Skunk termination

[colonel42]

Hello All, Looking for some method to remove a skunk from under my shed. Note this is at home in town so no shot guns or 22's to be used. Any info would be thankful. Neighbor is freaking out at me because they can't let there dogs out in the morning or evening due to stinky becoming a resident under my shed.

[Dave S]

anything that may be more offensive to the skunk other than his own backside might be cause for him to leave and move to the neighbors.

I'd maybe try mothballs for starters.

[mwal]

Hook up a hose to a diesel truck exhaust pipe and stick it in the hole. That should route him out but be forewarned it may kill him under the shed. We used this method on skunks and woodchucks that had burrowed under cement slabs on a relatives farm. They bailed out we filled holes and they never came back.

Mwal

[Dave S]

exhaust was going to be my 2nd suggestion.

[flyfisher03]

If you have a truck, live trap baited with sandwich meat, and haul it out of town and dispatch or release it.

Or watch and wait until it leaves in the early morning or late evening and board up where it is getting in and out. It will probably end up somewhere in the neighbor hood but then it won't be in your backyard, maybe into your neighbors backyard.

[pushbutton]

anything that may be more offensive to the skunk other than his own backside might be cause for him to leave and move to the neighbors.

I'd maybe try mothballs for starters.

If anyone you know has cats........tell them you want the sifted #1 and #2 from it and fill up the hole with it...this will take care of a lot of burrowing pests.

[Grayfox]

If it's in a hole I'd try the water method or just fill it up with dirt.

You could try a cage trap but your going to run the risk of getting sprayed

when you go to let it out. I've heard you can walk up slowly and drape a towel over the top and slowly move it away but the farthest I'd move it would be to a tub of water.

Good luck, Colonel and let us know how it turns out.

Rob

[jigginjim]

Tell your neighbors to keep the dogs in the houses. Put some dry dog food and some sweet water(anti-freeze) in a pie pan and leave it near the skunk hole. He'll be gone. If the dogs get into the mixture best just kiss them good-bye also.

[Archerysniper]

A bottle of ammonia will also work to get them out, then you have to make it so they can't get back in.

[tip-up king]

You guys advocating the anti-freeze and coke-flyspray poison methods are sad. You should also check the legality of such methods. Farmers in SW MN have been cited for doing exactly what you are prescribing.

If your in town, use a live trap so you KNOW your not gonna KILL something you didn't mean to IMO.

[123fish]

tipup-king is correct. Know a guy down here who thought he was poisoning skunks and they actually were threatened species civet cats. He received a citation for it.

[Ryan_V]

Put a live trap in a 55 gallon drum on its side. Catch and make sure its a skunk, tip it up, fill with water..... Done

[carpshooterdeluxe]

http://www.cheaperthandirt.com/AMM066-5.html

These rounds are quieter than my Gamo .177 single pump pellet gun...

[jigginjim]

I do like the use of a live trap in a barrel. Maybe a steel barrel because later you can burn the smell out of the barrel.