[AT] OT - Skunks--you can beat 'em!

[David Bruce]

I trapped one that was hanging around on the porch.  Following the 
advice from the county animal control I carefully covered the live trap 
with the skunk inside with an old blanket.  With the blanket in place I 
carried the trap away from the house where I dispatched the skunk.  
Actually worked out well after I trapped one of the cats - they learn 
quickly.

David
NW NC

On 3/30/2010 8:54 PM, John Wilkens wrote:
> Medium size live trap with bait (yep, dry cat food works fine--if you
> can keep the cats and magpies away).  Pre-fasten a long length of
> baler wire to the trap so you can drag it slowly away from the house
> (down wind) without getting sprayed.  You can shoot it with a .22,
> pick it up with a lomg-handled shovel, and bury it.  The smell mostly
> blows away in a few days.  Hose down the area to speed up the
> process.      Here's another method that only works in dry
> weather:  put the live trap out with the usual bait and go off and
> leave it for about a week.  The skunk dehydrates to the point that it
> can't spray.  I did feel a little bad for it and took it up the road
> a few miles in the piclup and turned it loose.  No problem.  It just
> waddled off into the woods.       John
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