it a few days.

[3DW5]

My grandfather has made it his mission in life to kill all skunks around his place, he uses live trap with tuna can and then throws a towel over the cage using a long poll then drops them in a large garbage can full of water... He has killed a butt load...

[hellbndr23]

The PVC pipe trap is the way to go. You can find a lot of info on the web about them. They can't spray in it. You don't have to bury it in the ground. After one is caught, throw it in the lake, as posted above, and give it a few days.

How do u keep them from backing out?