Talking with the neighbors, one has captured and relocated a skunk this year and another has seen a younger one. We must have quite the family moving into the area.
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Talking with the neighbors, one has captured and relocated a skunk this year and another has seen a younger one. We must have quite the family moving into the area.
You really need to "front load" your response. A little effort at this point is worth a TON of effort later.
I'm picturing a scene from Caddyshack....
Just toying with me.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JDMBPn4YBZo
Biohazard suit and a camera somewhere to catch the action.
Would be great YouTube material.
Update caught one, some of last nights action.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJEgF7pU0LA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yiQZjObc5ow
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XTG5Nc81hd4
Well, we know who has the party house, don't we?
I'm going to get in trouble with zoning laws for too many tenants.Quote:
Originally Posted by spqrzilla
Your bait must not be very enticing. None of those critters looked smarter than the trap, except for the cat maybe.
Skunk season starts Nov 1st.
Take your bait and put it into a wire box that you can secure to the top, back of your trap. The animal will have to go all the way into the trap, and will trip the door while they're tying to figure out why they can't just pull the bait off the ceiling.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tim K
Ive done that but secured to the bottom, I will try the top as well.Quote:
Originally Posted by Irving
I have caught two skunks so thankfully my bait worked on the primary animal I was concerned with. Now I need to figure out something the raccoons are more interested in and figure out if I need a larger trap to get them to go inside.
Thankfully the skunks have been both stupid and interested.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tim K
So you are saying i am lucky to be getting rid of them now?Quote:
Originally Posted by Irving
<James Cagney voice>
"You dirty yellow-bellied tree rat."
No I mean that small game season for spotted and striped skunks starts on Nov 1st. I have one in mind that I'm considering hunting after that date. I wonder how much a full mount on a skunk would cost.Quote:
Originally Posted by USMC88-93
Understood, I REALLY hate to admit it but that had not even crossed my mind, I will have to look into it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Irving
Talk to SideShowBob, he seems to have the Raccoon juju down pat. [Coffee]Quote:
Originally Posted by USMC88-93
Before you take too much time looking into that, you can't legally do so (with a gun or bow) where you live. Not that I know of anyway. I'm not sure when the trapping season is.Quote:
Originally Posted by USMC88-93
When I lived in the Springs, I trapped 27 coons, 12 skunks, and 2 foxes in a 4 year period. I always used a similar trap to yours with a dish of dry cat food. I kept it uncovered except for a 35lb weight on top to keep the coons from dragging it around. Trap size and location didn't seem to matter - I had one bore coon that barely fit in the trap - couldn't turn around. He did manage to roll it 60 feet across the backyard, and popped several welded wires, but it held him. I tried tuna fish at first, but our cat kept getting trapped - he didn't mind spending the night in the trap for a can of tuna.
I slapped together a plywood box to place over the trap for when I got skunks inside. It was just bigger than the trap, open on one end for releasing them back out the door, and open on the bottom for slipping it over the top of the trap. I cut out a hole in the top of the box for the trap handle. If I was slow and careful slipping it over a skunk, they usually did not spray. If they did, it was contained and they had to marinate in it until I released them. I'd just leave the box outside to air out.
You will not likely get rid of all the critters - new ones will just move into the territory. Best of luck.
A large garbage can full of water - large enough to completely submerge your trap, is the easiest way to dispatch a critter.Quote:
Originally Posted by USMC88-93
Looks like I will need a bigger cage for this fat ass. And of course a skunk showed up after the raccoon had tripped the cage.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DTOwTrKV0YY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dRR6beRxkKU
Put some of this down the hole:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00JW...rb_top?ie=UTF8
Add some water. Walk away and wait 20 mins or so. Seal hole. Let neighbors deal with the critters.
Get rid of those trash pandas and the stink weasel with a Conibear 330 trap. Nothing will escape and it's instant dispatch. That is of course there is no risk of a domestic animal getting into it. Nothing will survive it's grasp.
Or add a long fuse into the hole and get far away.Quote:
Originally Posted by 00tec
That may fuck his shed up.Quote:
Originally Posted by colorider
4 Skunk, 1 Raccoon and 1 Squirrel gone so far... But they are getting bigger I will have to up-size my trap.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YmzweqvFqqA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=er_RBqgtO8I
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_rb8324iwM
0202--Raccoon takes trap to pawn shop for beer money...
No but the neighbor might.[ROFL2]Quote:
Originally Posted by TFOGGER
I set traps in Elizabeth for the squirrels getting into the roof.
I caught a skunk one night when I forgot to close the trap at dark.
I then learned that Colorado does not allow you to release a striped skunk due to the threat of rabies.
Cost me $50 to have a skunk killer come and get the little critter:
"Colorado allows you to trap skunks in live traps using peanut butter, eggs, sardines or cat food.
Check traps daily and destroy striped skunks, as the state prohibits moving them due to rabies risk.
You may relocate spotted and hog-nose skunks with a permit.
Skunks also may be shot in rural areas."
[Dunno]
You were lucky to find one willing as I understand most if not all will not touch it.Quote:
Originally Posted by BladesNBarrels
I think he had a notice posted at the local Safeway.Quote:
Originally Posted by USMC88-93
He used the exhaust from his truck to finish the striped skunk, tuned up my trap and showed me a couple of tricks to make it more stable.
He then disappeared down the road with the skunk in the plastic bag he had used with the exhaust.
He was friendly, informative, and took care of the problem.
I am careful to close the trap before dark.
As of yesterday 5 skunk, 2 raccoon and a squirrel captured since my original post.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5FOZNYfwpno
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PbT8eizFo78
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NDMvqIHX4zE
I want a full mount of a striped skunk.
What the hell do you do with a trapped skunk?
Should I take it to the taxidermist "live" for you?Quote:
Originally Posted by Irving
Haha, there are enough skunks around I can manage to bag my own. :D