So. We have an unwelcomed guest

[cellardoorv]

Anyone have success in trying to get rid of a skunk (or a few)? We have at least one skunk that has staked claim in our yard, sprayin' all its skunky goodness all over the place in the middle of the night. Just tonight, we spotted it in the side yard from our living room, just kinda moseying around the joint. Joe put a flashlight on it and it didn't even care. We're trying to vacate it before we get our puppy, because I seriously don't want to be bathing a skunky curious dumb pup every night.

Any thoughts? I don't think our neighbors would take too kindly of us shooting it with any sort of weapon, and who really wants to deal with a trapped pissed off skunk, so is there some kind of poison we can leave out? Harsh, I know, but this guy has balls. Before anyone asks, we don't have any neighborhood pets around, and our yard is fenced in.

[Razi]

Stab em in the face.

[nissangirl74]

They hate the smell of mothballs. Go make it snow.

[Jesda]

Is it possible to shoot them without getting after-sprayed?

In my town you're allowed to shoot critters in your yard. Some members of the council want to make that illegal.

[Oatmealman]

honestly? go spend a 100 bucks and buy a pellet gun.a decent pellet gun to the head will kill him instantly(and more importantly silently to your neighbors.) I shoot squirrels and pigeons around my house cause they piss me off and dig into my walls.I've tried trapping them and they would always find their way back.

[alms24sebring]

Oh whew, I thought you meant



SPIDERS!!!

Animal control?

[Dattebayo]

A skunk is a bit more substantial then a squirrel, so I'd shy away from using a pellet gun since an injured skunk tends to spray everywhere...

I'd call the cops and ask them what they deem OK for this situation, if they say do it, then bring out the .22 and shoot that sumbtich.

[ADDirishboy]

Shoot it. Buy a pellet rifle that does at least 1000 fps. It'll take care of the little bastards. I have taken out countless pigeons in my neighborhood, rats, hell, we killed a coyote a while back with it. They're pretty versatile, and no one will hear a thing.

[krash]

I ain't sayins that I dunnit before, ain't sayins that I didn't. Go ahead and get yourself one of those nice pellet guns, a real powerful one, you don't want any mishaps yaknowwhatimsayin? The boys at the sporting goods shop will help ya out. Then, wait for the sneaky f*** to come out and do his thing. Shoot 'im in the head, call the cleaner. I'd tell yas to call a hit on 'im, I knows a guy that knows a guy, but if you want something done right, ya gotta do it yourself yaknowwhatimsayin?

/italian accent

[snwbrdr435]

Call tita up, he'll kill it with his sword

[Rex]

Skunk Be Gone works wonders for getting the smell off things.

Have you tried calling Animal Control? Put your tax dollars to work.

[Rager]

I ain't sayins that I dunnit before, ain't sayins that I didn't. Go ahead and get yourself one of those nice pellet guns, a real powerful one, you don't want any mishaps yaknowwhatimsayin? The boys at the sporting goods shop will help ya out. Then, wait for the sneaky f*** to come out and do his thing. Shoot 'im in the head, call the cleaner. I'd tell yas to call a hit on 'im, I knows a guy that knows a guy, but if you want something done right, ya gotta do it yourself yaknowwhatimsayin?

/italian accent

oh man, i had a skunk chew through some styrofoam ans get into my basement a while ago. i woke up to it spraying in the basement and it was unbeilevable , it made my eyes water. I seriously thought that there was an electrical fire going on in my house. so i went looking for it and i couldnt find it down there . so i left the door open for a couple of days hoping it would leave . but it didnt. it turns out that it lived down stairs for almost a week until i got a no kill trap. i set it up at the far end of the basement. i put some peanut butter and cat food in there and went to work. I come home and i cought the sumabitch . went up stairs , grabbed my .22 and shot it in the head. and twice more for good measure cuz it was kinda dark. the skuck ended up releasing its spray again . but a few weeks later the smell was gone and no more skunk.

dont use poison my friend. even if it is "your yard" you shouldnt. you mention you have a puppy and also if the skunk eats it and gets out of the yard and something else eats the skunk than that animal could get poisoned as well and so on. Gl. your best bet it to trap it and try to move it or shoot it

[Dattebayo]

/italian accent

I need to let you know that I just read that in the voice of Mario.

[numbnuts240]

strange this comes up, i have been watching "billy the exterminator" for some inexplicable reason the last few days. i wouldn't recommend pulling out any real firearms, the penalties for shooting anything in a residential area can be pretty hefty. if you really want to poison it, i'd just leave out a dish of coolant. it works for cats.

in the end. they're skunks, after this one, there will always be more. and skunk smell does not come out of dogs for a long time. i don't care what someone recommends, as i've tried it all.

Call tita up, he'll kill it with his sword

it's tasted lobster now.

[frapjap]

Call tita up, he'll kill it with his sword

LMFAO

[300ZXttZMAN]

Skunk Be Gone works wonders for getting the smell off things.

Have you tried calling Animal Control? Put your tax dollars to work.

This is what I was thinking. ^

If not then get a pellet gun.

[SBC 240Z]

http://www.pyramydair.com/s/m/Benjamin_ ... _Pump/1534

[RobPaulson]

They hate the smell of mothballs. Go make it snow.

+1, ive used mothballs to get rid of skunk before. moth-flakes for those hard to reach places.

[MinisterofDOOM]

I love this thread title. I hear it in the casual, disappointed, and slightly ominous tones of John Hurt.

[VQpwrdSE-R]

.22 long. Rifles have a less powerful round that isn't much louder than the 1000fps "Gamo" brand air rifles everyone is talking about. The round is 1/3 the power of a regular 22 hollowpoint. Yet strong enough to kill a groundhog. Look for .22 CB caps. Theyre really short bullets. Animal control is also a great idea. Let them get sprayed trying to wrangle them into a cage.

[mmkeller]

Where's Nala when you need him........

[PEZi]

Is it possible to shoot them without getting after-sprayed?

In my town you're allowed to shoot critters in your yard. Some members of the council want to make that illegal.

Headshot!

[SBC 240Z]

Also, if you don't have a pellet gun but you do have a .22 and are concerned with noise you can buy .22 silent rounds. They fire on a slightly over powered primer but have no gun powder in them. They fire at just over 500fps with a slightly lighter than normal .22 round. They don't cycle a semi-auto, not enough power so you have to rack each round but they take out squirrels up to 50yards.

[TurboSauce]

/italian accent

I read it in more of a redneck accent. or am i just weird?

[DrifterXRPS13]

Bishes, you need a possum in your life!

[AZhitman]

to everyone who's said, "shoot it". Shoot a skunk and you're gonna be dealing with every last bit of his rank, putrid stench for a month.

So, geniuses, what do you propose she do with A DEAD, STINKY, SKUNK?

(...not enough faces, not enough palms...)

[DrifterXRPS13]

Haha, oh Greg, I miss you.

[AZhitman]

Michelle, how did you get rid of the last stinky, unwelcome, black & white freeloader?

[Rager]

to everyone who's said, "shoot it". Shoot a skunk and you're gonna be dealing with every last bit of his rank, putrid stench for a month.

So, geniuses, what do you propose she do with A DEAD, STINKY, SKUNK?

(...not enough faces, not enough palms...)

i shot a skunk in my basement and the smell went away within a couple of weeks and i didnt use anything other than time to get rid of the smell,



then i stuck the skunk in the woods next to my neighbors house whos dog comes over and sh!ts on my lawn

[ADDirishboy]

Michelle, how did you get rid of the last stinky, unwelcome, black & white freeloader?