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Old 07-12-2007, 08:15 AM
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Default How do you get rid of skunks?

Lately I have had a problem with skunks in my yard. I have managed to shoot two of them but I know there is more.
I am looking for any suggestions as how to get rid of the rest of them.
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Old 07-12-2007, 08:28 AM
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There was another thread here not long ago about the same thing.

I have found - from experience - that if you scatter camphor (mothballs) around the area the skunks will leave immediately. As long as you don't mind if they go over to your neighbor's house then no problem.

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Old 07-12-2007, 10:22 AM
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Thanks TrollGRG
I will pick up a couple boxes at lunch time. Hopefully this does the trick.
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here is that other thread Rocky

http://www.outdoorsmenforum.ca/showt...ghlight=skunks
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Old 07-12-2007, 01:01 PM
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My Dad's Springer Spaniel caught a skunk underneath the deck and killed it... What a mess! I don't know how many times I puked, washing the stink off the dog.

Mothballs work... You can also trap them in a Havahart and drown em in the river.
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being a beekeeper skunks have been my enemy for years
the best way to get rid of then is to inject an egg with poison and leave it for the skunks
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Thanks guys
I think I will try the moth balls under the deck and the garbage can trap across the yard.
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Moth balls might work, but what a pain trying to collect them. How would you hold them, by the wings or the legs?
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Don't know where you live, but our county loans traps. I think you can also get Sustainable resources to trap them. Best rule of thumb, run a clean operation. Garbage draws them like honey.
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Moth balls might work, but what a pain trying to collect them. How would you hold them, by the wings or the legs?
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Set and bait a cage trap......and drop them in the water for 10 minutes.
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check your PM's Rocky
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