Posted: 2/19/2009 6:37:48 PM EDT
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I have an issue with a skunk smell that blows up about once a week and makes the house stink something fierce. Any way to keep the fucker out of the front landscaping/front porch?
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A friend had a problem with one getting into his trash. Finally fed up, he thought he'd trap it. Well, with a "Have-a-Heart" wire trap, a can of tuna, it took about one day. So now, he had this LIVE skunk in this trap. Living out in the country he thought he could just take his 10/22 Ruger and pop it in the head. He's not a sniper. Wounded it. So, the thing sprayed everything it had before it died. My friend had to wrap a large towel around his face, dig a hole, get the lawn mower to drag the trap to the hole, dump it out and bury it, without throwing up. After that, he left the trap door OPEN to let it .....air out? ( I didn't understand this either on a WIRE cage). Next day, he'd caught another one. Laughed my ass off when he told me this story. After the first experience, he left the second one in the cage to starve to death. It worked. NO SMELLY CAT. It pays to have a .22 sniper rifle and the skills to use it in the country
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Toss mothballs under there and board up what openings you can.
I do not recommend shooting it; and if you do shoot it, use a shotgun or something that will kill it for sure. The question you don't want to be asking, "Is the skunk under my house alive or dead?" This is personal experience talking. |
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A friend had a problem with one getting into his trash. Finally fed up, he thought he'd trap it. Well, with a "Have-a-Heart" wire trap, a can of tuna, it took about one day. So now, he had this LIVE skunk in this trap. Living out in the country he thought he could just take his 10/22 Ruger and pop it in the head. He's not a sniper. Wounded it. So, the thing sprayed everything it had before it died. My friend had to wrap a large towel around his face, dig a hole, get the lawn mower to drag the trap to the hole, dump it out and bury it, without throwing up. After that, he left the trap door OPEN to let it .....air out? ( I didn't understand this either on a WIRE cage). Next day, he'd caught another one. Laughed my ass off when he told me this story. After the first experience, he left the second one in the cage to starve to death. It worked. NO SMELLY CAT. It pays to have a .22 sniper rifle and the skills to use it in the country Laughed hard. I just told a friend last night to use a live trap outside his barn. then just shoot the fucker, better to have the smell outside then in his barn full of hay. |
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