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They aren't able to get in my pens, but they sure hang around alot. I've smelled them every night this week.
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I trap them in haveaheart traps (ha) then shoot them in the head most times no smell ,sometimes i miss the head and boy do they stink
I trap them in haveaheart traps (ha) then shoot them in the head most times no smell ,sometimes i miss the head and boy do they stink sorry if this offends anyone . Please don't take my karma away, pleeese ,.........................
Quote from: jchiar on June 05, 2006, 07:13:33 PMI trap them in haveaheart traps (ha) then shoot them in the head most times no smell ,sometimes i miss the head and boy do they stink BULLS**T, If you shoot a skiunk in the head it will spray 90% of the time. However if you shoot a skunk through the lungs it will not spray, it needs to get a big breath to bear down when it sprays. I have never had a skunk spray when shot through the lungs. You need to be sure not to hit the spine because if you hit the spine or brain it can trigger an automatic nervous reaction and the skunk will most definitely spray.Another good way to kill a skunk is to use a live trap that is covered with a feed sack so it can be covered completely when a skunk is trapped. Take the trap and skunk and put it under water, it can spray so don'y stand downwind. The reason for the feed sack is that if a skunk can't see it won't spray.I do not recommend havahart traps for 2 reasons, they are not built to withstand the beating an animal can put on it and they are big supporters of the humaine society and PETa. I am a strong oposer of both organizations as I am a trapper.mike
i still shoot them in the head and no smell how does a skunk take a deep breath with a hole in his head ? i use have a heart traps because they are always in the garbage or out on clean-up week and they can't take a beating so I go thru a lot of them will not buy them just pick them up on clean-up week .Probably shot 30 skunks last year and more coons than that
sounds like you have been lucky then. I will only shoot them in the lungs, I never had one spray, they just lay down and die. I have seen alot of critters take alot of deep breaths with a hole in the head. I have been trapping for about 23 years. I would rather not get a skunk in a trap and I will not skin them, they go to the local village idiot since he traps too. That guy goes around smelling like skunk from october till february.