View previous topic :: View next topic |
Author |
Message |
Ominivision1 Super Member
Joined: Sep 20, 2010 Posts: 2984 Location: Iowa
|
Posted: Sat Mar 02, 2013 5:50 am Post subject: Advice |
|
Got a call from a friend who had just trapped a skunk that was getting into the barn and helping himself to the chicken eggs. The band bandit was caught in a trap and wanted to know how to dispose the skunk, I told him I would be out there shortly. Grabbing the 410 and a few shells I made my way out to his place. After arriving at his place and looking at the situation, he asked me for the shotgun and I advised him to keep far away just in case which was 10 yards from the trap.
Lesson 1. Never shoot a skunk inside a building (barn)
Lesson 2. Wife won't let you back in the house till you leave everything but your shorts outside.
Lesson 3. We won't make that mistake again!! You really do not want to shoot a skunk.
_________________ Regards
Limitations are but boundaries created inside our minds. |
|
Back to top |
|
|
pete4d Super Member
Joined: Nov 27, 2011 Posts: 957 Location: Dixie , Alabama , & Louisiana
|
Posted: Sat Mar 02, 2013 6:06 am Post subject: Re: Advice |
|
Here is the secret recipe that WORKS. Mix the following:
1 quart 3 percent hydrogen peroxide
1/4 cup baking soda (sodium bicarbonate)
1 teaspoon liquid soap or dish detergent
Mix these together and bathe ("shampoo" in or rub down) the spray victim thoroughly.
Be sure to use this mixture immediately after it is created, as it is unstable.
Rinse with tap water afterward, and repeat if necessary.
For spray in the eyes, flush with water as soon as possible.
If you can't go to all of the trouble of buying hydrogen peroxide at your local drug store, then a 2% vinegar solution will help a bit. But please, don't bother with the old tomato juice tactic unless you want to smell like skunk + tomato.
www.aaanimalcontrol.co...valrid.htm
_________________ "march to the sound of the guns and shoot everyone not dressed like you"--D I 1968
When the SHTF I'm gonna hunker down until all those idiots kill each other. up-date
The secret to enjoying life is to never take it too seriously, as you will never make it out alive!
I'm on the watch list are you ? |
|
Back to top |
|
|
Bushmaster Super Member
Joined: Jun 12, 2005 Posts: 11390 Location: Ava, Missouri
|
Posted: Sat Mar 02, 2013 9:38 am Post subject: Re: Advice |
|
A bit "oderous" are you?
_________________ I have one nerve left and yer standin' on it...
DEMOCRACY Two wolves and one sheep voting on what to have for lunch...
LIBERTY A well armed sheep contesting the outcome of the vote... |
|
Back to top |
|
|
10spotterminator Member
Joined: Aug 27, 2008 Posts: 167 Location: Redmond, Oregon
|
|
Back to top |
|
|
English Mike Super Member
Joined: Jan 08, 2007 Posts: 1709 Location: Whitehaven, Cumbria, UK
|
Posted: Mon Mar 04, 2013 4:53 pm Post subject: Re: Advice |
|
A solution of "Biological" clothes washing powder is very effective at breaking down animal scents.
If you use it on your skin be sure to rinse thoroughly as it is caustic & will burn.
|
|
Back to top |
|
|
eeyouelder Member
Joined: Jan 26, 2005 Posts: 123 Location: Quebec
|
Posted: Mon Mar 04, 2013 6:33 pm Post subject: Re: Advice |
|
If we have to do skunk depredation, we use a live catch cage (Have a heart). When the skunk is caught we carefully and slowly approach the cage using a plastic garbage bag as a shield, just in case the war erupts. At the cage we slowly insert it in a second garbage bag and now that the skunk is in the dark all is kept quiet as we carry the cage to a 45 gallon drum filled with water. The complete cage is immersed in the water. We recuperate it an hour later and dispose of the dead skunk.
This trick was learned when we had a rabbis epidemic and we were hired by the government to catch all the raccoon, skunks and foxes, inoculate them, place a numbered tag on their ear, mark them with red paint and release them in the wild without getting them or us in trouble.
If the skunk starts to tap the ground with its foot, just freeze, stop and do not move. That is a sign that it’s agitated, nervous and that the artillery will be the next thing to release. After two or three minutes it will calm down and you can proceed with the task at hand.
|
|
Back to top |
|
|
Ominivision1 Super Member
Joined: Sep 20, 2010 Posts: 2984 Location: Iowa
|
|
Back to top |
|
|
dhc4ever Super Member
Joined: May 26, 2011 Posts: 2944 Location: Ipswich, Queensland Australia
|
Posted: Tue Mar 05, 2013 5:44 am Post subject: Re: Advice |
|
Cue the old song "Dead skunk in the middle of the road".........
_________________ Pete
Dont do anything you wont like explaining to the paramedics.............. |
|
Back to top |
|
|
Vince Site Admin
Joined: May 25, 2005 Posts: 15704 Location: Brisbane AUSTRALIA
|
Posted: Tue Mar 05, 2013 10:30 pm Post subject: Re: Advice |
|
dhc4ever wrote: |
Cue the old song "Dead skunk in the middle of the road"......... |
_________________ Cheers, Vince
Illegitimi non carborundum
(Never let the bastards grind you down)
Live simply. Love generously. Care deeply. Speak kindly. Leave the rest to God.
"Nulla Si Fa Senza Volonta."
(Without Commitment, Nothing Gets Done) |
|
Back to top |
|
|
ElyBoy Super Member
Joined: Apr 04, 2006 Posts: 1541 Location: Forest Lake Minnesota
|
|
Back to top |
|
|
Bushmaster Super Member
Joined: Jun 12, 2005 Posts: 11390 Location: Ava, Missouri
|
Posted: Wed Mar 06, 2013 8:42 am Post subject: Re: Advice |
|
Close, Eric. Real close.
_________________ I have one nerve left and yer standin' on it...
DEMOCRACY Two wolves and one sheep voting on what to have for lunch...
LIBERTY A well armed sheep contesting the outcome of the vote... |
|
Back to top |
|
|
Pumpkinslinger Super Member
Joined: Sep 22, 2007 Posts: 5001 Location: NC foothills
|
Posted: Wed Mar 06, 2013 6:47 pm Post subject: Re: Advice |
|
It will take more than peroxide to remove the stench from that critter...
_________________ Mike
"I ain't no better than anybody else, and there ain't nobody better than me!" Ma Kettle |
|
Back to top |
|
|
|