Posted By: lots of mink
Skunk trappers - 07/03/14 06:29 AM
For those guys catching right now, where are you finding them?
Skunk trappers
Posted By: swampdonkey
Re: Skunk trappers - 07/03/14 10:27 AM
Under peoples Decks, Sheds,Porches Ect..... 
Posted By: Jonesie
Re: Skunk trappers - 07/03/14 12:27 PM
everywhere there are ground hog holes. mulberry trees, dumpster sites. oh and the dog and cat food bowls left on the decks. had a call yesterday with one in a pool.
Posted By: Paul Winkelmann
Re: Skunk trappers - 07/03/14 02:38 PM
Under decks, under decks, and especially under decks!
Posted By: RF Wildlife
Re: Skunk trappers - 07/04/14 05:26 AM
In my traps:)
Posted By: mtncat
Re: Skunk trappers - 07/04/14 12:00 PM
Going to find skunks just about anywhere!
Point is, you should be catching them where they are a problem!
Otherwise, why are you trying to catch them?
I could handle a skunk under the deck call, set traps 50' feet away in most places and catch a dozen of them.
Makes for a bigger pay check but it doesn't solve the original problem!
Point is, you should be catching them where they are a problem!
Otherwise, why are you trying to catch them?
I could handle a skunk under the deck call, set traps 50' feet away in most places and catch a dozen of them.
Makes for a bigger pay check but it doesn't solve the original problem!
Posted By: Paul Winkelmann
Re: Skunk trappers - 07/04/14 02:59 PM
I don't know about New Mexico but you can trap them out in a hurry up here. They also have one of the poorest immune systems I've
seen. We have had them all but disappear from West Nile virus, then rabies, then distemper. They seem to have stabilized a little in
the last couple of years. I like skunks. Smart people will pay us to get one out of their trap. Dumb people usually turn into smart
people after the first try!
seen. We have had them all but disappear from West Nile virus, then rabies, then distemper. They seem to have stabilized a little in
the last couple of years. I like skunks. Smart people will pay us to get one out of their trap. Dumb people usually turn into smart
people after the first try!
Posted By: Brushblend
Re: Skunk trappers - 07/04/14 03:40 PM
In the hot weather skunks around here hole up in culverts and old fox dens during the day.
Posted By: sgs
Re: Skunk trappers - 07/04/14 04:52 PM
Originally Posted By: swampdonkey
Under peoples Decks, Sheds,Porches Ect.....
Yep.
Around here, the ideal habitat contains plenty of lawn with brushy areas here and there. Plenty of bird feeders is a definite plus. The more decks and sheds the better. Cat/dog food is manna from the humans.
Originally Posted By: Paul Winkelmann
I don't know about New Mexico but you can trap them out in a hurry up here.
It takes a while around here but if I trap the same area year after year, which I have, I can come close to clearing them out.
I really like skunks. If you're gentle with them they are some of the most friendly wildlife around.
Posted By: Jonesie
Re: Skunk trappers - 07/04/14 07:00 PM
I think a lot of people would be amazed thinking they caught them all, and set up a camera only to find 1 or 2 that just will not go into a trap.
Also as I re read the article in the trappers post it stated I do not set out in the open. some have since asked me if I set in thick stuff, I don't set open cages in stuff that I can't get the tarp over. I set most of the time on the open side of a edge where they are walking.
Also as I re read the article in the trappers post it stated I do not set out in the open. some have since asked me if I set in thick stuff, I don't set open cages in stuff that I can't get the tarp over. I set most of the time on the open side of a edge where they are walking.