Skunk Works
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From: Bridgewater, NJ
Skunk Works
No...Really! I've seen him waddle around the backyard when I leave for work early in the morning. Problem is hes takin up house keeping under my garage! I wouldn't mind too much but its really starting to smell. Anyone know how to chase this bugger away? Safely? LOL I also have a coon and a couple of ground hogs under there too. But they're not smelling up the place. 
Hard to stay out there to work on the bike!
Didn't think they'd all play well together.
Hard to stay out there to work on the bike!Didn't think they'd all play well together.
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From: Lockport Township, IL
RE: Skunk Works
I used to keep a 55 gallon drum filled with water in the yard. Catch the critter in live trap as amamal said. Since skunks can't spray more than about 10 feet, get a 12 foot pole and put a hook on the end of it. Pick the trap up with the pole and dip it into the drum of water.
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From: Hilltown, PA
RE: Skunk Works
Kudos on the box trap!Ifa skunk can't see you, he wont spray you! What you do is use a blanket or tarp, hold the tarp up in front of you so he can't see you, walk slowly up to the trap, lay the tarp over the cage and you can pick him up and carry him to water, (deep enough to cover entire trap), and leave it there for a few minutes. When I lived in NY I was a trapper training instructor for DEC and when I was nuisance trapping skunks, that is how I did it and it worked everytime! The drowning thing works with the ground hogs too unless you want to go release them a mile or 2 down in the neighbor's yard! haha!
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From: Concord, CA
RE: Skunk Works
What's the point of killing it? Just trap and release elsewhere.
I guess I'm the only fool that likes the smell of skunks... Something must be broken in my head.
OK, something else must be broken in my head.
I guess I'm the only fool that likes the smell of skunks... Something must be broken in my head.
OK, something else must be broken in my head.
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From: Southeastern Michigan
RE: Skunk Works
Dunk a rag or towel in ammonia, throw it into the area he gets in at,it will drive him away. Then secure the garage so that he can't come back to his home, he will go bother someone else then