[AT] OT - Skunks

[Rupert]

Hello Mike,
	You could consider turning it into a pet. :-) Skunks are very good 
mousers so will keep the mice away and maybe rats too. They are also 
good at keeping unwanted solicitors away. :-) We had one living under a 
grainery that did regular patrols around the other buildings  including 
the house every morning for about 5 years before something happened to 
it. We never saw a mouse while that skunk was around. Even the poodles 
we had got along with it. Only worry was it might tangle with visitors 
we wanted.
	IMHO, don't try to shoot it under the deck as you will smell it for 
years if it decides to spray. About the only way to remove it that I 
know is what you are doing- trying to trap it. Maybe try a different bait.

Rupert

On 3/29/2010 8:51 PM, Mike Meulenberg wrote:
> I have several skunks living under my deck, I managed to trap one in a live trap, but the other(s) have proven to be much more elusive. My deck is about 12 x 20 and is about 10" off the ground at the side furthest from the house, and gradually tapers up so that there is very little space where the deck meets the house. I've looked under there, but can see nothing. I know that there is still at least one under the deck because when I stomp on the deck it releases a little skunk funk. I would love to hear any ideas you guys may have for flushing it out of hiding. Thanks, Mike M
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Rupert Wenig
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