Skunk in the hen house: Decision...decision

Slooshark has the right Idea,my mother had one living under her shed!!

I used a live cat trap on it(use apple or turnip slices in it)cats don't care for them and skunks can't resist them!!!

So I catch it then call the City of Norman animal control to come pick it up!!!

They say they only pick them up if we use thier trap with the tarp over it!!!!

So I shot it behind the ear with a single pump commie 177 cal air gun,in just laid down ,sprayed and died!!!

I burried it next to her nat gas meter(figured it couldn't smell anymore than the leaky meter)!

If you do use steel traps(use the turnip slices)and tie a LONG rope to it so you can drag it ar away before you dispatch it!!!

I like the barrel of water design best!!!


Bob :)
 
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.
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When it comes to killin' we got some pretty imaginative and resourceful guys in this community :shock: :twisted:

BTW I don't buy the "skunk can't spray you if his rear legs in the air"... It is an urban myth that was spread by some vengeful, misfortunate skunk catcher.
 
We used to get skunks pretty regularly around the farm. I took both ends out of a 5 gallon metal can, drilled a hole in the side of the can and faced it up. Ran an piece of gas hose through the hole, and knocked off the flux from a 6010 welding rod, put it in the stinger and passed it through the hose then hooked on piece of liver as bait ,clamped the ground clamp on the can and left it plugged into my dc arcwelder set on 150 amps at night, worked everytime, and only a slight burnt flesh smell was ever smelled :mrgreen:
 
Fedex it to your Liberal MP's constituancy office. Leave a note telling the office staff that they should at least smell as bad as the people on Capital Hill.
 
I caught one in a cat trap and threw a tarp over it. Stuck a hose on the end of the truck exhaust, and 5 minutes later, no more skunk problem. Personally, I think woodchopper has the best idea yet!!!!.....Ken
 
It is literally a game of cat and mouse and I have been outsmarted at every turn....I may resort to a leghold but will have to pack up all the barn cats into my basement :shock: for a night or two....Not something I want to do.... :twisted: Every evening I have snuck around that barn with SKS in hand but no luck.....Its getting serious because I actually had to buy eggs this week.....I assume that Mr. Skunks arteries will eventually clogg from the colesterol nd he will die of natural causes.... :lol:
 
alberta tactical rifle said:
We used to get skunks pretty regularly around the farm. I took both ends out of a 5 gallon metal can, drilled a hole in the side of the can and faced it up. Ran an piece of gas hose through the hole, and knocked off the flux from a 6010 welding rod, put it in the stinger and passed it through the hose then hooked on piece of liver as bait ,clamped the ground clamp on the can and left it plugged into my dc arcwelder set on 150 amps at night, worked everytime, and only a slight burnt flesh smell was ever smelled :mrgreen:
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hahaha
pretty creative people on this board... :D


My only advise is dont shoot it with a shotgun. just dont. god I allmost puked when my buddy did that... and I was about 5 feet behind him. and he was 20 feet from it. shotgun + skunk = baaaaaadddddd.
 
well here's a thought
use eggs to live trap the @$U^%
then let him swim with the fishes
they like stinky eggs also eh
trust me on that
I had some that got kinda ripe and set them outside, and before I took them to the burn barrel, I came home the next night and there was a big ole skunk chowing down
it had a liquid scat not far from there either
but it was back the next night again lol
 
LOL, just a FYI. Joe's handcleaner will get that smell off ya, but will dry your hair to the point you'll need an inch off or it'll look like a wig. I had the misfortune of staying at a motel in Consort last summer and this young skunk kept visiting the BBQ pit there and sprayed eveynight for almost a week.

I seen the little bugger and managed to throw a 3/4" wrench at it, killing it and resulting in me using up alot of Joe's handcleaner. The funniest part of that whole escapade was handing the skunk that i'd placed in 2 garbage bags to the propriator of the motel who was to busy yakking on the phone to point out where his dumpster was. he suddenly found the time to point that out when his nose finally got in touch with his brain......

JT.
 
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I had the same problem in my pheasant coop. The skunks were trying to get into the coop that was very well sealed from weasels.

Trap the skunks with chicken liver in a Cdn Tire Havahart Trap. Cover the trap when you catch one. Release the skunk out in the field, and test whatever you have sitting around the the house.

Unfortunately one skunk stealing eggs will usually mean that a whole family of skunks are around. I trapped four that were hanging around my coop with newborn chicks.

In Alberta, the skunk is the greatest carrier of rabies. So be careful when you handle them.
 
I am giving you some information that I have personally learned and used on several occassions.
If you want to dispose of the skunk, without smell, this is the way to do it.
First, the worst smell you can get is by shooting it with a shotgun. You couldn't stand to go back in that hen house.
The next worst smell you can get is shooting it in the head with a 22.

Here is how to do it.
Use a 22 with shorts. Carefully get near it and WAIT until it is broadside.
Shoot it once in the rib cage, so as to hit the lungs. The skunk at the most, will just flinch a bit.
Carefully sneak away and leave things alone.
In half an hour go in and take out your dead skunk.
There won't be a bit of smell.
I don't think there is any other way to kill them without a terrible smell.
 
When we had chickens, we had lots of skunks coming around coons too. The .22 got lots of work, and our Border collie loved every minute of it. We even got skunk off from the vet and the old dog got regular baths with it.
 
We used to catch skunks around the farm in a cage trap. Then we'd sneak up at the solid end and lower a box or old bathtub over it, stick a hose under, attach to vehicle exhaust pipe, and mr skunk goes to meet his 72 virgins all peaceful like... then my cousin would step on em and make em squirt!
 
Jeez, some of you guys make things so complicated. If you have a fairly open area around the coop, just catch him coming or going and smoke him with a rifle. The shotgun seems to make too much of a mess, but the rifle, at least 50% of the time, kills them without so much as a squirt. I've nuked them with everything from a .17HMR to a .416 Rigby, no problems. If they're 20 or so yards away from the building, let'em open fire with their stink glands...so what?

But on to the main question here...how can you not own a .22?
 
Listen to H4831, he's giveing you good advice. If you have a skunk in the hen house, you want it down, before it can and will do more damage. If the skunk, knows that you're there, it will turn its back side on you and let go at first opportunity. You need to be quick and quiet. Make sure of your target. As long as the skunk is occupied with whatever it's doing, you should be OK. Don't turn on the light and wait for it to get used to the light. Sometimes though turning on the light will scare it out of the coop and you can deal with it outside.

The chest shot works well. It causes blood pressure loss and enough trauma to the lungs, that the skunk is more worried about where his next breath is coming from than anything else. In a few seconds his vision etc is getting bad and he just lays down and tries to recuperate. Subsonics work best for this. It's a tried and true method. The dog doesn't get bitten and you don't have to wash it or relegate it to the outdoors.
 
Trap him with some old eggs. Throw an old blanket over the trap. Gently carry him downwind somewhere trying not to scare him (so, he won't spray). Pop him with a .22 in the head and run away. Make sure the bullet doesn't bounce off the cage frame. Come back for the trap in a day or two. Done this many times. ...and keep your dogs inside.
 
my father used to trap them in a live trap with a blanket that could be pulled over the trap after they were caught .the last stop was the river . worked for him .no fuss no muss .
 
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