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Post by MK-M-GOBL on Aug 21, 2008 1:43:12 GMT
But don't care to buy one  Does anyone have a Havahart trap for a skunk that I can borrow? |
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Post by browning204 on Aug 21, 2008 2:07:35 GMT
I think I have one. But why don't you just pop it? they are open for shootin all the time I believe.
When I killed a pile last winter, I would wait till they are out in the open walk up and blind them with my sure fire and then popped then in the head with a .22.
Then I ran like lightning. Some times they would release and some times not.
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Post by nastygunz on Aug 21, 2008 2:10:47 GMT
i have a buddy who has a neigbhor who has a huge compost pile out behind his house that is a skunk magnet...he traps them nonstop blanket over trap, back of truck, ride, lets em out, BANG, no spray yet.
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Post by MK-M-GOBL on Aug 21, 2008 2:54:33 GMT
Some times they would release and some times not. I thought about it because it was just sitting under my porch about 5 minutes before I posted. Got half way down stairs to my gun cabinet before I remembered NG post about "chemical warfare"  As nice as the nights have been the last few days, I could not stand the thought of smelling that sucker while trying to sleep. |
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Post by rob-s on Aug 21, 2008 5:35:17 GMT
i have one your welcome to,its in manchester. ill check it tommorow to see if its in working order
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Post by bluemtchuck on Aug 21, 2008 15:56:46 GMT
Hey Tom I have a wooden one made just for skunks, works really good. It closes them in completely and they are in the dark until you let them out. You could even copy it. It's very simple. PM me if you want to use it.
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Post by MK-M-GOBL on Aug 22, 2008 14:58:31 GMT
i have one your welcome to,its in manchester. ill check it tommorow to see if its in working order Thanks Rob  but I'm kind a liking that idea about a wooden box. If I can get away from having to take a chance with a blanket, I'm all for it. Thinking I could catch the stinker and then give him a Contoocook wooden boat ride over the falls If I don't make up the wooden box trap, I'll defiantly be dropping you a PM and making a drive. I really like to get rid of this guy before he gets to comfortable around here. We could smell him real bad last night so I went outside with my Big Ben to see if I could find him. I figured if I was going to have to smell him, he was going to die |
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Post by rob-s on Aug 22, 2008 16:18:03 GMT
when i was a kid i set a leg holed trap on a den, i didnt know at the time it was a skunk house. later i c hecked and found out. i shot it with a 22 to get the trap back and it never sprayed. so get a leg hold trap and make a bait pile a fair distance from your house, set a scent trail and trap that sucker. then shoot it id be leary of the wire trap i have with a skunk in it  but hey im not the one who is going to try itv |
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Post by rob-s on Aug 23, 2008 20:57:05 GMT
i checked it out today, looks good to go. 10"/12''/32" i double dog dare you to catch it live and throw a blanket on it then transport it ;D |
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Post by nastygunz on Aug 30, 2008 1:01:05 GMT
HAHA amazing the respect a little critter like the skunk gets isnt it?....BMC id be interested in seeing that trap design....everyone should have a skunk trap on standby!....B204 im going to email the instructions on how to bare-hand a skunk using the VT/Vulcan Cross Nerve Cranial/Spine Pinch, that way you can just grab em up and toss em out of your yard....they NEVER spray using this old time hill method, TRUST ME................  |
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Post by browning204 on Aug 30, 2008 1:07:46 GMT
ok, That move will come in handy!  |
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Post by rob-s on Aug 30, 2008 2:20:15 GMT
HAHA amazing the respect a little critter like the skunk gets isnt it?....BMC id be interested in seeing that trap design....everyone should have a skunk trap on standby!....B204 im going to email the instructions on how to bare-hand a skunk using the VT/Vulcan Cross Nerve Cranial/Spine Pinch, that way you can just grab em up and toss em out of your yard....they NEVER spray using this old time hill method, TRUST ME................ reminds me of the time one spring when they came out of there den and are lethargic, we convinced one buddy to catch one and put it in the cab of another freinds truck, told him if he held the tail down it wouldnt sprey, well he caught it easy enouph and held its tail down, it pizzed down his arm. he was so mad he still placed it in the cab of the freinds truck.... what a fiasko that caused |
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Post by bluemtchuck on Aug 30, 2008 2:36:26 GMT
I brought the trap into work and one of the draftsmen is drawing it up on his cad system . I will print it out and send copies to you guys if you want one. I'll post when he gets it done. I've had this trap about 30 years and I have let it out to alot of people. I bet it has trapped 100 skunks over the years.
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Post by nastygunz on Aug 30, 2008 8:08:08 GMT
RobS, putting things in your buddies rig, Classic!!.....BMC, awesome!!
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Post by bluemtchuck on Sept 12, 2008 21:46:34 GMT
Ok, I have the diagram of the wooden skunk trap all done . So if anyone wants a copy just PM me with your address and I will send them out to you.
Charlie
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