We seemed to have a resurgence in skunks this spring. I haven’t seen a skunk on cam in two years. In the last few weeks most of the neighborhood dogs have been skunked. Here’s the second one I eliminated in four days.
With two you should be able to make a Skunk skin cap. Nice cranium shot, lights out.We seemed to have a resurgence in skunks this spring. I haven’t seen a skunk on cam in two years. In the last few weeks most of the neighborhood dogs have been skunked. Here’s the second one I eliminated in four days.
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Both were shot with JSB .25 cal 34 grain.@dens228 Did they spray? What did you shoot them with?
The NV will help with the second part.Also IL, same thing here with the skunks. All of a sudden they seem everywhere.
I'm hoping my dogs don't get it because I smell one almost every night!
My wife did remark that they have beautiful fur....does that mean I have the OK to buy NV?
Ah, no. I have the OK to shoot them and make her nice fur stuff.
My neighbors across the street always have skunk problems. Funny how a few hundred feet can make a difference. His backyard is a bit torn up right now.Aside from the obvious resons for wanting to get rid of them. Rabbies smell etc etc! They will destroy a lawn looking for grubs! Skunks did a helluva job on the lawn at my friends farm last fall. I was going to post pics of the damage but i guess i deleted the pics cleaning stuff up in my phone. They dig in a little then roll the sod back to get the grubs.
@dens228 There is at least one other thread on AGN where members discussed taking body (vitals) shots as the preferred method of dispatch for skunks to prevent spraying.Has anyone else found a difference in post shot spray in head vs body shots?
I'm wondering if it's coincidence or a thing.
I’ve posted this before but it’s been a pretty long time so I’ll do it again. Years ago my dad had a major skunk problem in his neighborhood. It’s a middle to upper middle class hood and there were skunks everywhere at night. I think they were even spraying each other. You would see families of them going in and out of drain pipes. He started whacking them with a pellet gun but the next day all the neighbors were talking about the stink bomb that went off last night. He finally settled on a .177 7.3 to 8.4 grain pellet to the liver region. They would just stumble off, never spray and he said nobody ever complained of a carcass smell. He shot so many that my mom became an expert spotter with the red predator light while handing him the next pellet for a reload. He used a BSA Ultra with a swing out single loader. I don’t live in a hood but I implement his same philosophy. If they are within 50 yards of my house, they catch a body blow from my .177 Lelya. If they are 80+ yards, I hammer them with something wicked to the vitals or noggin. Oh, my dad became a hero to the neighbors that knew he took care of the problem. I think it took two years of thumping. Once in a while he would catch one just right and it would flop over. Then I would get to listen to a comical story about two old timers having to dispose of a body.Has anyone else found a difference in post shot spray in head vs body shots?
I'm wondering if it's coincidence or a thing.
Indeed!! One of my heart shot skunks got under my shop which is built on cinder blocks.The problem with a lung shot is my shed and my deck..........getting under the shed to retrieve it isn't an option, getting under the deck is difficult at best.
Real world problems! LOL