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Posted on 3/10/26 at 1:13 pm to REB BEER
My neighbor across the street was handy, so he thought he'd handle his own spring job. Damn thing hit him in the temple and he nearly lost an eye. I call in the experts and really like the smooth, quiet, and safe results.
Posted on 3/10/26 at 1:15 pm to Hondo Blacksheep
Maybe install some kind of one way door so the skunk can get out but not back in. If I couldn’t do that I would call someone.
Posted on 3/10/26 at 1:17 pm to Hangover Haven
LDWF can provide a service to
Remove it. Pest removal $300-600. Worth every penny.
Remove it. Pest removal $300-600. Worth every penny.
Posted on 3/10/26 at 1:28 pm to Potchafa
The only skunks I've ever trapped were by accident when trying to trap squirrels. Twice I've had to skittishly ease up the door of the live trap and hope not to startle one when letting it go.
I used this long five foot handled deal with this long hook on the end so I was out of the direct line of fire. The second one I was able to ease the spring door open and prop the hook thing up on a bucket and just let the skunk leave on it's own accord.
I used this long five foot handled deal with this long hook on the end so I was out of the direct line of fire. The second one I was able to ease the spring door open and prop the hook thing up on a bucket and just let the skunk leave on it's own accord.
This post was edited on 3/10/26 at 1:31 pm
Posted on 3/10/26 at 2:27 pm to Potchafa
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I can afford it and I’m also 50 years old and don’t feel like messing with it.
Looks like you found your answer. I wouldn’t mess with that.
This post was edited on 3/10/26 at 2:28 pm
Posted on 3/10/26 at 2:37 pm to Potchafa
A bit of experience here.
Unless your house is infested with skunk lunch bits, it will be leaving nightly to find it's dinner. Wrap a small cage trap in a small cheap tarp on all sides except the door, leave an opening in the tarp around the trap handle large enough to see through to verify the species when the trap is occupied and also fold back a large flap that can be dropped over the open end when the cage is picked up.
Place the trap at the edge of some of the landscaping plants away from the house itself. Bait with sardines and expect to catch other critters as well as having other animals disturb the trap. Sooner or later the critter will get caught and after dropping the flap over the open end you can simply pick up the trap by the handle and put it in the back of your truck for a trip to some remote location where you can sneak the door open to release the varmint. Otherwise just take it to a nearby water body where you can determine how well skunks can swim when enclosed in a trap.
Yeah, I'm the kid that once safely removed a live spotted skunk from under the overalls shelf in one of the local grocery stores 70 years ago.
Unless your house is infested with skunk lunch bits, it will be leaving nightly to find it's dinner. Wrap a small cage trap in a small cheap tarp on all sides except the door, leave an opening in the tarp around the trap handle large enough to see through to verify the species when the trap is occupied and also fold back a large flap that can be dropped over the open end when the cage is picked up.
Place the trap at the edge of some of the landscaping plants away from the house itself. Bait with sardines and expect to catch other critters as well as having other animals disturb the trap. Sooner or later the critter will get caught and after dropping the flap over the open end you can simply pick up the trap by the handle and put it in the back of your truck for a trip to some remote location where you can sneak the door open to release the varmint. Otherwise just take it to a nearby water body where you can determine how well skunks can swim when enclosed in a trap.
Yeah, I'm the kid that once safely removed a live spotted skunk from under the overalls shelf in one of the local grocery stores 70 years ago.
Posted on 3/10/26 at 2:46 pm to Loup
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once it is in the dark you can reach in and grab it without getting sprayed
Without getting bit might pose a different challenge.
Posted on 3/10/26 at 2:49 pm to Potchafa
quote:Id let it leave at night like it wants to.
Would you suit up and bite the bullet to try to catch it in a cage and kill it all the while guaranteed of getting sprayed. Or would you call a critter extraction exterminator. I can afford it and I’m also 50 years old and don’t feel like messing with it.
Posted on 3/10/26 at 2:50 pm to Potchafa
Open up two sides to your crawl space. Close it tomorrow when he leaves .
Or go adopt a pitbull and lock him in your crawl space
Or go adopt a pitbull and lock him in your crawl space
Posted on 3/10/26 at 3:10 pm to Potchafa
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I can afford it and I’m also 50 years old and don’t feel like messing with it.
I think you just answered your own question. Hire a guy then sit back with a beer and watch the show.
Posted on 3/10/26 at 3:28 pm to REB BEER
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Or to change a garage door spring.
Oh heck yeah. I remember when I was younger and one of ours popped. I asked an older neighbor if he ever changed one. He looked at me with that look of - you will die if you try, call a professional.
Posted on 3/10/26 at 3:42 pm to Potchafa
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try to catch it in a cage and kill it
Why kill it?
Posted on 3/10/26 at 4:11 pm to Potchafa
I would place a "Have a Hart" trap over the hole. When the skunk is trapped, cover the trap with black plastic, move it out, then cover the hole entrance.
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