skunks

[Slingah]

gotcha Raven....thanks....I know just where it is

[Aqua-man]

The only thing that will eat a skunk is great horned owl. No sense of smell I guess. Mabye try one of those plastic owls. I've always trapped them in a hav-a-heart trap. No sudden movments and cover them with a blanket in transit.
Tom

[Backbeach Jake]

People piddle works good, too. And it's an excellant excuse to wander around the yard with a beer. Just don't freak the neighbors when scenting.

[Slingah]

Originally Posted by Backbeach Jake

People piddle works good, too. And it's an excellant excuse to wander around the yard with a beer. Just don't freak the neighbors when scenting.

I'm going to try that Fred...hey what the heck..it's free and can't hurt

[Raven]

i have kept the deer out my garden....
and theres fresh tracks daily all around it
but they won't venture within...

i make sure the posts get scented
and thats all it takes...
no fancy shmancy trickery...

it essentially establishes your territory
so by pissing down his hole
your making a claim stake.

when you find yourself facing the porcelan god
take a walk instead....

it's also a good place to loose some old rusty nails.

[fishsmith]

Slingah,

We had skunk in our yard during the day a year ago, I called animal control, they came, killed it and found it to be rabid.
They said seeing them in the daytime, is a telltale to them being rabid.

[Raven]

when people hear that...
they condem all noctournal critters
seen in daytime
(Usually early morning and dusk hours)
label them rabid and steer their cars towards them
for a quick bump -bump under .... the tires...
so i don't believe in that statement.

one night, i heard a gunshot around midnight
in my (then) residential neighborhood...
and it was some yahoo shooting a freakin possum.

the cops said the man was within his rights,
even though no hunting is allowed in that town.
skunks "are protected" by law
so its better to discourage them from making
a burrow in "your" yard

of course if it rushes at you and snarls or acts
really aggressive then --> blast him

...i have used a garden hose
many times to deter them
and have petted
a wild skunk before.
i thought it was a kitty cat.
it was a pure white albino.

i have handed cookies to racoons
and peanuts to squirells...from
1 foot away...i have it on film.

[Slingah]

Originally Posted by fishsmith

Slingah,

We had skunk in our yard during the day a year ago, I called animal control, they came, killed it and found it to be rabid.
They said seeing them in the daytime, is a telltale to them being rabid.

that is what I thought...I am going to call tomorrow....he was out there today as well
Ive been "scenting" all day

skunks, chipmunks, mice, ants, spiders, catipillers, mosquitoes, grubs...etc.......I can't keep up