How to catch a porcupine??

Can anyonte tell me how to trap a porcupine? I know their not a valuable furbearer or anything like that, however the dogs at the shop are taking a real beating this year. Seven times we've had to remove quills! So obviously they won't learn. Any help greatly appreciated. Mostly because it's not fun removing quills from a rottie and a mastiff!

thanks

This last week I caught 2 with my .204.:eek

There are a couple ways that it can be done. If you know where their den is then just place a Conibear 330 trap in front of it, and that will be the end of the Porcupine.
If you cannot locate a den, get yourself a large Hava-hart trap(can be obtained from Margo supplies and possibly Halford Hide). Place the trap where the porcupines are giving you the most trouble, and cover the entire trap (except entrance) with spruce boughs, to make it look like a den. Then dice an apple into small pieces and cover them in salt, and have a trail leading into the trap, with a whole bunch of bait at the back behind the pan.
I caught 5 porcupines using the live trap last year, if they are in the area will not take long to catch them. However, some time patience is neccessary and it can take a couple of weeks.

Good Luck.

i got a couple with my 22-250

Whenever you're driving, and especially with your dogs and you see one on the road, just stop. I've done it a few times with my dogs and used the e-collar..... hard. Seems to work but I do not want to stake their life on it.

Most people have a tire iron of some sort and that is all it takes to kill a porcupine, they have a very soft skull.

[Jordan18]

hit one on the end of the nose and they usually die instantly

[Reeves1]

hit one on the end of the nose and they usually die instantly

Old wives tail....if you are going to bump it's head do so on the cranium.

Also keep in mind craft stores may want the quills and I read (on this forum) that the long hair is wanted by persons tieing flys.

Not bad eating as well....

[brett01]

not another quill pig thread... lets hope this one stays civil.

[Hunterclark]

WELL i cant say i agree with it and wont

Most people have a tire iron of some sort and that is all it takes to kill a porcupine, they have a very soft skull.

I shouldnt of open this one .

Also keep in mind craft stores may want the quills and I read (on this forum) that the long hair is wanted by persons tieing flys.

Not bad eating as well....

If your going to use the animal and not waste it Great .

[sourdough doug]

And here I thought the initial question was -How do I TRAP a pork- Lets keep on track and those who want to shoot carry on with that same post on the shooting channel...

[lilsundance]

lol guys read the original post date on this thread, it was almost a year ago.

[Alberta Bigbore]

lol

[BrownBear416]

BigBore Down.

[gsteeves]

To answer your question, very carefully!!!

Like my old man used to say, son porcupines are very tasty! But a little tough to skin.



With Respect...

Gary

[gonefishin]

Speaking of skinning... I got one on the weekend because I wanted to eat it (it's been a while since I've had one). Are there any special tricks to skinning out the tail... aside from "very carefully"?

[moosehunter3-0]

i've never skinned one but i bet it would make peoples lives a lot easier if they smaked him with a big cardboard box to remove a few hundred quills be4 skinning.

[Canuck44]

My brother and my dad found one in my moms garden eating the raspberry canes and manuvered it into a 50 gallon drum and relocated it. Not really sure why they didn't just shoot it but I always thought they were a little crazy.

[shootermcgavin]

I think they are good to have around for survival food and are very cool animals... I dont see why you would want to kill one for ****s and giggles.... meybe you should just shoot your dog

[gonefishin]

Originally Posted by shootermcgavin

I think they are good to have around for survival food and are very cool animals... I dont see why you would want to kill one for ****s and giggles.... meybe you should just shoot your dog

i didn't kill one for "****s and giggles"... i ate it and am planning on mounting it. I skinned it out no problem, but had a tricky time with the tail and was just wondering if there was easier way to do it.

[220swifty]

My brother and my dad found one in my moms garden

I think they are good to have around for survival food

If i need survival food where i kill porcupines, i will likely walk to a farm house and ask the farm lady for a sandwich.

[winged1]

One of our goose hunting buddies brought his 12 year old son out hunting for his first hunt last season. Being a city fellow, we made sure that he had a chance to see a wide variety of wildlife, but his dream was to capture the great porcupine. When asked how he planned on doing it, he described how he would throw a blanket over top of it so that it's quills would snag, then roll the blanket over to trap the critter inside.

He had an answer every time we challanged his theory, and it's all he talked about. At the end of the trip we had saw every animal out there, but the poor old porky.

[Pioneer2]

Reminds me of the story of a concerned misguided tree hugger that carried in a injured porky to the Medicine River wildlife center in her bare arms.Lucky for her it had a broken back or she would have had accupuncture to go along with her experiance.Tenacious roadkill.....................Harold