OT - OMG, I've got a skunk! Now what?

jCarroll · May 24, 2010

I've had a live trap in the back yard to thin the coon population away from our garden. Last night I caught a skunk.

Now what?

Roger in Iowa · May 24, 2010

55 gallon barrel of water with open top. Put trap and all in the water using long pole with hook. Once dead, dispose of skunk.

Prez B O · May 24, 2010

You think you have it bad my director of Homeland Security has one on her head

CWL · May 24, 2010

Classic.....S.S.S.

Anonymous-0 · May 24, 2010

My Dad use to catch quite a few in live traps, he would just drop an old blanket over the trap and than pick up the cage and carry it off,and than you can do what ever .

bjb in TX from Ne · May 24, 2010

That doesn't seem very humane......a well placed shot would be better. Young sheriff's deputy used 12ga shotgun when one happened at home.

Hotflashjr · May 24, 2010

We used to catch a few. The blanket works well. Take your time getting to the trap and speak softly to it. Sounds strange, but my Father nor I were ever sprayed over the years when we had this happen. We were always thinning the wood chuck population at our house.

DoubleR · May 24, 2010

Do like John said,cover the cage. I heard tell that you can open far enough to put the barrel of a 22 in and his curiosity will get the best of him then you know what to do. But don't miss and upset him.

Cas · May 24, 2010

The blanket idea works great. I was skeptical
using it on the first few skunks. But, dozens
of skunks later have not even had the blanket
smell.

Anonymous-0 · May 24, 2010

Let it out , you are trapping "coons.
Didn"t you realise there was the disposal question before the trap was set.?Just read another question on here...doesn't anyone think anymore, nobody needs the World for guidance.

Sean Feeney · May 24, 2010

Two adult skunks, skinned, deboned and shredded; save scent sacs and set aside; one-fourth cup oil; one-fourth cup butter; two cups finely chopped celery; one-fourth cup finely chopped parsley; two cloves garlic, finely minced; one bay leaf; two carrots, chopped; two tablespoons flour; one cup beef broth; one cup dry red wine; three tablespoons cognac; one pound ripe, red tomatoes, peeled, seeded and chopped; salt and freshly ground pepper to taste; juice of half-lemon; one-fourth teaspoon nutmeg; one cup Madeira wine.

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In large skillet, brown skunk well in oil and butter; add carrots and stir until lightly browned. Sprinkle with flour. Add broth as needed when mixture starts to brown. Stir to dissolve brown particles. Add remaining broth, red wine, cognac, tomatoes, salt and pepper. Place in oven, cover and bake three hours. Strain gravy, pressing as much of cooked vegetable mixture as possible through sieve. Bring strained mixture to boil. Add lemon juice, nutmeg, Madeira. Carefully puncture scent sacs and add fluids to mixture. Simmer five minutes. Pour sauce over skunk.

Mike (WA) · May 24, 2010

You somehow omitted the last line of the recipe:

Remove from heat, let stand forever.

buickanddeere · May 24, 2010

Does it bother anybody else that OMG is thrown around everywhere for every little situation?

jCarroll · May 24, 2010

I've had the trap operative for 5 years. I've caught cardinals, blue jays. squirrels, rabbits, coons, possums, the neighbor's dog, and last night a skunk.

I suppose if I had "thought about disposal" I might have contacted the zoo for python handling instructions. Driving three miles to the river solved all previous species.

JDNewbie · May 24, 2010

Shoot it in the nose and it won't smell anymore.

thurlow · May 24, 2010

It bothers me, but I guess it's just a sign of the times or.............who knows. Had a great aunt who lived to be 96 years old; had been a widow for many years. Was still trapping raccons for raiding her garden when she was 93-94. Three or four times a year, she'd catch a skunk in the live trap and dispatch it herself without having to ask anyone how to do it. You don't happen to know how to add air to a rear tractor tire, do you? (Just keeping the thread tractor related)

BMAN · May 24, 2010

It bothers me

Kajun · May 24, 2010

Kudos to Sean Feeney--- funniest thing I've read here in a long time.

Agree with leaving off the gratuitous profanity .

Best to all

Kajun

Mattlt · May 24, 2010

I don't like it either. What I hate the worst are all those home improvement / makeover shows, when they do the "big reveal." These people scream the statement at the top of their lungs many times.

Just bugs me...

Anonymous-0 · May 25, 2010

So why "now what"

Ron in Nebr · May 26, 2010

I used a 12ga shotgun on a skunk in our quonset shop one time....the smell went away in a few weeks....the ringing in my ears is still there though.

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