[AT] OT - Skunks

[Charlie V]

Interesting stories.  As far as I know, the acid in tomato juice is somewhat
successful to kill skunk order.  I once had an English Setter that came face
to face with a skunk.  The skunk did the back end over flip and let poor
unsuspecting Dixie have it at a  range of about one foot. As luck would have
it, that was late August when many tomatoes laid full ripe in the garden.
After a water rinse to remove the excess, I juiced several tomatoes on the
dogs head.  The rest of the story is that the dog had an orange head for
about a week, but the odor was controlled enough for Dixie to sleep in the
house as usual that first night.

Charlie V. in WNY

On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 8:00 AM, Will Powell <
william.neff.powell at comcast.net> wrote:

> My grandfather always told me the story about Mr Smiths (forgotten his
> name) Skunk. Mr Smith was trying to trap a skunk and was using a clamp trap.
> The skunk had got caught 4 times and had gotten out losing his paw each
> time. The skunk was walking around on stumps. Mr Smith kept trying and was
> determined to get the skunk.
>
> My Grandfather came up with a trap that would drop a log on the skunk so he
> got together with his friends and got the skunk. Mr Smith was not happy that
> the skunk was gone and knew somebody had beat him to it. Then, next Sunday
> my Grandfather and his friends went to church and then confession. His
> friends went first, then my grandfather. My Grandfather disclosed his
> indiscretions not mentioning the skunk. After he was finished the priest
> calmly said to say his penance and then yelled "Why did you steel Mr Smiths
> Skunk!" I guess his friends gave him up...
>
>
> Another thing that I learned about skunks was from my Uncle. He was had a
> doctorate in Chemistry from Columbia university. We have a cabin in Upstate
> NY and on one fishing trip a skunk sprayed on the side of the cabin... Was
> not a nice thing... My uncle got out his paper and came up with the chemical
> symbols for what was in the spray and deciphered what chemicals we had at
> hand that would break it down... He arrived at Gasoline. I don't remember
> how we applied the gasoline but it did knock out the scent.
>
>
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "David Bruce" <davidbruce at yadtel.net>
> To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com
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> Sent: Tuesday, March 30, 2010 1:21:44 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern
> Subject: Re: [AT] OT - Skunks
>
> I find cat food to be an excellent bait <g>.
> Some years ago I had a skunk that would walk up to the door waiting for
> his share of the bounty. Called him Stinky.
> If you haven't tried cat food as the bait for the trap consider trying it.
>
> David
> NW NC
>
> On 3/30/2010 12:14 AM, Rupert wrote:
> > 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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