So I have these Skunks raiding my trash trailer every night about 9 pm. It is only a matter of time before one of my dogs gets sprayed.
Now how can I "remove" them??
If I have to take so not so nice measures, and not be heard by to many people, are those .22 shorts or CB rounds really quiet?
Can they kill a skunk from a safe distance out of a bolt action rifle???
My new neighbor hood is mostly old people so that means lights out on the street by 8 pm. I don't want to meet them by one of them callin the cops on me.
Thanks for any help!!!
22 with a two liter bottled duct taped over top of the muzzle. Shoot through the bottle :eyebrow:
I removed one ONCE.... :innocentwhistle:
A few years ago we had a skunk roaming around the house. It had gotten to the point we were afraid to go out after dark in fear of being sprayed. One evening the skunk was in the driveway. I got the bright idea to sniper it with a 22, trying for a head shot. I connected but my aim was just a little off. :argh: The skunk was mortally wounded but alive enough to crawl under my then new Corvette, where it quckly expired. :shck:
Only after death did the skunk release it's perfume. :puke: Three weeks later we could still smell it :puke:. The car survived but it sure took the fun out of driving for a while. :doh2:
I have heard that they can be trapped too. :huh:
:biggrin:
OK, Now here is where i have some REAL experience. Ranging from professional hits to getting sprayed (yes I've been sprayed). .22 CB LONGS are by far, the way to go unless you have an immediate body of water. CB longs will hold tight groups out to around 30yards and they are more quiet than a high powered air-rifle. (It was once my duty to keep the squirrels off of gramma's birdfeeders) :wink: With my bolt-action .22, all i can here is the firing pin and contact with the target. Now, a shot to the lower back of the head will provide your best chance for NO release of the essence (try to picture the brain-stem as your aiming). If he starts doing the flip-D-flop, you blew it. Chances are that you will be offered this shot since they almost always take their time waddlin away.
Now, if you have a pond, brook, whatever around the house. You can trap em with a havahart trap, pick it up with a long pole, and drop his ass in the water. My uncle tought me that one, it aint pretty and I don't favor it. But there is no smell once the job is done.
Let me know what goes down.
Quote from: FinsnFur on August 14, 2007, 09:20:18 PM
22 with a two liter bottled duct taped over top of the muzzle. Shoot through the bottle :eyebrow:
I used to do that when I was a kid. That technique has gotten me into trouble in the past.
I was hopeing that the little .22 bullets would be quiet enough, to do the deed at night without me answering a bunch of questions to the local authorities.
If I shoot it and it sprays, well at least it will spray in my trash trailer. I can hose it down. But if my Dogs get sprayed that would suck totally.
Bushmaster, thanks for all the info! I have a bushmaster also, Love it!!!
Rock on my AR toting friend, Rock on :yoyo: :yoyo: :wink:
so I bought some CCI CB short rounds and the function well from my bolt action. I shot my fire pit barrel thing.
It goes through one side of it and the loudest noise is when the bullet hits it targets.
I almost bought another kind until another worker at the shop said what I was buying would be to loud for what I needed.
So I got the CB shorts.
What are the difference in CB shorts vs. CB longs VS. regular longs as far as noise and uses??
thanks for any info!
The difference is the size of the shell casing - short vs. long. They both have the same bullet and same powder charge (if any powder is used). It is just easier to get a hold of the long casing. So if you don't have a gun chambered for .22 CB short only, and don't like messing with the smaller case, get the .22 CB long.
Jerry
the shop had bunches of CB short but I didn't see CB long. The rifle is a bolt and chambers them fine. I was shooting them into a water filled soda bottle and it was barely going into it. I hope it can kill a skunk.
They will work. I have used the CB longs on coon, both in traps and trees, and if I hit them in the head they came down from the tree dead.
Jerry
Browning
A buddy of mine has had some skunk problems at his house. He bought a trap (PVC type) and uses bait to bring them in. After he catches one we take it to the creek and (from a bridge) lower it into the water. The skunk comes out of the trap and swims off. The skunk is now 15 mile down the road and no one has been sprayed.
Mke
well I went out at 9:30pm to see if it was there, just like clock work it was ready to get into the trailer. It saw me coming and went back under the fence, I started in on my best statue impression as it poked its head back out to look for me.
We were face to face at about 10 feet but I couldn't steady the light and aim at the same time. so I never got a shot :sad:
I havent seen it since.
I will get him another night!
p.s. Maybe I should go to the dump, that will solve the problem for a bit!! :confused:
well I think that I got one of those little buggers, I heard it in the woods and I waited till it stuck its head under the fence and I popped it.
Now I heard it run along the fence and make some noise so I assume that I got it but. I went in the house to get my flashlight and went back to see another OR the same one thinking about crawling under the fence. It never did.
Would there be blood from a .22 CB short or wouldn't it spray if I hit it and it didn't die soon??
Either way it is fun to do some "urban" critter hunting.
I think blood and spray would both depend on where it was hit. Unless it was a head shot, I doubt if there would be much bleeding. I have hit a few that went down without a spray, but they usually stayed right there and didn't move. The ones that died shortly after being shot usually sprayed. I don't think I would go looking for one at night. It might be waiting to spray. :wink:
Happy hunting,
Jerry
ya this one ran along the fence and made some squeeking sounds, then I saw another trying to come under the fence.
maybe I didn't hit it at all, maybe it ran and squeeked because it was scared??
who knows.
There is a simpler solution to this, I could patch the fence so they can't get under. But this is more fun!
you probably hit him and their are prbably more than 1. in my experience, shorts have not held any type of sufficient groups. Did you hear the hollow THUMP when it hit him? thats how I tell. By the way, chasing them down at night is how I've been sprayed!!!
never heard any thump, I just wanted to shoot and move before it returned fire :puke:
but I did here squeeling as it ran.
it was like a 3 foot shot tops,
the only thing that was between us was a chicken wire type fence.
Maybe in the day light I will go to see if I can find a dead skunk back there.
Wow, he got personal with ya huh? Yep, I killed one and walked up to it. As I turned to head back toward the house, bam! another one got me, he was doin a handstand and I walked right into it. I got so pissed off that I kicked him a few times, then fed the lead. I had to sleep outside that night too. Grandparents would have no part of me comin' inside smellin like that. I'd like to say that you hit him, but I have opened the back door just to startle them and have heard that weird noise as they waddled off, did he show any body langauge?
it was pretty dark, the only thing I saw was him book it after I shot. If I didn't get him, I will next time!!!
well I got one of those buggers for sure tonight!!!
He was in my trash at like midnight (I should be in bed)
I took like 4 shots at him but kept hitting the side woodens beams of my trailer. Hard to see open sights at dark.
Then I landed a good shot and he like hunkered down and just moved his head to peak around so I took another shot and it
pretty much finished him after a couple of flinches. It is now very stinky in my yard, but it will go away.
The weird thind is, as I was engaged in battle with the one I shot, there was some more in the woods, I could hear them but
as soon as the smell was in the air, everything stopped! Maybe a warning sign to others???
It seems like a hit or miss deal in seeing the others return after making a kill. Maybe it lies in how much pressure has been put on them. I had an instance where we had no CB's and my grandfather instructed me to weild the 10/22. I killed 2 with head shots, 1 sprayed and in an hour or so the motion light came back on and low and behold, there was another one. Good job on the kill and its good to see that you made it home after doing battle with the mighty skunk! :roflmao:
It was a fierce battle but I made it to fight another day :whew:
It was face to face almost hand to paw combat, the special training that I have recieved from F&F members really saved my
Life or at least Nasal passenges.
Now that I think of it, when I was engaged with the fierce warrior I heard other critters in the woods. I thought it could be
more skunks but the noise sounded like a bigger animal.
HIS secret weapon!!!
The catterwall
Quote from: browning204 on August 19, 2007, 07:57:05 AM
It was a fierce battle but I made it to fight another day :whew:
It was face to face almost hand to paw combat, the special training that I have recieved from F&F members really saved my
:roflmao: :roflmao: :yoyo:
I was thinking, now that I have killed ONE skunk in my life, I MUST know EVERYTHING there is to know about skunk hunting.
SO I am gonna start a message board called Skunk Masters. I am changing my name to Red Dog and I will make up the rules as I go along and ban people just for breathing.
What do ya'll think?
Does anyone want to send me $2000?
anyone want to send you $2,000 - in one word, No!
If you put a red filter on a flashlight it will light them up enough (or their eyes) that you should be able to see your sights better. Hold the flashlight along the side of the rifle or you can always tape it there. Just a thought.
Jerry
NO? why not??
I have a flash light that has three colors of lenses, yellow, red and blue. I use the red one and I hold it to light up the skunks.
It is one of those L shaped army ones so it is kinda big to tape to the rifle. or hold and try to aim.
Try using a little light (like a bore light) on the gun to light up your sights. If you can tape it on you won't notice the extra weight at all.
Jerry
I don't think I have anything that small, oh wait, I have a little mag light that might work. Good idea.
I used a massive maglite with electrical tape and dubbed it "THE POACHER SUPREME"
I think I might have gotten another last night. I saw one in my trailer so I grabbed the rifle and went out.
As I approuched the skunk got down from the trailer and looked at me then got into the spray position.
I shot and might have gotten it in the face. It ran off light lightning and I heard it doing its squeeking noises in the woods.
Not sure if it was a death cry or a "get the F outta here" cry. There were no other visitors for the rest of the night.
I see right now we need to send CCP up there for some video.... :biggrin:
I also have to agree with Jerry on the $2000. Just give everyone a trail basis for say 15 minutes before banning them :roflmao:
If CCP wants to come up and shoot some video i can insure I will put him into some skunks. I will be the narrator and I will explain the very specific ways to locate, call and get skunks dead.
I see big $ in my future.
Don't forget about me!!! :eyebrow:
I'm the urban skunk guide! Ensuring all of your skunking needs since 1986
QUALITY through PERFORMANCE
ok Bushmaster, your on the payroll.
When you roll the credits can I be listed as the lighting technician? Assuming it works. :biggrin:
Jerry
yes you can be named under lighting technician. And stunt double!!! I almost always do my own stunts but a big production
such as the video titled SKUNK PSYCHOSIS, it is always good to have a back up.
I jst got a call from the wardrobe people, the Doo Rags are on the way up from Texas!!! :yoyo:
I have a contact that can embroider the doo rags with "SKUNK PSYCHOSIS" for a reasonable price....
As a younger man I remember chasing (following is a better term) a skunk along a fence row with my 22. Could hear the bullets "Thunk" as they hit their target so I know I was making contact. 10 shots, 10 flinches and it was still making it's way along the fence. Shot #11 must have made the sucker so heavy with lead it couldn't move any farther. It never did let out the "gas".....and I didn't hang around for long to find out if it ever did.
Them ol' skunks can be pretty tough if you don't hit them in the right spot. I had to keep shooting just to put it out of it's misery. Since that time I have become a better shot. At least that's my story and I'm sticking to it.
Richard
Quote from: WhiteHare on August 20, 2007, 09:31:18 PM
I have a contact that can embroider the doo rags with "SKUNK PSYCHOSIS" for a reasonable price....
Get a price on 100,000 or so. I think this is gonna be a new nation wide sensation! People are gonna be fighting over them at Christmas time!!!
I can read the headlines now "skunk Psychosis causes Psychosis"
:roflmao: :roflmao: :roflmao:
We're hopeless... :roflmao:
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I got another one of those buggers tonight. It was face to face with one of my dogs, only a chicken wire seperated them.
I grabbed the rifle with the .22 CB rounds and smacked one in its face.
I couple more rounds to stop the flop and it was over. It lays dead at the entrance where they come under the fence, as a warning!!!
:yoyo: :congrats: Way to go! Keep it up and you'll have em irradicated. did he spray?
no, very little smell but it went away quickly.
Quote from: browning204 on September 17, 2007, 09:50:47 PM
I grabbed the rifle with the .22 CB rounds and smacked one in its face.
It lays dead at the entrance where they come under the fence, as a warning!!!
:roflmao:
you like that, huh?
I like that a lot.
I'm wondering if maybe Stanley could have used this approach on that incident he was describing to us. :roflmao:
You reading this Bryan? :biggrin:
Dang you guys sure like to handle skunks the hard way LOL . A cage trap and a barrel of water solves a lot of problems quick . Vanilla wafers for bait and you are off like a dirty shirt . They also make a bait formulated from grubs for the ones digging up your lawn .
After a catch walk up to them slowly with a towel in hand spread out . Moves must all be slow and talking to them in a low voice helps as well sometimes . Cover them up slowly with the towel and pick the trap up gently . Slowly lower into the water and let it have a big drink until the bubbles quit . No stink at all unless you startle them . The essence in one is worth around $10 an oz as well .
If they spray you or a pet a quart of Hydrogen peroxide . box of baking soda and a tablespoon of dish washing soap works wonders . It will however make your lab a blond .
Drifter
So the dead skunk at the entrance must not be a good enough warning. My dogs spooked one off earlier tonight. I just went out and it was back, I saw it before my dog and I got the dog back into the house with a promise of a treat.
Grabbed my skunk assualt weapon and surefire and went to battle.
The skunk was in the trailer and I walked up to it with sure fire blasting into its eyes. It just stayed there motionless. I eased the barrel into the trailer and pulled the trigger. Crack, down it went. I gave it 2 more shots for good luck, one to the head and one to the body.
As I type this I can smell the sweet aroma coming into the open kitchen window, I am gonna go close it now!!
p.s. My girlfriend just said " Jesus dude, no more shooting skunks!"
Sometimes chicks are no fun :pout:
It sounds like you've managed to suppress the first wave, if you need re-enforcements just radio in and I'll provide cover fire. :eyebrownod:
Quote from: browning204 on September 23, 2007, 09:38:07 PM
p.s. My girlfriend just said " Jesus dude, no more shooting skunks!"
:roflmao: :roflmao: :roflmao:
I guess that will be the last line in the movie. :wo:
Jerry
Hawks, sweet idea!
Bushmaster, with you and that Bushmaster of yours, I am confident that we can take down the insurgents.
I will radio you for help, code word P U!
:roflmao: :roflmao: Copy that!
after reading all the fun u r having shooting them with 22 i'm going to stop using my bow and use the 22 ever one i shoot with the bow sprayed so far