Haven't. Caught one yet but one place I trap I seen 3 cross the road at different times so I guess it's only a matter of time.

Wanna Be. I have the same question? Only skunk didnt spray when shot ? Was shot in self defense! 2012. Jackson County Alabama. Hunting. 450 acre corn field. Got out of tripod. Walked 1/2 mile up creek. Ran into skunk! He would not let me cross only crossing in creek. Didnt want to walk 2 miles round him. He would not yeld. Tried to run him off. He refused. Then. He pointed the = bussiness end at me. Fired a 300 gr OTM Berger bullet into him from 338 Lapua In self defense. Never sprayed a drop

Most years I catch around a dozen while fur trapping

Ok. Im in. Whats a dz skunks worth??? 20 x12 is 240 dollars. Im not looking to cut anyone out of the market. Just curious on what you get for 1 skunk all in on. •*=== everything it worth?

juice and hide(dried not tanned) should put you close 200 if the pods are mostly full. Hides have been up a bit lately.

To be clear I never try to catch skunks, but they seem to find me lol. I never worried about how much they bring. Enough to pay for a few gallons of fuel to check bobcat traps. The smell dont bother me much

I had 18 one day. All incidentals in coyote sets. Nothing to catch triple digits if you’re serious.

Caught in coon boxes they don’t spray. Just being caught in a foothold at most, they let out a quick shot being startled by the trap.

I lung shoot all mine, most let out a small, quick shot when the bullet hits them. Some don’t spray at all. I still probably average 1/2-3/4 oz of essence per skunk. Some far more.

The only spray from a hit with that round was the whole skunk, lol. Probably vaporized the stinker.

I’ve always wondered how long it takes a skunk to replenish essence.

It must take a while as most skunks act like they really don’t want to spray. You can actually get away with quite a bit of shenanigans with most. It’s a rare one that has a hair trigger.

I’ll leave that up to y’all to figure out, lol. If it’s another 6 years before I catch another it will be 6 years too soon!!

I have a market for the skull or whole head, feet, hide, fat and quill. Summer months there is no fat to be had and although the fur may not be prime, I still can sell to tourists or fly fisherman for tying flies. Let's say I got a nice prime one late in the season and get $15 for the fur, $20/oz for the quill, $3 for the skull and another $3 for the feet. If I get a full oz of quill out of it that makes $41 plus what ever I can get for the fat. I'm sure I can find a market for the glands and perhaps the carcass to bait makers. All sorts of options, you just have to look.

Generally 1-2 weeks to recharge.

Kit skunks tend to be more hair triggered. Seems like skunks that have been trapped and relocated get hair triggered. You can pretty much tell the ones that are going to spray you no matter what you do. Had a few that as soon as I came into view they spray.

Skunks. Ha!
We got em. But we are in a down cycle right now.