LOL.... I trapped my way thru gunsmithing school. Once you've experienced mink stink, skunks become nothing but a minor nasal irritant, like a locker room smell. Ya' get used to it.
Skunks
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brings to mind the old mole joke LOL
Well, we might as well hear that one too....the skunk one was good. I don't give a GD who you are...that was funny, but I have to admit being a little slow. I read it about 14 times before I got it. Better start leavin' the Bushmill's alone!!!
I don't know how...skunk, when real fresh, has that burning onion like smell that I cannot stand. It really makes me sick. I kill everyone of those things I see. The wife and kids have been pre-warned about that stupid little dog...if he grabs up on another one HE is going on a one way flight out. It's a wonder I haven't been sprayed. Seems like every time I flip over one of my kayaks or canoes or move some old wood around the sawmill I am suddenly face to face with Pepe.
OK..... first the moles....
Papa Mole, Mama Mole and liddle teensy Baby Mole are moling their way down a tunnel.......
Papa Mole stops and sniffs: "hhnuhh, hnuhh"... "hey! That smells like breakfast! Anybody else smell them hotcakes??"
Mama Mole agrees: "Hnehh, hnehhh"..."yup! I can smell that Maple syrup!!"
Baby Mole is grumbling along at the back: "hpff, fppffff"... "all's I can smell is molasses"
Smells......worst smells......
For a long time I was tied between the smell on mink and the smell you get when you leave a couple tubs of nightcrawlers IN your tackle box IN the boat for a couple weeks in the summer. Either one will make your eyes water. Make you wanna' wash yer mouth out with catfish curds and gargle gasoline...
Then I left a glass pint of salmon eggs in the boat. REAL salmon eggs, like put up right from the salmons you catch, West Coast Style fresh salmon eggs.
THIS is my new standard..... makes you wanna' snort that gas right up yer nose to cleanse the smell.....and light it.....
snert
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Now that whole post is "blow your soda out yer nose funny"!
AckleymanII
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Hand broadcast Melonite fertilizer on your lawn, fairly heavy, it runs around $12 per 40 lb bag where I live. It also works wonders for keeping deer out of the garden and roses.
If you are really upset with them, spend around $30 on moth balls, spread them around the lawn, works for dogs, bears and mountain lions also.
If you are really upset with them, spend around $30 on moth balls, spread them around the lawn, works for dogs, bears and mountain lions also.
There’s really no good way to do it.
We had an infestation here and I trapped and shot several dozen of the darned things. I tried every conceivable place to shoot them with everything from .22 to 12 GA and the results were always the same . . . . . . . every single one let the stink go when they died. Even when I removed the entire head, they still let go.
It doesn’t come out under high pressure but it’s more of a weak stream. I think it’s contained under pressure and when they die, the muscles relax and there it goes.
We had an infestation here and I trapped and shot several dozen of the darned things. I tried every conceivable place to shoot them with everything from .22 to 12 GA and the results were always the same . . . . . . . every single one let the stink go when they died. Even when I removed the entire head, they still let go.
It doesn’t come out under high pressure but it’s more of a weak stream. I think it’s contained under pressure and when they die, the muscles relax and there it goes.
MS50
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Check out Milky Spore on Wikipedia. I've used this powder on a lawn with 100% effectiveness. No more grubs or skunks digging. The bacteria is self propagating so it should last indefinitely. It's available at garden stores, Walmart, etc.
He is 100% correct water is the best way.
I also have tried every way to shoot them and like stated above nothing and I mean nothing will stop them from spraying or leaking after getting hit with a bullet.
I trapped quite a bit years ago and have dealt with a fair number of skunks. I had read how to dispatch without the spray and this DOES work. Use a very low powered round nose round, 22RF standard match works great. Shoot the skunk through the chest where you would shoot a deer. Lungs/heart shot. Leave the skunk be. It will wander a bit, tip over and die with no spray. The important think is to not shoot head, neck, large bones as with any impact or central nervous system hit the skunk with react/tense up and spray. I dispatched at least a dozen of them this way and never had one spray. I've done it other ways too....and they sprayed a fair amount.
All these different experiences are amazing..
I'll throw in my $.02...
I live in the country so can shoot whatever gun I choose.. I have found that if I shoot a skunk in the head with a shotgun with birdshot from appx. 10 yards it just shuts him down and no stink.. Shoot carefully. I don't recall a time this wasn't the case.. I've shot a couple of dozen in such a manner, maybe more.. Down side is, still have to dispose of the carcass..
These days unless they make a pest of themselves I pay them little heed..
We had a little Westie that got skunked once and you could smell it on her breath for at least a year.. Potent stuff..
I'll throw in my $.02...
I live in the country so can shoot whatever gun I choose.. I have found that if I shoot a skunk in the head with a shotgun with birdshot from appx. 10 yards it just shuts him down and no stink.. Shoot carefully. I don't recall a time this wasn't the case.. I've shot a couple of dozen in such a manner, maybe more.. Down side is, still have to dispose of the carcass..
These days unless they make a pest of themselves I pay them little heed..
We had a little Westie that got skunked once and you could smell it on her breath for at least a year.. Potent stuff..
gambleone
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Burnt skunk, Woo-Wee!
pirate ammo
Guaranteed to take the wind out of their sails
another way to bar-b-que,,might need some sauce on it,,Burnt skunk, Woo-Wee!
Had a skunk in my backyard for years. Never sprayed me or near me. Fed it some raisins or seedless grapes from time to time. Other than that I left it alone, but all the stray cats got a good snootful now and then.
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