ive got about a half dozen skunks im going to start after on monday, so this evening im gonna build my poke pole, couple of questions, what attributes do you think the ultimate skunk pole should have, and how do you carry your accetone/ get accetone into the needle? i have read all i could find in the archives, im thinking pvc, with internal plunger, what else dose it need?

That's a great question, I was wondering that myself...Are there any pictorals on the net for making one?

in the archives there are a few different ones, thats why i was wondering what the ultimate one would be, if i combined ideas from all the others into one awsome pokey pole

I like using an extension paint brush pole. Mine is 10' long. You can buy a "skunk kit" from MTP, that has a NICE syringe set up, that screws right onto the paint pole.

I just buy syringes and needles from a farm supply store. Duct tape on it real tight and sturdy, OR Im' going be useing a hose clamps this season to tighten the syringe on the pole.

Sucking out the acetone on the pole is pretty hard to do by yourself if you already have the syring attached to a five foot pole, and the awkward can the acetone comes in.

Get some baby food jars and put acetone in them. Set them on the ground, open them, and suck out the acetone into the syringe that way. Much easier than trying to hole the pole, syringe and the metal container the acetone comes in.

thanks nick, babby food jars sounds good, i love that video

im not against buying one, but id rather make my own

are 1 inch 16gauge needles best? and is there any such thing as to big or too small for the syringe capacity? i understand 12cc's to be standard amount of accetone, dose anybody use more or less with good sucess?

Yes, 1" 16 g needle is good. Don't go longer and don't go with a lighter gauge (18) you'll have lots of bent needle issues.
I use 10 CC of acetone. I just carry the acetone in the factory can. I pour what I need into a spray paint can lid. It's the top on my PVC needle holder tube. Any extra I just pour back into the factory can. Glass, trapping and ATV driving just don't mix for me. I've busted many, many jars of lure etc from the bouncing on rough conditions.

You can make your own poles..been there done that. But IMO they are not as easy to transport as a telescopic metal one. I've found the ultimate is the aluminum syringe system (spendy..but worth every penny) and a light changing pole from Harbor freight(20.00). 16' of reach that telescopes down to about 4'. Sooner or later, you'll be real glad you have that extra reach....LOL....been there done that as well.

I don't think there is such a thing. it would have to be about 30 feet long

Very nice, that is exactly how I put my skunks down. A picture is definately worth a thousand words. Thanks for sharing. Tom

30 feet?!? you must not be a talker, im pretty sure all but one of the skunks i ever dispatched i could have done it with just a syringe, but hey, im smooth like that

just got back, farm king was almost half again as expensive as tsc, but for 4 dollars total i figure im still ok, i got a 5pack of 16g 1" needles, and a 4 pack of 12cc syringes, my next question is about extracting essence, do you guys use the big needles for that, or would a smaller one work better? what do you store it in once you get it, and who buys it, i plan to use a little bit for myself, but if i get as many skunks as i think i can get this year id like to sell the essence too

whats the perfect length for the pole? should i include a sheild of some kind on it, what would set my pole apart from all others?

I like a shorter, pole mine is a 8' telescoping paiting pole from wallmart. I only use about 6' of my pole and I've never been sprayed (been sprayed at a couple times but 6' is long enough). If you are only planning on getting a few a year make your own, but the aluminum kits are worth their weight in gold, saves you lots of bent needles and syringes falling off the pole. The only hard ones to inject are the doubles its hard to get them to calm down when the other one is thrashing around. Sometimes you will walk up the skunk in a trap and it will be sleeping, don't be tempted to stick him in his sleep they wake up grumpy. I taught a guy how to do it a couple weeks ago and he couldn't belive how easy it was. Use a 16 gauge for extration of the juice even with that size needle fat sometimes clogs it.

Mike

I was thinking more of a 50 caliber, 12 gauge shotgun with 00 buckshot... 30-06, stick of dynamite, hand grenade, A bomb, or napalm...

Did I ever say, I HATE SKUNKS

BB, you need a rodex3000

up top, and im going to bed, forgot it was haloween, didnt get to make the pole this evening as i got interupted, tommorows project before work, one thing i thought might help on a shorter pole is a handel (pistol grip) with a sheild, kinda like somthing you would see cops head into a riot with

My husband just made a pole, his first attempt and we'll see how it goes. He used two lengths of pvc and threaded a bolt into one and that's how he screws the two lengths together. We picked up some syringes in the horse meds section and they fit snugly into the end. Now if we ever get a skunk we'll try our luck (yikes!) and if all works well I'll have a little stinker to mount.
I've never seen an animal put down this way, so thanks Nick for the video as it looks quite humane and very quickly the job is done.

ok, i dont want to post pics untill i get it totally done, right now i have a 5' peice of outdoor conduit, 3/4" diamiter, with a 12cc syringe, tiped with a 1" 16gauge needle,

what i dont have is a plunger, i had everything else on hand, i cant for the life of me find a 5 foot long peice of anything that will fit inside the pipe, went to 3 different places to find aluminum tubeing, could not get anything close, got any better ideas about a plunger?

im still thinking about putting an ajustable pistol grip on it, and was wondering what color/colors to paint it, i dont want to set it down and forget about it, but im afraid if its bright orange it may upset the skunks, is there a nice soft color that would help calm the skunk down, or atleast not agravate him more than he is already

Wooden dowel...but most only come in 4' long sections max....so you'll have to joint them in the middle somehow. Copper tubing, brake tubing, etc might help you with a joint.

yupp, dowl rods are short, might have to lengthen it cause thats as close as i came, even tried to screw several chunks of shotgun cleaning rods together, that was neat, but bout 8 inches short, anybody use pnumatic type devices for this? a long time ago the guy that owns my favorite gun shop had a tranq gun for 35 bucks, it was like some fancy big bore air gun, i really reall wanted it, but the darts were somthing like 20 bucks a pop, and i didnt realy have a use for it then, but know i wish i bought it, filled with accetone i could kill form a distance

Check out the fiberglass chimney cleaning rods at Lowe's. They are 4 feet long, so you will need a couple of them.

bought a 5 foot peice of pvc copper pipe size, works perfect for a plunger, its really coming together now, just need to add some minor details and ill get the pics up tommorow probly

any ideas on what to use for my pistol grip?