Posted: 4/16/2013 12:31:44 PM EDT
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Back story: As a child my grandfather lived in Michigan in a remote area. We vacationed/visited every year and one year he had a family of skunks that had made a home underneath his yard shed. The solution was for my grandfather, father, and me to sit quietly in lawn chairs as night fell with a shotgun and flashlights and wait for one to come out. Someone would shine a light on the skunk while the other disposed of the skunk with the shotgun. Took seven nights to get them all.
Fast forward 25 years. I walk out to my shed this morning, start the lawn mower, and begin mowing. My first few passes are around the shed itself, and as I'm doing so, a skunk runs out from underneath the shed and runs through my neighbors yard behind me and then into the woods. Needless to say, I don't want them there. I know they are nocturnal and will stay under there during the day unless spooked. However, between my neighbor and I there are plenty of kids that play and run between the two yards. It's probably only a matter of time before they start poking around under that shed. I have the capability to shoot them, but am surrounded by neighbors, and would have a pretty narrow shooting lane. Let's save that for plan B. Is there any other way to flush the skunk(s) out of there and keep them out. I thought about anti-freeze, but there are a couple stray neighborhood cats that I would like to keep around because they keep the mice away. Any other solutions? |
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One box of moth balls put under the shed will run the skunks off. Put moth balls in something like pantyhose when you throw them under the shed. Makes it easier to remove the moth balls when you are finished with them. Edit: In other words, outstink the little bastards. 
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| Mix cayenne pepper, habanero powder and red pepper flakes in vegetable oil. Use a paint brush and "paint" the bottom edge of your shed, all the way around. This worked well for me when we had skunks living under our front porch. The skunks never came back, worked great. |
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One box of moth balls put under the shed will run the skunks off. Put moth balls in something like pantyhose when you throw them under the shed. Makes it easier to remove the moth balls when you are finished with them. Edit: In other words, outstink the little bastards.
Or pour ammonia around the shed. They will think it is another animals territory. |
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Mix cayenne pepper, habanero powder and red pepper flakes in vegetable oil. Use a paint brush and "paint" the bottom edge of your shed, all the way around. This worked well for me when we had skunks living under our front porch. The skunks never came back, worked great. Ghost peppers for the win. Don't screw around go for the high test stuff. |
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One box of moth balls put under the shed will run the skunks off. Put moth balls in something like pantyhose when you throw them under the shed. Makes it easier to remove the moth balls when you are finished with them. Edit: In other words, outstink the little bastards.
Or pour ammonia around the shed. They will think it is another animals territory. pour ammonia into entrance immediately followed by bleach –– don't breathe the clorine gas 
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If I live trap a skunk, do I not now have a wire cage with a skunk in it that is still very capable of spraying me? Mentioned upthread, bag the trap before you set it. I have caught one while trying to catch coons. I just threw an old blanket that I never wanted to see again over it and let it out....it never sprayed. |
