Best skunk set I’ve found is a brand new trap, your best constructed time consuming set and an expensive lure. Seems they find it before anything else every single time. lol.

For any interested, I put a 32min video up in the fur handling forum on how I put up skunks. I haven’t fooled around with editing so I did the skinning, fleshing, boarding and essence removal all in one shot. Would’ve been nice to hit pause and flesh/board in the garage.
https://trapperman.com/forum/ubbthr...-to-boarding-essence-removal#Post8447405

Thanks for taking the time to do that, Shakey.

Saw a beautiful mostly white roadkill on the shoulder today. If it was October I may have stopped and at least looked at him. Hopefully I’ll decide discretion is the better part of valor by fall. Be interesting to see how long the demand at 30 plus dollars continues. Or in other words how long before trappers overproduce? Might be surprising how many may just target them. How many the Jews need I’m guessing no one has a clue about?

Sleepy Creek will tan a tail for $10.00. But It's going to take 3 or 4 months to get your tails back. So, you just might miss out.

But an august tail from ADC work or a roadkill with lots of long hair and lots of white and getting it tanned just might get you $60.00. Well $50.00.
With groney getting into the skunk market that just might prolong those higher prices for a while. But even at $30.00 it would be better then $8.00 coon and $2.00 rats and $5.00 coyotes. Then add in the essence and the pods and the fat and the skulls you would be in hog heaven.

Mid summer skunks just doesn’t seem right?

Hey beav what do you use the fat for? Lure or bait maybe.

How did the fur side look?