Skunk followup--got one, how many am I looking for?

Bob in SD · Apr 13, 2019

I set up the trap during daylight with a couple of pellets of cat food, figuring I'd catch a cat or two and teach them to avoid the trap by nighttime. Went out about 9:30 to set it for real and there was a skunk in the trap. Thanks for all the tips (but I suspect it was mainly beginners luck).

How many am I looking for? Would you expect two? Or more? I didn't get a good look at this one (used the blanket trick), but the one I saw last night was not a baby.

Thanks again for the help--I knew I could count on you guys.

Bob

SweetFeet · Apr 13, 2019

Sometimes it's one and done... but one year, my husband trapped NINE skunks!!

And no, it was not the same one returning repeatedly... unless it literally had 9 lives. If you catch my drift.

Bob in SD · Apr 14, 2019

Thanks for that encouraging news. This guy won't be back, but I'll see if I can find any of his friends tonight.

pete 23 · Apr 14, 2019

I need to start setting traps again but waiting for roads to dry up as I am 9 miles from the farm and need to check traps in morning so some dum cat isn't locked up all day. I lost tract of how many I trapped but was up to 16 I think in about four years.

Six or eight opossoms, maybe ten racoons. I think they basically hang out at a neighbors large wooded farm grove and another neighbor abandoned buildings so kind of on going. They all contacted lead poisoning.

Whiskey Bent · Apr 14, 2019

Bob, the sdgfp is paying $10 each for skunk, raccoon, possum, and fox tails. It’s a bounty program, trying to save pheasant eggs.

Skunk followup--got one, how many am I looking for?

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