My farm seems to be overloaded with skunks this year. I didn't plan on trapping this year but I don't want to spend the winter scrubbing beagles. Any info on targeting them will be appreciated. I have only dealt with them as incidental catches in perfect dirt hole sets. Lol.

thats where the money is for skunk fur this year

1 qt hydrogen peroxide
1/4 cup baking soda
1 good squirt liquid dish soap
Don't try to save leftovers

Trap em John.
Hopefully lawdog and dhh will chime in.

I use Double door tube traps
From KirkDe

Cat food
Mini marshmallows
Cheers
Fried chicken pieces

Skip the mess of mixing it all up and get a bottle or two of this and it doesn't have a shelf life. Neighbors call me to spray down their dog when it get tangles with a skunk, then they hire me to catch the skunk!

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I use conibears in cubby's when targeting skunk . If no raccoon around a 120 belisle otherwise 160 or 220 . But prefer 120 . Beaver meat in cubby and squirt bottle of salmon oil with a little shell fish oil mix to squirt a scent line out from cubby . Setting upwind of there travel routes

I use dog proof traps for skunks that way you always have them by the front foot. Pm for dispatch.

Dry culverts, focus on dry culverts for skunks. 220's or 160's make a good dry culvert trap.

Carp pieces or mini marshmallows if you have cats you will be surprised the number of skunks you might get.

Thanks for the info. Definitely going to have to thin them out.

If you use the right dispatch method you don't need to wash any hides. If your using BGs about 50% of your skunks are going to spray. And It's a bit difficult to dispatch a skunk when It's caught In live trap.

Agree , but there's ways , to dispatch , without spraying using a cage live trap.

YUP

With a cage maybe 3-5 out of 100 will spray, 2-3 would be human error 1-2 just bat crazy hyper nuts.

This!!

I have experience with one (that I kept). I dispatched in the chest from the front, and let it "soak" outside for a day. Was surprised to find that there wasn't much stink left, so skinned and fleshed...no big deal. I can't guarantee this method though!

Smaller, covered live trap so they can't raise their tail , no spray. Cover the trap with a feed bag or something.

Cat food works for us.

Some still can spray in a 6" pvc tube traps... happened to me last week

Don't look in the tube!