OK, I am really starting to like skunks - I have got the hang of extracting the essence no problem (well ok, only one incident that could be considered a "problem"). Anyway this mornig had a huge male in a live trap in my garden. The little @#&*# had been tearnig up my sweet corn. I made up a pole using 3/4" pvc like the one possum skinner posted in the archives. It worked ok, but I noticed two things I didn't like. First as you are pushing the needle into the skunk, you lose some of the acetone. Second, it was hard to find a spot in my live trap to fit the pvc pipe through. Does anyone have a pole that would hold on to the "body" part of the syringe instead of the plunger to avoid losing any acetone but still small enough to fit through the live trap? Pics would be great.

just made one this way. take a 6ft piece of pvc, put a plug in one end, take a end cap drill a hole large enough for the rubber plunger end to fit thru, slide the plunger thru from the inside, put the end cap on the pvc then put the rest of the syrenge on. all you have to do is take the end cap off,with the syrenge still attached, pull up you acetone,put the end cap back on, walk up to the skunk and with a slight push on the needle you are done. oh yea the plug needs to be sticking out about 1/4 of an inch and all i used was a wooden dowel and put a screw thru the pvc to hold it in place.

I use an extendable paint pole and the aluminum syringe made for a pole (about $60). Best money a fella could spend on skunks. No dinkin around with plastic plunger stems and jerry rigged fittings.

I don't believe Tim carries them at MTP but he ordered me one from somewhere and had it drop shipped to me a long time ago. Look around they are out there, you won't regret it.

ok i can make a pole and everything, but im not sure as to where to stick the needle when i got him in the trap. this is my first year trying the pole dispatch so if u could help me out i would appreciate it. u can pm me if need be due to anti's on the site.

In the lungs

Ditto what Jerry stated. That's the same rig I use and it is money well spent. I use a light bulb changing pole from Harbor Freight. It telescopes down nice and compact and gives me a 20' reach.

The places to "aim" for on a skunk. If they are looking head on at you..right in the notch where the neck meets the chest.

If broadside...same place you would shoot a deer.

It's important to use the right needle gauge and length for best results. 16g and 1" is best IMO.

Like this ?
http://www.fntpost.com/product.php?cid=599

Right where you would shoot a deer? From what I have seen that could be anywhere, depending on who's shooting.

MJM

LOL...MJM. Let me clarify that...no Texas heart shots....LOL. Go for the heart or the lungs.

Jerry or anybody else does that syringe set-up fit into a cage trap....3/4 to 1" squares????

I cured the problem of how to get a skunk pole or even the barrek of a rifle into the cage. I just cut 2"x2" squares in the top, rear and sides of my cage traps.

i just use a 22

I make and sell a syringe adapter that screws onto a fiberglass chimney cleaning rod. It holds a 12 cc syring and will go through the 1 inch wire on most cage traps. It is $15.00 plus shipping and includes a syringe and a needle.

Hope this goes to the archives. I'm going to make on, as soon as I get a round tuit.

Wheres all the pics?