My garden and skunk??

FILMNET · July 12, 2012

My garden this morning after watering last afternoon, nice growth so far, only watering now every 3-4 days heavy. My birdbath top which is differet than the bottom just sits on top, this morning i found it laying down. Picked it up and found skunk hair under the very heavy top. I just realized that these photos i am losing the ground as plants tomatoes/peppers, herbs spread out.

Keger · July 12, 2012

The Texas solution is a 410 or 20 gauge.

Worth1 · July 12, 2012

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Originally Posted by Keger

The Texas solution is a 410 or 20 gauge.

I would suggest my trusty 28 gauge I have had since I was 8 years old.
Just put the bead right in front of their nose and fire.

That way you can save the skunk meat for soup and the pelts make nice house slippers.

Worth

kurt · July 12, 2012

Might want to think twice about blasting all that skunk oil all over your garden.A shotgun will vaporize it.Might want to try the larger air/pellet gun.Even then when shot it will release.Trap,walk up with tarp or plastic sheeting,cover remove to the wild.They will release up to 8 ft.

meadowyck · July 12, 2012

Worth you crack me up. you remind me of a night my aunt went out looking for the armadillo that was digging at her house foundation, I had to go out and hold the latern for her to find it and shoot it....LOL All this at 3 am in the morning....

Crandrew · July 12, 2012

oh yeah Worth is who you want with you on a squirrel hunt!!!

PA_Julia · July 12, 2012

Catch the skunk, have his/her gland removed and keep as a wonderful family addition.
They are related to the feline family.

A ground hog is a different story.

Julia

FILMNET · July 12, 2012

I put the birdbath back up, so you all think he would come back after losing hair? I was lucky the top do not hit a plant, i may put it out of the garden.

wingnut · July 14, 2012

funnel it with boards to a livetrap baited with jam, cover with tarp run hose to exhaust pipe of care wait ten minutes.....viola! Check local laws before useing this technique. Use a syringe to remove the "essence".

Got Worms? · July 17, 2012

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Originally Posted by wingnut

funnel it with boards to a livetrap baited with jam, cover with tarp run hose to exhaust pipe of care wait ten minutes.....viola! Check local laws before useing this technique. Use a syringe to remove the "essence".

I have used this technique minus the syringe part, and it works well as long as your trap placement is precise in regard to how you intend to do your approach. Ain't carbon monoxide grand! It's all important to think ahead.

Worth, I like the slippers...I don't know about the soup

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meadowyck Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2012 Location: Brooksville, FL Posts: 1,001	Worth you crack me up. you remind me of a night my aunt went out looking for the armadillo that was digging at her house foundation, I had to go out and hold the latern for her to find it and shoot it....LOL All this at 3 am in the morning.... __________________ Jan “Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.” -Theodore Roosevelt

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PA_Julia Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Princeton, Ky Zone 7A Posts: 2,208	Catch the skunk, have his/her gland removed and keep as a wonderful family addition. They are related to the feline family. A ground hog is a different story. Julia __________________ Personal Best- 4.46 LB Big Zac 2013

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Keger Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Richmond, TX Posts: 327	The Texas solution is a 410 or 20 gauge.

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kurt Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Homestead,Everglades City Fl. Posts: 2,500	Might want to think twice about blasting all that skunk oil all over your garden.A shotgun will vaporize it.Might want to try the larger air/pellet gun.Even then when shot it will release.Trap,walk up with tarp or plastic sheeting,cover remove to the wild.They will release up to 8 ft.

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Crandrew Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: asdf Posts: 1,202	oh yeah Worth is who you want with you on a squirrel hunt!!!

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FILMNET Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: North Charleston,South Carolina, USA Posts: 1,803	I put the birdbath back up, so you all think he would come back after losing hair? I was lucky the top do not hit a plant, i may put it out of the garden.

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wingnut Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2011 Location: bald hill area thurston county washington Posts: 312	funnel it with boards to a livetrap baited with jam, cover with tarp run hose to exhaust pipe of care wait ten minutes.....viola! Check local laws before useing this technique. Use a syringe to remove the "essence".