Does anyone know what the going rate is for skunk essence? Just curious if it is worth the stink or not.

Thanks.

$20 to $25 last I knew

$20 all day a lot depends how big your skunks are and what they produce per skunk, here we average about a oz per skunk.

$15 ounce the last I bought.

It's always worth it jackalope. I get my syringes and needles from tractor supply. Make sure you pull the plunger out and rinse everything including the needle real well in between uses. That will prolong the life of it. Essence is very corrosive, it'll eat rubber up pretty fast
$20 to $25 here. I wish I averaged an oz. each skunk.

Me to on the ounce a skunk. Maybe1/4 to1/3 occasionally more, this out of caged trapped skunks.

By the time ufigure in the pelt, essence and empty pods they are one of the more profitable animals out there. Not to mention the rendered fat and skulls

We are blessed with larger skunks than most other places. I’ve gotten them up to 16 pounds, 8-10lb size is not uncommon. Our average size skunk is probably an extra large in many areas. A jumbo skunk here can yield 2+ ounces on occasions. I averaged about 100oz plus of essence a year from about that many Pepes caught yearly.

This year the numbers are way down from past years I just picked my 8th one when I would have caught 90 by now in past years. Lots of tricks to dealing with them to get maximum value out of them.

Tapping them all at once vs doing each individual one so I stink once rather the every time I get one.


Yearly haul

Skunk essence is worth it, depending upon the species you are trying to attract.

I just told my boys this. Now the 11 year old is going to buy a dirt bike trapping skunks lol. I bet he would winn all his wrestling matches.

BUT we just had a skunk confirmed with rabies in our county.

I’ve only come across a few that were sickly and passed on them, seen one that was pawing circles in the grass and biting at the grass along its way around that was the worse I’ve come across.

We do not have the monster size like Law Dog has but I had one today with a full load, little over an ounce.

I have never targeted skunks just picked them up in coon sets.my last was in a tire set in my bee yard it and a coon was messing with my hives. Anything different or specific to target them?

Bait depends on where your after them non meat foods around non targets. I cage mine to get the most out of them in every way possible.

I’d still like to longline them with #10 food cans and 120s in culverts in a large loop.

I set 14 120s today baited with 1/2 of a rotten banana and an oreo. Hope I can sleep tonight.

What size needle is good for sucking out stunk essence?

Like with everything China gets involved with the usual monoject syringes worked well the new China junk needles suck the inside diameter must be different.

BL US brand I use the 1X16 needles I need to try the smaller China junk to see if the mustard is an issue if that’s all they carry.

Thanks. I'll see if TSC has them.

Didn't use to have to sign anything getting needles and syringes at tractor supply, but last time they made me sign my name. I signed it Jim Bridger.

16g × 1 1/2" from tractor supply