This is Dennis. I've got a serious oder problem over at my camp. I've got a gol danged PePe LePew living under my deck. Every time I've been there in the last couple weeks I can smell him under there. Even my dogs who are fearless,are shy around the steps. I think I remember that last year they changed the rules to extend the hunting season on skunks to year round. Am I correct in that? I've still got to get my 2009 lisence. Any tips? If I'm able to legally hunt him it will be bow only of course DEN
If I were you I'd try the bow only. You never know... that skunk might get into an "oder fight" with that boot and you may have to vacate the cabin for a looong time?
You are killing me...!
Whatever you do, don't put a stalk on him! Shoot him before you can get his scent.
I'm back. LePew was a no show. The wind was switching around and every once in a while I could catch a wiff of skunk from under the deck. I called Ronald to see if he wanted to go. He was hanging around at the archery shop and wasn't interested.
One good thing when I checked my 2008 liscence it dosen't expire till Mar. 31st. I'll be back after him tomorrow
John I wouldn't want it any other way. Hunting dangerous game on a level field, so to speak DEN
Maybe Andy can clarify, but I do not think you need a license to kill a pest skunk. Same way you don't need one to kill a pest coon or coyote or even fox.
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I know skunks mate in february and maybe into march. I guess you could get female skunk scent and get him to come to you: easy shot, up close and personal.
Hardy Har Har. My lethal range is way out there when there ain't no yayhoos lookin over my shoulder
Well we just got back from walking the dogs over there. We went around the road and then cut down to the creek. As soon as we started down the hill I could smell skunk. I think there was one under a downed tree. On farther around by my camp we came across something dead. We didn't stick around to see what it was.
When we got back we put the dogs in the Jeep and I went over and looked under my deck. No fresh digging and no smell. So I might be hunting a already dead skunk or there are enough of them running around there that killing one won't make a difference.
Next time I go over I might take a fishin pole instead of a bow. That creek looked good.
Well, I'm hoping this cool weather will get em moving earlier in the evening. I'm a little bit concerned though about what Jose said about the breeding season. I wouldn't want to shoot a pregnant female. That would be bad juju. One of them babies might grow up and be a politicion
Dennis, I think you have to catch the skunk and hold the tail up, staight up, and real close to your face to be able to sex one of them.... at least that is what I'm told by certain reputable sources. Bryan
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I can see the zero's comin out of that turkey's mouth as I walk to the target!
Dennis, I had nearly forgotten an old skunk remedy an old trapper taught me years ago. Now that the weather is breaking you will have to get creative, or else hurry to pull this one off, but it IS foolproof: Skunks are apparently very fond of canned peas, so you make a trap for them as follows: Set up an inflatable pool outside your deck, full of water, and allow the water to freeze( the tricky part now with the weather) When the water freezes, cut a hole in the ice and line the perimeter very carefully with 3 rings of canned peas( making sure to take them out of the can, and carefully place them in perfectly concentric rings around the hole you cut in the ice) Wait in an adjacent ground blind or other steathy place for the scent from the canned peas to overcome the skunks senses, at which time he will enter the pool area. Now here is the other tricky part... When he goes up onto the ice to take a pea, you run out and kick him in the ice hole. A foolproof way of erradicating your camp of skunks, and you don't have to subject Oliver to the humiliation of getting a white stripe painted down his back to become a skunk decoy. Let me know how it works, Bryan
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I can see the zero's comin out of that turkey's mouth as I walk to the target!
There's cats running around over on the creek. Some feral, some belong to neighbors. I don't have a trapping liscence anyway. I may try again tomorrow evening with the bow. DEN
You may have to "Grin" him. Just go out bold as brass, and dare him to s staring match! After a few minutes, break out in a big grin like you'd won. It'll break his spirit, and he'll move South (and vote Democrat)
I do not seek the good of others as a sanction for my right to exist, nor do I recognize the good of others as a justification for their seizure of my property or their destruction of my life.- Hank Rearden
Dennis, I have heard that if you put salt on a skunks tail you can catch him at least that would put you in bow range. Then you could put him out of his stinking missery with a quik shot to the head. Thats on the oposite end from the salted tail. Good luck!
Dennis, legally you can dispatch the depredating or nuisance skunk any day of the year so long as you report it within 48 hours to a C.O. or Biologist for the IDNR ,if it's out of fur season. It's been that way for several years now under the nuisance wildlife subsection. With pets in the area, get a live trap and bait it with an empty can of tuna in the back. I suggest covering the sides,top and back with something to give it the appearance of a hole and in the event of capture, insurance against getting sprayed. I use roofing tar paper because it's cheap and easy to use. A skunk will not spray what it can't see(99.99%of the time). As long as you keep the trap covered with an old solid blanket(dark color) you can transport the animal live for release elsewhere or to an area away from your house where it can air out if you euthanize it. Some will spray and some won't at this point and I've tried a lot of different methods to reduce the chance of spray and it all depends on the critter. The musk glands can operate independent of each other and will spray out to 20 ft with better accuracy than I have with my bow. Take care and good luck. If you smell it strong all of the time there is a good chance it is dead and the smell will peak at some point and then start to weaken over time.
Dennis, a skunk under the house is war, not sport. Get the .22 and try for head shots, that MIGHT prevent the release of WMD that lepew is so famous for. John, KY is south and never elects a democrat for president as far back as I can remember.
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