Skunks

[flyingsquirrel]

I see some dead on the hwy but none up close. That was till today. My 2 beagles found a half-grown one today and we all got sprayed. One came out slobbering and rubbing his eyes but went right back for the kill. After the party I headed for the douche stash, but it was 15 years old and my daughter said we needed new stash. Maybe tomorrow.

 

[red_zr24x4]

I'm not to far from you, and besides the dead ones on the road I've only seen live ones 1 time driving, couple of babies playing in a ditch

 

[crewchief888]

I hadn't seen or smelled one in several years. Previous dog killed one and got sprayed really bad in the back yard.
Monday morning I let the dog out at 5am, and almost immediately knew she wad after something. Yep skunk in the yard, and she got sprayed a little. I checked the yard and didn't find a carcass.
Tuesday morning, same thing happened when I let her out. At least the skunk is dead now.

 

[blain]

My dog and I saw one a few weeks ago, in the wee hours of the morning.
It was about 50-60 feet away, just beyond my yard, waddling towards us. It wasn't too big. We were able to get it to waddle back towards the woods with some bright flashlight action and some boofing.
No harm no foul. It went on about it's business as did we.

That does remind me of seeing a skunk two years ago at the edge of my driveway. It was just getting dark outside, and I noticed the stinker as I walked in the back door. My wife was hitching up our dog to take him out.
I told her to watch out for the skunk by the driveway. She came back in after a minute and asked where the skunk was, that she didn't see one. I had just stepped in, so I knew where the skunk was. She said she saw something but it wasn't a skunk.
I stepped out the back door and wow! Standing exactly where the skunk was seen, was a fairly hefty owl. He just stood there, not moving, but watching me.
I think I figured out where the skunk was. Funny thing is, the next morning there was no odor at all where the skunk was.
I guess the owl hit it so fast, it didn't have time to react.

 

[mom45]

I see them on the trail cameras regularly here. We've shot quite a few thru the years.

 

[Jaybird1980]

I see them on the cameras here as well. Caught one in a trap that was in a shed once also. That was interesting. I was going to just shoot it, but figured it would stink up the shed with spray. A buddy of mine showed me how to throw a blanket over the cage and move it, to my surprise it worked. Hope I don't have to try that myself though.

 

[mom45]

I see them on the cameras here as well. Caught one in a trap that was in a shed once also. That was interesting. I was going to just shoot it, but figured it would stink up the shed with spray. A buddy of mine showed me how to throw a blanket over the cage and move it, to my surprise it worked. Hope I don't have to try that myself though.

Hubby used a cut tractor tire innertube thrown over the traps when he had to relocate any.

 

[patience0830]

As long as they aren't denning under the porch, I let them go about the business of destroying ground bee nests and hornet nests they can reach. Better they eat the bees than I find them with the mower or the bush hog.

 

[schmart]

I see some dead on the hwy but none up close. That was till today. My 2 beagles found a half-grown one today and we all got sprayed. One came out slobbering and rubbing his eyes but went right back for the kill. After the party I headed for the douche stash, but it was 15 years old and my daughter said we needed new stash. Maybe tomorrow.

Grew up in western Kansas. Saw plenty of the buggers. Kept a shotgun in the trunk just in case. Scared the bejuses out of a couple girls from church youth group when I saw a skunk while driving them home. Skidded to a stop, popped the trunk, blam!, gun back in the trunk, and then silence the rest of the way home.

Then 2 years ago, I shot one on my Mom's back porch with my idpa 1911. All I had was target ammo so took several hits... Mom has begged me not to do that again! They smelled skunk all summer!

Rick

 

[Dingleberry]

I see some dead on the hwy but none up close. That was till today. My 2 beagles found a half-grown one today and we all got sprayed. One came out slobbering and rubbing his eyes but went right back for the kill. After the party I headed for the douche stash, but it was 15 years old and my daughter said we needed new stash. Maybe tomorrow.

WTF?! LMAO!!

 

[1nderbeard]

A few years ago we took our 3 little people to see the reds in Cincinnati. At the time we didn't realize the hotel was about a mile away. We were walking back later in the evening after the game in an industrial part of town and stumbled across a skunk about 1/2 a block on the same side of the street. I called out "Skunk!" and we all crossed the street. No body got sprayed, so we won.

 

[Remington 90T]

Had one under the deck -Covered the deck with tarps, slid the lawn mower under one end and let it run -never seen it again.Must have had a hole and died in it or moved.

 

[Twangbanger]

WTF?! LMAO!!

He had me at "douche stash." Calling Printcraft...

 

[Twangbanger]

Grew up in western Kansas. Saw plenty of the buggers. Kept a shotgun in the trunk just in case. Scared the bejuses out of a couple girls from church youth group when I saw a skunk while driving them home. Skidded to a stop, popped the trunk, blam!, gun back in the trunk, and then silence the rest of the way home.

Then 2 years ago, I shot one on my Mom's back porch with my idpa 1911. All I had was target ammo so took several hits... Mom has begged me not to do that again! They smelled skunk all summer!

Rick

They just didn't want to end up in the trunk, lol. Reminds me of when a HS friend and I were on a double date with two girls who "just came to the party to say hello" and really weren't that into us. He was driving, and had long since made the determination we weren't getting l**d that night, so when a groundhog appeared in the road...he veered left of the yellow line and walloped it. That stopped the "car ride jabber" for a while

 

[Dingleberry]

He had me at "douche stash." Calling Printcraft...

I reread it like three times to make sure that's what I read. Lol

 

[flyingsquirrel]

I reread it like three times to make sure that's what I read. Lol

It's true but it was more like 25 years old. I used to have a dog that got sprayed regularly so that was all I found that worked. And yes I have a fresh stash now.

 

[patience0830]

It's true but it was more like 25 years old. I used to have a dog that got sprayed regularly so that was all I found that worked. And yes I have a fresh stash now.

Dawn and some hydrogen peroxide are what I hear work the best. Never been sprayed. Never had an inside dog get it either. The outside dogs on the farm just had to let it wear off.

I had one walk over the toes of my boots one morning as I sat on the ground hunting squirrels. We parted friends.

 

[ghitch75]

 

[thunderchicken]

Was fishing at Brookville Lake Saturday night and as we were leaving (Mounds SRA) about 1am we saw two waddling along the side of the road in two separate areas.

 

[armalitesheepdog]

I dunno.
I'm in Michigan for work and this whole state smells like a skunk........lol