How do you detour a skunk ?

dan88911 · 04-13-2013, 10:57 AM

I have a skunk visiting my yard at night.
Crawling under the fence any ideas as to how to detour this?

id10t · 04-13-2013, 11:17 AM

22 short to the head from a distance, preferrably while his butt is still on the other side of your fence.

masraum · 04-13-2013, 11:19 AM

Low powered air rifle, not enough to wound, but enough to provide negative reinforcement.

fingpilot · 04-13-2013, 11:32 AM

12 Guage while still on other side of the fence especially if that is downwind. Have always been a believer of the pink cloud method of varmint removal.

DARISC · 04-13-2013, 12:03 PM

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Originally Posted by dan88911

...any ideas as to how to detour this?

A detour sign?
Nah, that won't deter it.

1990C4S · 04-13-2013, 01:24 PM

trap and relocate.

Dana Norris · 04-13-2013, 01:41 PM

I will go along with fingpilot, my 12gauge gets lots of use. And I will never make a dent in the
varmint population around my house. But it is fun non the less......

imcarthur · imcarthur's Garage

Is it digging or just wandering though? Digging means that you have grubs.

Ian

Rick V · 04-13-2013, 02:41 PM

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Originally Posted by imcarthur

Is it digging or just wandering though? Digging means that you have grubs.

Ian

And pelletized lime will handle that problem

vash · vash's Garage

Can you block the hole under the fence? Or is it gapped full length.?

I'd use motion detector sprinkler device like the scarecrow. Mine will blast anything including myself if I forget.

Baz · Baz's Garage

One (or more) of these would "discourage" your new friend from coming back around....

pc100porsche · pc100porsche's Garage

LOL ... I thought this was the start of a joke about someones "EX"

ckelly78z · 04-13-2013, 04:20 PM

I have tried the low powered air rifle approach only to have the skunk turn in circles wondering what hit him on the backside while still not leaving the yard after 20 or so such hits.

One shot from my Remington 870 pump shotgun at about 20 ft blew him clean across the creek that borders my property. Only problem with tha is, we smelled him for a week or two afterwards.

Red88Carrera · 04-13-2013, 04:26 PM

The one in the middle...

Buckterrier · 04-13-2013, 04:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Baz

One (or more) of these would "discourage" your new friend from coming back around....

You got that Baz. Maxx 'procured' a opossum the other night. Not that I condone Maxxamillian doing such a thing.

Shaun @ Tru6 · 04-13-2013, 05:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Buckterrier

You got that Baz. Maxx 'procured' a opossum the other night. Not that I condone Maxxamillian doing such a thing.

everyone's gotta have a hobby.

ckelly78z · 04-13-2013, 05:07 PM

I hope if you are sending out the dawgs to get that skunk, you don't want them back in the house anytime soon. Tomato juice or Dawn dish soap and copious amonts of scrubbing under the hose is the only way back indoors.

Buckterrier · 04-13-2013, 05:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Shaun 84 Targa

everyone's gotta have a hobby.

HA!! Oddduck1 should own Maxx. They both love killing anything that breaths.

Jim Bremner · 04-13-2013, 05:38 PM

PEE where it comes in?

drcoastline · 04-13-2013, 06:20 PM

Moth balls or moth flakes. I once had a skunk move in under one of my rentals. The smell permeated right through the floor. I called animal control to remove it . They said they couldn't but that skunks, raccoons, etc don't like moth balls. So I threw a box of moth balls in the crawl space by the handful so they went every where. Sure enough within a day it was gone never to return. The next problem was getting all the moth balls out. They smelled just as bad.

Line your property with moth balls or flakes hell move on to a place that doesn't "smell" so bad.