Skunk question

I've shot many at the farm. When they get hit they do let it fly and if they die instantly they do dribble. Even with a head shot there is still reflexive squirting. Make sure the wind is blowing the right direction and dispatch them quickly. A good old 12 ga does wonders.
 
Dead is dead and once dead the muscle that holds that wonderful perfume in relaxes and.... well you know the rest!
Over the years we killed so many skunks that I lost count. The all sprayed to some extent.
 
I read somewhere that if you break their back they will not spray. So a spine shot would be better that a head shot. And they will not spray if you drown them. And if caught in a live trap that has a low roof so they cannot raise their tail they will not be able to spray.

I have live trapper a few and relocated them but have never killed one.
 
Brother in law shot one in the head several years ago. It was rooting around in the garbage. He figured a quick, clean pop with the old .22 right in the back of the head and it wouldn't spray. My sister and the kids showed up on Mom n Dad's door step at 3 AM cause their house stunk so bad they couldn't stay there. The little bugger basically exploded all over the Bro in law, house, garage, yard, you name it, it stunk! there's nothing like the smell of skunk either. Not the kinda sweet "there must be a skunk near by" smell but the "#####! What is that? I'm going to puke!!" smell of getting sprayed..
 
I remember camping in Montana.... we had a skunk come by the campsite every evening. So we started to feed it.
Anyhow, it became real tame and my wife wanted to bring it back as a pet.
I was worried about smuggling it back across the border so I told my wife to hide it up her skirt.
She then asks "What about the smell"?

I said "don't worry about that, that won't hurt it".
 
Canadian_Zuk said:
live trap and then into a garbage can full of water. no fuss no mess
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Yup.... We use to get them on the game/bird farm I worked at (they love eggs!!) Live trap...sneak up, throw tarp over trap, wait a couple mins.... pick up trap gently, take to pond.... On a side note, I ended up with a pet skunk from there... they actually are pretty cool critters... but thats another story.....
 
Dead is dead and once dead the muscle that holds that wonderful perfume in relaxes and.... well you know the rest!
Over the years we killed so many skunks that I lost count. The all sprayed to some extent.
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I have had exactly the same results. Back of the head, spine, body it dose not matter. The last one I got this summer I took his head off with a 12 ga from 10' away still stunk. Just aim to kill with the first shot.
 
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