Skunk in the hen house: Decision...decision

Soak a few eggs in a bit of moonshine and leave them out for Mr. Skunk. After he eats those he will have no idea what is going on abd then drown the bastard. Or just shoot him in the head. I've heard of people doing it with geese, soaking beans in the shine laying a load of them in teh field. The stuff gets in the system of the geese instant drunk and no more flying.
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It never ceases to amaze me what I can learn in this forum - despite what my wife says! 8)

When I was a a kid, my parents made some good old fashion choke-cherry wine. The fermented pulp which was full of cherry pits was thrown on an open compost heap. All the chipmunks, squirrels and birds in the surrounding area spent the months of August and September in a drunken Euphoria! :twisted: :wink:

Back to the skunk situation... I opt for the shock factor.... Use the shotgun with 3" No 2's ...You gotta send a message for all the other little bastards out there.... Screw with my eggs and you die #####!

I used to have an unwanted dog problem on my farm (chase the tractor down the road and try to bite your feet) and killing the offending bastard wasn't an option.... (the neighbour wasn't that bad) So I took some .410 shells and dumped out the shot. It its place I put rock salt. I shot the dog in the ass and a distance far enough that the "charge" would break skin but not cause major injury.... It was a lesson that the leg biter never forgot. :twisted:
 
canucklehead said:
If you took the time to take them to the mountains, why bother shooting them?

Don't get me wrong, I'm no "save the skunks" activist, but it just seems pointless... then again, I don't know the proximity of 'your house' to 'the mountains'. :wink:
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Because the mountains are only a couple of kkms away and the little bastards have a homing instinct bar none. They will probably beat me home.
 
220 connibear works for me!
Use a 5 gallon pale and put thhe trap in the front with some egss, etc in the back.
Those crittewrs have as much balls and as little brains as a Weasel or Wolverine.

Cat
 
woodchopper said:
If your going to live trap them and release them have some fun :D

release them in someones yard you don't like :lol: even better if they have dogs
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Okay, that's some funny #### right there, I don't care who you are...
dumbdawg said:
trap it and mail it to your local liberal office
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These things are prolific and are running all over the place, even down here in the "burbs" of Trawna - which I'd love to move away from ASAP!
Anyway, like "BTH" said, chickens can't smell anything, and if you've ever been in a chicken farm, that would make sense.
 
I've shot skunks when I was young and stupid.
Big Mistake.
If you must kill it to get rid of it, use a Havahart trap, covered with heavy blanket or tarp.
Connect a hose to the exhaust of your car and run it for a few minutes.
The ones we had to dispose of just went to sleep and did not spray.
trap it and mail it to your local liberal office
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Trapping one and sending it to the local office of the Natural Ruling Party will only cause an increase in their numbers as they will simply interbreed.
You will then have a hybrid creature with no morals or ethics that smells bad.


I used to have an unwanted dog problem on my farm (chase the tractor down the road and try to bite your feet) and killing the offending bastard wasn't an option.... (the neighbour wasn't that bad) So I took some .410 shells and dumped out the shot. It its place I put rock salt. I shot the dog in the ass and a distance far enough that the "charge" would break skin but not cause major injury.... It was a lesson that the leg biter never forgot.
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Next time, you might want to try a water pistol filled with household ammonia, shot into the dogs face.
 
When I was a kid we used to poke a hole in each end of the egg and stick a wire in and bust up the yoke and white then blow it out the hole .then we would fill the egg up with Keenes hot mustard and put it back in the nest.The next day we would find the egg broke apart and have no trouble from that critter for a while.Nowadays I would just add juice from a habanero if it came back for seconds then the trap.

Rich
 
I was going to suggest C4 plastic explosive molded into the shape of eggs, you know, like the goofy groundskeeper on the movie Caddyshack, but then I saw this idea.
How can I beat that suggestion?


dumbdawg said:
trap it and mail it to your local liberal office
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Sad to say no visit from Pepe le Skunk last night....probably still has a full stomach from the night before....So instead of soaking eggs in whisky I put it to a better use.....But I will persevere and be out again this evening...... :roll:

I will bring out both the shotty and the sks and let the conditions decide which one to use... :eek:
 
Mr. boot said:
I will bring out both the shotty and the sks and let the conditions decide which one to use... :eek:
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Very messy......very,very messy :roll:

Of course we WILL want pics :D


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When my wooden trap rotted I went to the wire Havahart and then would dump the trap in a 45 gallon drum of water. Getting the trap to the water was an interesting and smelly experience. That yellow stuff permiates the air and gets on everything.
 
Woodchopper,
Finally! A good idea. There are anti-hunting activists in every locale who could love and enjoy that skunk!
This the kind of selfless sharing I expect to read about on a Canadian Gun Forum. Regards, Bill.
 
Mr. boot,

It seems that since you don't want to be too close to Mr. Stinky if/when he let's er' go...then I vote for the SKS. You could take up a position a little ways away and "pick him off" when you see him aproach the coop. Using the shotgun you'd have to be much closer.

Good luck - Jeff/1911.
 
Here's the solution. Fill a 45-gallon drum half full of water. Lean a 2 x 6 or 2 x 8 x 8 feet long up to the edge of the barrel. Take a piece of panelling and cut it the same width as your board (6" or 8"). Tap a roofing nail through the panelling just enough to hold it to the end of the plank over the centre of the drum. Crack an egg and dribble it all the way down the plank. The skunk will walk all the way up the plank and fall in the barrel and drown.

It's not as fun as vaping him with a 10 guage shotgun (I've done that too) but it's a lot cleaner as the can't spray if they don't have back feet on the ground.

I've heard that if you can grab them quickly enough by the tail they can't spray neither but I'm just not that brave enough.

My dad shot one in the head in our barn with a .22 when I was a kid and it sprayed everywhere.

Your best bet is to drown the animal. It doesn't seem real humane but it will cleanly get rid of your problem.

Best regards,

Slooshark1
 
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