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Skunks and 'hogs in same hole?
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07/23/16 05:59 PM
07/23/16 05:59 PM
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webfootwhacker
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First night I caught this year's 'hog under a cabin. Next night, an adult female skunk in the same trap and a smaller male skunk (but not this year's) in the back door on the other side of the cabin. The back door has leaves and debris in it but I set it anyways. The main entrance is very well used.
Is there a chance the groundhogs and skunks are using the same hole under the cabin at the same time? If it had been an adult groundhog, I might have chalked it up to wandering, but it seems strange to have (presumably) a litter of groundhogs in the same hole as skunks. Is this common?
Last edited by webfootwhacker; 07/23/16 05:59 PM.
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Re: Skunks and 'hogs in same hole?
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07/25/16 08:55 AM
07/25/16 08:55 AM
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Eric Arnold
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I agree with Bob in terms of animals being opportunists and Ron in terms of it can happen, but in this case I think it's hard to say what is happening if you're using double door traps and not single door traps. Since the animals can enter from either end, you can't differentiate between an animal being curious, running for cover, or actually using the den site.
To do so, you'd need a positive set with a single door.
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Re: Skunks and 'hogs in same hole?
[Re: webfootwhacker]
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07/27/16 06:36 AM
07/27/16 06:36 AM
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I have set cameras on holes in barns and have seen skunks, raccoons, chucks and rabbits use the same entrance. I think maybe one inside there may be different chambers. Of course that is only a guess
Oh and mice going in too. And a cat and a fox use to check the hole, I suspect for dinning purposes, on a occasion
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Re: Skunks and 'hogs in same hole?
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08/03/16 06:25 PM
08/03/16 06:25 PM
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Dave Schmidt
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I've read from several sources - and my own experience - that skunks will pretty much walk into any old burrow they want to. Think about it: what animal is gonna pick a fight with a skunk (other than a domestic dog)?
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