Trap shy
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04/25/20 11:58 AM
04/25/20 11:58 AM
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Joined: Sep 2012
Posts: 7,244 West Michigan
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Skunk, I have a skunk that has been in a trap before. I have tried almost every food, every style of live trap. The skunk had dug under a small building. Set a trap right over the hole, the skunk was not under the building when I set the trap would not go back under the building. Have several picture on my game cameras. I can uses any type of foot hole or body grip. I have used live traps with pans, and wire triggers. Covered the floor of the trap with sand. I am thinking of covering the trap with a tote with a hole cut just a little smaller that the live trap door opening. Any ideas?
To Old U.S. Army 60-63 SGT.
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Re: Trap shy
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04/25/20 02:31 PM
04/25/20 02:31 PM
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Posts: 78 E. Iowa
hvtrapper
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I change trap style, most problem critters are shy of wire traps, I like plasticatch traps as my alternative for "cautious" critters, also use alternative baits.
Tom Walters
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Re: Trap shy
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04/25/20 05:41 PM
04/25/20 05:41 PM
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Tom: I may try covering the trap. I have tried every bait I can think of, eggs, jack mackerel, dog food, spam, pizza, sardines, bacon, smokes oysters. The only thing I have not tried is a banana.
To Old U.S. Army 60-63 SGT.
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Re: Trap shy
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04/26/20 01:45 AM
04/26/20 01:45 AM
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Willy Firewood
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As said above: “So the skunk is no longer under the building? Sounds like the problem is solved. Seal the area so he can't get back in.”
When you catch a skunk outside, how will you know it is “the offender”?
FRAC LIVES MATTER
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Re: Trap shy
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05/12/20 09:26 PM
05/12/20 09:26 PM
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Joined: Aug 2007
Posts: 1,452 Monroeville NJ
Jonesie
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try moving the trap away from the den site to the area the skunk in leaving the area. I have had female skunks with young that refuse to go in a trap at the den. but I move the trap 30 to 50 feet away and use as big of the cage I can and have them the first night. the key is knowing where she goes when she leaves the den. I am writing a piece on dens and cages right now. stating that the safety factor at the den entrance may and can have an effect on the skunk's comfort and willingness to enter a trap yet go into the cage away from the den. I was to do a cage trapping demo at the PA trapping convention this June and was going to cover a lot of this, now that is is canceled I will be doing it 2021 so I can let a little out now LOL
Last edited by Jonesie; 05/12/20 09:28 PM.
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