Skunk trapping

[CavinJ]

I would like to throw some simple quick sets along my coyote line and on the roads in between my bait stations and settled on skunks. I have thought of the 160 in a box but is there any other sets or traps I should try and what is some good bait. Thanks in advance.
CavinJ

[Marty S]

These are real nice, just drown your critter. In the yard just stand up and fill up with your garden hose.

[fred1]

I find that skunks go after dry cat food, a little in a small shallow container at the back end of the trap.

[Opa]

I have trapped several in a live trap with sardines as bait.

[dgl1948]

Originally Posted by Opa

I have trapped several in a live trap with sardines as bait.

We use these to take about 30 - 40 skunks a year out of our bee yards.

[Marty S]

They should make a grizzly bear size one for all them poor folks living on the east slopes. Just keep yer garden hose ready.

[rcmc]

Originally Posted by Marty S

They should make a grizzly bear size one for all them poor folks living on the east slopes. Just keep yer garden hose ready.

Hey Marty, you sell those traps thru your business?

[3blade]

Coyotes will eat them if left in the open. What Marty listed is the best.

[Marty S]

No grizzly size yet. But we do carry them, just sold out at all he moment.

[CavinJ]

Hey Marty. Are these durapoly traps? Can regular wire ones be used? I just looked at the price on halfords, $115 seem a little extreme...

[Red Bullets]

A 4 or 5 inch diameter PVC pipe about 3 feet long. You make a couple stiff wires that hang from the top on the inside of the pipe near the ends. It is made so the wires lift going in but not coming out. Like a one way door. Bait the inside. A skunk needs to lift its tail to squirt so it is fairly safe to handle. Submerge to dispatch the skunk. I've caught two skunks in one trap before.

[Marty S]

Yes, durapoly traps. You can catch them fine in wire traps, but when you try to pick up the trap by the handle and carry the live skunk over to the garden hose, your skunk is going to hose you! Then when you stand the wire trap up on one end, you will find that it doesn't hold water and you can't drown your skunk with just a garden hose!

The convenience of the enclosed plastic trap for skunk carrying, non skunk spraying, drowning and discretion from nosy neighbors, worth every penny, mind you pennies don't exist anymore. Worth every nickel??? Well that just sounds stoopid!

[Elkster]

I have used the wire traps for skunks but wrapped them with a few potato sacks. Had chickens back then and uses eggs for bait. Didn't worry bout the garden hose used 16 gauge. Open door and wait for them to come out. Also used a few leg traps in small area with eggs scattered around.
And the people that tell u a skunk won't spray in a trap have never trapped a skunk.


Elkster

[dgl1948]

Originally Posted by Elkster

And the people that tell u a skunk won't spray in a trap have never trapped a skunk.


Elkster

For those who think a skunk will not spray if it cannot lift its tail or if its feet are off the ground, all I can say is go ahead and learn your lesson.
We use the poly traps made by Koender. We have one in each bee yard. They just plain work.

http://www.koendersmfg.com/products.html

[Red Bullets]

Originally Posted by dgl1948

For those who think a skunk will not spray if it cannot lift its tail or if its feet are off the ground, all I can say is go ahead and learn your lesson.
We use the poly traps made by Koender. We have one in each bee yard. They just plain work.

http://www.koendersmfg.com/products.html

Trapped several skunks in the tube trap and never been sprayed. They will spray in any position but not unless it's a last resource. They don't like the smell either.