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Removing Skunks #5204704 09/22/15 10:46 PM 09/22/15 10:46 PM
Joined: Sep 2012 West Michigan G Getting There OP trapper
Getting There OP trapper G Joined: Sep 2012 West Michigan	Anyone ever remove skunks at night? Got a call about 9 pm from the customer saying there was a skunk in the trap. It was dark, I know skunk are more active at night, so I wanted to wait until the sun was up. To Old U.S. Army 60-63 SGT.

Re: Removing Skunks [Re: Getting There] #5204791 09/23/15 12:19 AM 09/23/15 12:19 AM
Joined: Jul 2008 mequon, wisconsin P Paul Winkelmann trapper
Paul Winkelmann trapper P Joined: Jul 2008 mequon, wisconsin	I have done several at night when I was younger. Chased one all over a subdivision. Got him too. But of course I cheated and used the dreaded chl........

Re: Removing Skunks [Re: Getting There] #5204808 09/23/15 01:02 AM 09/23/15 01:02 AM
Joined: Aug 2013 Oklahoma 8 80C trapper
80C trapper 8 Joined: Aug 2013 Oklahoma	When someone calls me at night to say there is an animal in a trap I tell them I will be there in the morning

Re: Removing Skunks [Re: Getting There] #5204852 09/23/15 05:42 AM 09/23/15 05:42 AM
Joined: May 2014 Southwest Michigan M Michigan Trappin trapper
Michigan Trappin trapper M Joined: May 2014 Southwest Michigan	Just got up and a customer sent me a picture over night of a skunk eating out of the cats dish. Had a trap there for a week and they never seen it, pulled it two days ago. Argh! I hate doin skunks, they are so random Every day is a gift from GOD, don't waste it!! If they have plenty of food, give them something interesting to smell

Re: Removing Skunks [Re: Getting There] #5205042 09/23/15 10:01 AM 09/23/15 10:01 AM
Joined: Oct 2014 Mass TDHP trapper
TDHP trapper Joined: Oct 2014 Mass	I like to go right away if possible to pick up the animal, that way there it's out of sight out of mind. Specially if the trap was placed in an area where the client has to walk by in the mornings for work etc, in return eliminates the risk of them startling the skunk and getting hit with a dose. Smile, you're an expert! http://tdhpwildlifecontrol.webs.com/

Re: Removing Skunks [Re: Michigan Trappin] #5205780 09/23/15 08:20 PM 09/23/15 08:20 PM
Joined: Oct 2011 Schenectady, NY E EatenByLimestone trapper
EatenByLimestone trapper E Joined: Oct 2011 Schenectady, NY	It can be quite a waiting game if you don't have a den site. They have to finish their entire route before they make it back. I always try to set expectations for a wait I don't have a den to set on. www.upstatepestandwildlife.com

Re: Removing Skunks [Re: Getting There] #5205871 09/23/15 09:09 PM 09/23/15 09:09 PM
Joined: Nov 2009 NH S sgs trapper
sgs trapper S Joined: Nov 2009 NH	Quote: Just got up and a customer sent me a picture over night of a skunk eating out of the cats dish. Had a trap there for a week and they never seen it, pulled it two days ago. Argh! I hate doin skunks, they are so random That's aggravating but I think 'random' isn't the right way to look at it. If it take a week and a half for the animal to return we're probably dealing with a male. It's just making the rounds of all the pet food bowls and habitual dens it knows of. They are fairly predictable. The females are even more predictable because they don't range far. They are the ones that the customer sees every night like clockwork. If they passed by once, they'll be back, unless something else gets them first.

Re: Removing Skunks [Re: Getting There] #5206281 09/24/15 07:48 AM 09/24/15 07:48 AM
Joined: Aug 2007 Monroeville NJ J Jonesie trapper
Jonesie trapper J Joined: Aug 2007 Monroeville NJ	I think he said the skunk was in the trap! The question I think he is asking is how are they handled in the trap picking up nite vs daytime. Back in my early days I would jump up and run out there. that got old fast as the nights became sleepless. LOL now they wait till I make my rounds. well most of the time anyway. At night it can be a little tricky if the skunk is worked up. I found the key is keep the light in his eyes, the flash light is in front of the tarp as I walk up. I don't want shadows moving around if I can help it. just move slow and easy. Ron Jones http://www.acpwildlifepro.net/ Rednecks Pride Game Calls / Outdoor Scents Rednecks Pride Outdoors podcast Friend me on FaceBook

Re: Removing Skunks [Re: Getting There] #5206284 09/24/15 07:53 AM 09/24/15 07:53 AM
Joined: Jan 2015 Arkansas Jason Turner trapper
Jason Turner trapper Joined: Jan 2015 Arkansas	I am jeolous of you guys getting all the skunk calls- LOL. I love em but just don't get the calls here---yet! Wildlife Removal, Etc.

Re: Removing Skunks [Re: Getting There] #5206289 09/24/15 07:54 AM 09/24/15 07:54 AM
Joined: Jan 2015 Arkansas Jason Turner trapper
Jason Turner trapper Joined: Jan 2015 Arkansas	I think the 3S method is common around here. Wildlife Removal, Etc.

Re: Removing Skunks [Re: Getting There] #5206327 09/24/15 08:42 AM 09/24/15 08:42 AM
Joined: Feb 2011 New York Jim Comstock trapper
Jim Comstock trapper Joined: Feb 2011 New York	Hey Jonsie, never thought about the shadows. They seem to be pretty edgy at night, nervousness that can produce an "accident." Judy can tell what I caught. Hot sun and rain in the day aren'e great either. Seems to be best to keep them in the shade, dry out of the rain and pick them up in the morning if possible. I think I have 4 "waiting" for me now, hard to tell as clients don't get close, just say "the doors are down." Sometimes its a possum. http://www.comstockcustomcage.com/ https://www.facebook.com/pages/Comstock-Custom-Cage-LLC/343556115744235

Re: Removing Skunks [Re: Getting There] #5206538 09/24/15 12:20 PM 09/24/15 12:20 PM
Joined: Jul 2008 mequon, wisconsin P Paul Winkelmann trapper
Paul Winkelmann trapper P Joined: Jul 2008 mequon, wisconsin	Hey, thanks to my first call this morning I can actually participate in this discussion. A skunk wandering around very slowly in a backyard. Over the years I have taken skunks with every disease known to man but this was different. This skunk had clear eyes, a beautiful clean coat without a single dirt smudge on it. She was nice and fat and didn't seem to have a thing wrong with her. I pulled out the deadly bottle of chlo..... and nailed her right in the kisser at about three feet. ( There was a row of short arborvitae separating us ) She never moved! I waited until she got dizzy and then held the five gallon pail in front and watched her walk in. What do you guys think? Maybe some fast acting poison that she got into? She had her tail up but never swapped ends and try to spray me. Always kept looking me right in the eye. ( I'd like to think it's because I'm the handsomest ADC guy she's ever seen, but I know better ) Last edited by Paul Winkelmann; 09/24/15 12:22 PM.

Re: Removing Skunks [Re: Getting There] #5206616 09/24/15 01:53 PM 09/24/15 01:53 PM
Joined: Apr 2007 Hubbard , Ohio H Honeydog trapper
Honeydog trapper H Joined: Apr 2007 Hubbard , Ohio	Got a call recently at 10pm for a skunk in a deep window well. It was very agitated. I slowly lowered a PVC tube trap down. Put some cheezit crackers on the pan,one on the lip and one half way in. I had a tiny bit of Peaches and Cream so I smeared a little on the lip. He went right over to the trap and ate the cracker. Then he spent the next ten minutes licking ,scratching and rubbing his face in the Peaches and Cream. He then moved in and ate the second cracker then moved to the back and I dropped the door. I pulled the trap back up and went home and ordered another tub of Peaches and Cream. I come up with these genius ideas all the time and this one happened to be the one in ten that worked.I thank Jonsie for the cheezit idea. I believe it was an article that he wrote that gave me the idea. It certainly made me a more successful skunk trapper.

Re: Removing Skunks [Re: Paul Winkelmann] #5206689 09/24/15 04:08 PM 09/24/15 04:08 PM
Joined: Feb 2014 Reed City, Michigan W WPS trapper
WPS trapper W Joined: Feb 2014 Reed City, Michigan	Originally Posted By: Paul Winkelmann Hey, thanks to my first call this morning I can actually participate in this discussion. A skunk wandering around very slowly in a backyard. Over the years I have taken skunks with every disease known to man but this was different. This skunk had clear eyes, a beautiful clean coat without a single dirt smudge on it. She was nice and fat and didn't seem to have a thing wrong with her. I pulled out the deadly bottle of chlo..... and nailed her right in the kisser at about three feet. ( There was a row of short arborvitae separating us ) She never moved! I waited until she got dizzy and then held the five gallon pail in front and watched her walk in. What do you guys think? Maybe some fast acting poison that she got into? She had her tail up but never swapped ends and try to spray me. Always kept looking me right in the eye. ( I'd like to think it's because I'm the handsomest ADC guy she's ever seen, but I know better ) Love is blind ? Last edited by Pepe Le Pew; 09/24/15 04:09 PM. David Belden, WCO Wildlife Pro Services

Re: Removing Skunks [Re: Getting There] #5206749 09/24/15 05:19 PM 09/24/15 05:19 PM
Joined: Jul 2008 mequon, wisconsin P Paul Winkelmann trapper
Paul Winkelmann trapper P Joined: Jul 2008 mequon, wisconsin	Thanks David. I guess the opposite would be "Hate is smelly!"

Re: Removing Skunks [Re: Jim Comstock] #5206895 09/24/15 07:39 PM 09/24/15 07:39 PM
Joined: Oct 2011 Schenectady, NY E EatenByLimestone trapper
EatenByLimestone trapper E Joined: Oct 2011 Schenectady, NY	Originally Posted By: Jim Comstock Hey Jonsie, never thought about the shadows. They seem to be pretty edgy at night, nervousness that can produce an "accident." Judy can tell what I caught. Hot sun and rain in the day aren'e great either. Seems to be best to keep them in the shade, dry out of the rain and pick them up in the morning if possible. I think I have 4 "waiting" for me now, hard to tell as clients don't get close, just say "the doors are down." Sometimes its a possum. When I go after a skunk I put the trap in a black contractor's bag. If the bottom of the bag has been torn out I know it's a skunk. If not, the first thought is opossum. www.upstatepestandwildlife.com

Re: Removing Skunks [Re: Getting There] #5206983 09/24/15 08:34 PM 09/24/15 08:34 PM
Joined: Sep 2012 West Michigan G Getting There OP trapper
Getting There OP trapper G Joined: Sep 2012 West Michigan	This morning I went to pick up trap I had for a skunk, there was one in one trap and another in the other trap but there was two young skunks digging under the one trap. I removed the one skunk then stopped by the house and got two more shorter double door traps. I had a cover over the trap with the skunk inside. I put the two shorter trap beside the trap that had the skunk inside. Just before dark I went to the location and removed the cover and moved the two shorter trap tight to the other trap. Hoping the young skunks will be looking for mom tonight. Time will tell. I will let you know tomorrow. To Old U.S. Army 60-63 SGT.

Re: Removing Skunks [Re: Paul Winkelmann] #5207409 09/25/15 07:37 AM 09/25/15 07:37 AM
Joined: Aug 2007 Monroeville NJ J Jonesie trapper
Jonesie trapper J Joined: Aug 2007 Monroeville NJ	Originally Posted By: Paul Winkelmann Hey, thanks to my first call this morning I can actually participate in this discussion. A skunk wandering around very slowly in a backyard. Over the years I have taken skunks with every disease known to man but this was different. This skunk had clear eyes, a beautiful clean coat without a single dirt smudge on it. She was nice and fat and didn't seem to have a thing wrong with her. I pulled out the deadly bottle of chlo..... and nailed her right in the kisser at about three feet. ( There was a row of short arborvitae separating us ) She never moved! I waited until she got dizzy and then held the five gallon pail in front and watched her walk in. What do you guys think? Maybe some fast acting poison that she got into? She had her tail up but never swapped ends and try to spray me. Always kept looking me right in the eye. ( I'd like to think it's because I'm the handsomest ADC guy she's ever seen, but I know better ) Paul for a period of about 5 years every skunk or coon I came up on like you described was rabid. also there was the ones that saw me from 30 yards out and ran towards me LOL that was easier to figure out. Ron Jones http://www.acpwildlifepro.net/ Rednecks Pride Game Calls / Outdoor Scents Rednecks Pride Outdoors podcast Friend me on FaceBook

Re: Removing Skunks [Re: Getting There] #5207544 09/25/15 10:27 AM 09/25/15 10:27 AM
Joined: Jul 2008 mequon, wisconsin P Paul Winkelmann trapper
Paul Winkelmann trapper P Joined: Jul 2008 mequon, wisconsin	Jonesie, my daughter came up with another suggestion. The customer that called it in, described it as being drunk. Maybe it got into somebody's Jim Beam bottle. I recall that in my misspent youth on several occasions I drove young ladies home at closing time that kind of resembled that skunk.

Re: Removing Skunks [Re: Getting There] #5207685 09/25/15 01:03 PM 09/25/15 01:03 PM
Joined: Sep 2012 West Michigan G Getting There OP trapper
Getting There OP trapper G Joined: Sep 2012 West Michigan	Follow up on the baby skunks. Putting a trap on both sides of the trap that had mom in it worked like a charm. Thing went very smooth. It pays to read the post on this forum, lots of good information. To Old U.S. Army 60-63 SGT.

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