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skunk roadkills #6179091
03/06/18 08:05 AM
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seen so many skunk roadkills lately,,several havent sprayed.Ive considered trying to remove essence. It would be my luck Id make a bad cut and smell like skunk...This mass exodus ive seen lately is about a month late. I guess its due to the hard winter. With the price of essence its really worth thinking about.

Re: skunk roadkills [Re: west river rogue] #6179097
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Feb. is mating season!!


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Re: skunk roadkills [Re: west river rogue] #6179098
03/06/18 08:15 AM
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here its late jan and feb,,but this is march..timing is late
most of my commercial skunk jobs for schools and such were usually in jan and feb. I loved working with the little stinkers!!

Re: skunk roadkills [Re: west river rogue] #6179120
03/06/18 08:57 AM
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Hard to drive past a $20 bill in the middle of the road. I pick them up all the time. Love the looks I get from passers by.

Re: skunk roadkills [Re: Kansas Rook] #6179126
03/06/18 09:03 AM
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Originally Posted By: Kansas Rook
Hard to drive past a $20 bill in the middle of the road. I pick them up all the time. Love the looks I get from passers by.
im thinking same thing. How long can they lay in cold weather before the essence degrades?

Re: skunk roadkills [Re: west river rogue] #6179135
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Not sure seems like it’s warm weather that dries em up faster than the cold. I only pick up ones that weren’t there the day before. Live in a town of 40k people and get phone calls all the time from people telling me where the fresh hit ones are. Guess word is out that I am a neck.

Re: skunk roadkills [Re: west river rogue] #6179144
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I have seen road kill ones in the last few weeks. I seen one running around in a hay yard a few days ago also.

I don't believe there would be anything wrong with the quality of a skunk in cold weather if it is in one piece.


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Re: skunk roadkills [Re: west river rogue] #6179149
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The essence doesn't degrade, it just evaporates or leaks out. You can keep essence for years in the right kind of container.


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Re: skunk roadkills [Re: west river rogue] #6179152
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im asking about the essence in the roadkill lee.

Re: skunk roadkills [Re: west river rogue] #6179156
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Check your regs first. I asked the game warden about collecting essence from roadkill skunks after the season closes and he said it was a violation of the regs.

Re: skunk roadkills [Re: 903SC] #6179159
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Originally Posted By: 903SC
Check your regs first. I asked the game warden about collecting essence from roadkill skunks after the season closes and he said it was a violation of the regs.
That is what I was thinking also because if they are not in season then it will be a violation


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Re: skunk roadkills [Re: west river rogue] #6179162
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Re: skunk roadkills [Re: coydog2] #6179177
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Originally Posted By: coydog2
Originally Posted By: 903SC
Check your regs first. I asked the game warden about collecting essence from roadkill skunks after the season closes and he said it was a violation of the regs.
That is what I was thinking also because if they are not in season then it will be a violation


City has me provide nuisance wild life service for them. My nuisance wildlife permit allows me to have them in my possession. Services provided, within the scope of the law. wink

Re: skunk roadkills [Re: Kansas Rook] #6179180
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i was too,,im retired now..is it possible to just insert a needle and withdraw without moving them? Come on stinker guru"s

Re: skunk roadkills [Re: west river rogue] #6179196
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Originally Posted By: west river rogue
i was too,,im retired now..is it possible to just insert a needle and withdraw without moving them? Come on stinker guru"s


you can but it fouls the needle and syringe and I dont want a stinky syringe in my truck waiting for the next one. I would prefer to draw 50 glands all at the same time.

Re: skunk roadkills [Re: west river rogue] #6179200
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works for me...

Re: skunk roadkills [Re: west river rogue] #6179210
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That's what I ment by evaporating or leaking out. Yes you can withdraw essence out of one without skinning back. just poke the needle through were the squirter is on the bung hole. It takes a bit of practice to position it right. When skinning skunks, I take the essence out after I'm done skinning, just before I cut the pod away from the carcass. It's easier to handle that way!


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Re: skunk roadkills [Re: west river rogue] #6179211
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Thanks for the clarification Lee...

Re: skunk roadkills [Re: Kansas Rook] #6179217
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Originally Posted By: Kansas Rook
Originally Posted By: west river rogue
i was too,,im retired now..is it possible to just insert a needle and withdraw without moving them? Come on stinker guru"s


you can but it fouls the needle and syringe and I dont want a stinky syringe in my truck waiting for the next one. I would prefer to draw 50 glands all at the same time.


A syringe won't last long if you don't rinse it out. I keep a bottle of water with enuf glycol in it to keep it from frreezing, and try to do as many as I can at a time to, but I bring them home to do it, then when I'm done, and the pods saved, I chuck the rest in my outside boiler, no smell or mess. My home crematorium! grin

I should add, that when I rinse out my syringe, I squirt the rinse water back inside the. skunk carcass, further reducing the smell of handling it!

Last edited by lee steinmeyer; 03/06/18 10:37 AM.

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Re: skunk roadkills [Re: west river rogue] #6179221
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Originally Posted By: lee steinmeyer
Originally Posted By: Kansas Rook
[quote=west river rogue]i was too,,im retired now..is it possible to just insert a needle and withdraw without moving them? Come on stinker guru"s


you can but it fouls the needle and syringe and I dont want a stinky syringe in my truck waiting for the next one. I would prefer to draw 50 glands all at the same time.

A syringe won't last long if you don't rinse it out. I keep a bottle of water with enuf glycol in it to keep it from frreezing, and try to do as many as I can at a time to, but I bring them home to do it, then when I'm done, and the pods saved, I chuck the rest in my outside boiler, no smell or mess. My home crematorium! grin

I should add, that when I rinse out my syringe, I squirt the rinse water back inside the. skunk carcass, further reducing the smell of handling it!


Got to love a system! Informative thread.


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