Skunk issue :(

[djcarguy]

  uncle and i use the 10 ft rope on cage,,,river ,,swim lessons training system... dont need shotgun,,just pellet or pump up beebee and it will fix top of skull,,,,done over and out works great....      put boom box with heavy bass speakers down on deck and cover with box and and vibrate the bastards out from under deck .then sreen it to keep them out? :Twocents:posin ,nuke and firecrackers are fun too? good luck

[1970Moparmann]

Well.... Woke up and found the door on the trap open - crap.  BUT, when I went to check the cat food this afternoon dumb ass (me) had the safety latch on the cage engaged.  The skunk ate the bate and had a full stomach. Had a party today and no skunk smell.  My wife and I were relieved that it didn't smell today.

I set it up tonight and feel pretty good now.  I put a camera on it to record what happens.    I hope to have good news tomorrow......

Who cares about a video recording of a skunk eating bait in a trap?  

What we want to see, is a video recording of you letting the skunk out of the trap.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fvjGdtE01PY    

Want to make sure it is skunks.  My neighbors have some outdoor cats.

The little bastard didn't come out last night. 

[69rtse4spd]

I like the can idea but with my sick mind would cut hole in the end big enough for the 12 gauge to fit. Make a little photo booth up for free Pict's., just stick head in for head shot. .

[rt green]

any skunk news?

[nvrbdn]

   

[1970Moparmann]

Getting pretty frustrated with this damn thing.....

This last week, I tried baiting the trap with crackers and jelly.  A Raccoon came and played with the traps and ate the food.  He's like double the size of the cage, so it is just a toy to him.  Then, I caught a Opossum on Tuesday night.  Thought for sure we had the skunk until I brought back the plastic bag on the trap to see what the hell it was.  To my amazement it was a big ass / big teeth / ugly opossum.  I released this a few miles away and it was confused as hell.  Kind of funny watching that...

Then, the skunk sprayed a little one night and with the wife on my butt about this, I told her to call Kane county wildlife to see what can be done.  She told the guy too much and he basically said we are breaking law after law (WTF).  There's a law for everything freak'en thing in IL.  He said that if we do catch it, it needs to also be killed and disposed of by the owner.  He said it would have to be buried on the property somewhere - F that.  I'm going to bring it to the the State Capital building.

Fast forward a few days, a neighbor told me he has a friend who is an exterminator. He talked to him and gave me some advice.  Put the trap by the hole and make sure all lights are off at night.  Because of my camera recording, I would keep my deck light on. He said the skunk will eventually come out and go into the trap.  No bait is needed.   I'm on my 4th day doing it this way and nothing so far.  This guy will cut a deal of $190 to set the traps and then dispose of the damn thing.   I just can't see wasting money for something to do this.  I'll catch the damn thing, I guess drown it, then toss it somewhere..

Someone else said put fire crackers under the deck and this will scare the daylights out of it and it won't come back.  I checked with majority of the people I know, no one has any.  Why, because it is ILLEGAL IN IL to have fireworks. 

I'm seriously thinking of ripping up the floor boards soon.   

[b5blue]

Your state is the opposite of Fl. statutes. What trap do you have? My Hm.On.Ass. has traps that suck. I bought my own and it works fine. 

[69rtse4spd]

Well if you trap it, give swimming lessons, & have to get ride of it. Just take a drive, super glue to the bottoms of his feet, & pose him in the middle of the road. Somebody will hit him.

[69rtse4spd]

Well if you trap it, give swimming lessons, & have to get ride of it. Just take a drive, super glue to the bottoms of his feet, & pose him in the middle of the road. Somebody will hit him.

P.S. could you put the trap in a large black plastic garbage bag. That way if you trap him her will not see you & should not be able to spray you. .

[1970Moparmann]

Well if you trap it, give swimming lessons, & have to get ride of it. Just take a drive, super glue to the bottoms of his feet, & pose him in the middle of the road. Somebody will hit him.

P.S. could you put the trap in a large black plastic garbage bag. That way if you trap him her will not see you & should not be able to spray you. .

Exactly what I did! 

[Finn]

You could leave a trail of bait leading from under the deck out into the yard. Then sit and wait with a 300 win mag and night vision.

[71charger]

I have been dealing with those furry bastards my whole life. get a medium sized trap and use chicken livers/cracked whole eggs/ anything stinky usually works. tie a rope to the trap and put it under your house or infected area. once you actually catch one shoot it with a .22 or pellet gun and get the hell out of the area once you kill it and come back in a few hours and use the rope so you dint have to touch the cage and "dispose" of the body any means necessary.

[Old Moparz]

This trapping ceremony is taking so long the damn skunk will die of old age.

[c00nhunterjoe]

Well I havnt had any skunks yet this season but I did just shoot a racoon. At 3 in the afternoon it was in the backyard, jumped the fence and proceeded to chase a squirrel around the yard then up a pine tree. The squirrel was chattering and going nuts. Pretty sure there was something wrong with him.

[Musicman]

Yeah... he wasn't getting enough lead in his diet.