I trapped some problem beaver for a lady who then wanted me to trap her woodchuck. Well I caught the chuck but have a skunk today. The problem is it's in a foothold underneath her deck right by the back door. How can I take care of the problem in a scent-free way? I'm thinking of a close range shotgun blast to the backbone, that is an option. Any ideas?

if firearms are legal and apropriate...a .22 short hollow point through the lungs.....seldom ahve them spray that way.
A needle full of MEK would be my first choice however.

No pole. I was going to make one last fall too, but didn't get to it.

call Paul Dobbins

Call Me and I can do the whole job the right way .

Goldy where you at maybe I can help

Goldy I don't know if it's just me, but of the couple dozen skunks I've shot ( shotguns, .22 shorts, you name it) all of them stunk to high heaven!

I live in Zimmerman, North Country. I'm going to make a shringe pole in the morning. I need one anyway.

let me know I have 3 and I live in princeton

so what happened with the skunk is it still under the deck

P.M. sent North Country.

Yeah,what happened?

Me third, what happened??? eyes still teared up and can't type???

He posted on trap talk that he got it with a syringe pole. No spray. Darn it.

hahahahahahah!!! thanks

Well hope he got the Big picture for next time .





LIVE & LEARN IS KEY whaaaaa Hooooo

There isn't anybody who wouldn't have done what I did to catch the woodchucks. I didn't have a livetrap available at the time and I wouldn't know what to use for bait for the things anyway. It was an easy set with the foothold. She didn't have any cats or dogs or neighbors who did either. I explained to her what might happen if I set a foothold. She wanted the woodchucks gone no matter what. I just didn't expect a skunk there that's all. Everything worked out great with the syringe pole. She sent me a nice note yesterday saying how much she appreciated me getting rid of the skunk and "thanks for a job well done." I will probably do things different next time though. I know how disappointed you all were when it didn't coat the lady's house with a yellow mist though! LOL.

Webster's Wildlife Dictionary
Woodchuck Hole... A skunk den built by a contractor.

haha good one winkelmann... isnt that the truth

LOL, nice one.