1st Wildcat casualty

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LNielsen

LNielsen

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Nov 10, 2015
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Vernal, Utah, United States
Everything finally sat up to take the shot tonight at 10:30 without night vision. I have been up until midnight the last three nights waiting for the right opportunity. This skunk has been under our patio and it really has made it difficult to let the dog out back for fear she will take after the skunk. The city refused to take any part in relocating the skunk so out came the new wildcat. I have not owned an illuminated reticle before and the lit reticle really helped to make the shot possible. I turned the Athlon Argos reticle on #1 setting and it was just right for the shot to the head. JSB 25.39gr at 16 yards.


 
A skunk is know to be quite a scrappy animal and in my situation, the skunk had dug a hole under the concrete and the last thing I wanted was a dead stinky skunk 6 or 8 feet under the concrete. I know that a vital chest shot kills animals but not always instant. A head shot 99.9 percent of the time is instantaneous. I have a .1 percent story I will leave for some other time. I needed to drop the skunk in his tracks, so a head shot was my best option. 
 
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LNielsenA skunk is know to be quite a scrappy animal and in my situation, the skunk had dug a hole under the concrete and the last thing I wanted was a dead stinky skunk 6 or 8 feet under the concrete. I know that a vital chest shot kills animals but not always instant. A head shot 99.9 percent of the time is instantaneous. I have a .1 percent story I will leave for some other time. I needed to drop the skunk in his tracks, so a head shot was my best option.
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Ten four on that one.
 
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"Marksman3006"
"LNielsen"A skunk is know to be quite a scrappy animal and in my situation, the skunk had dug a hole under the concrete and the last thing I wanted was a dead stinky skunk 6 or 8 feet under the concrete. I know that a vital chest shot kills animals but not always instant. A head shot 99.9 percent of the time is instantaneous. I have a .1 percent story I will leave for some other time. I needed to drop the skunk in his tracks, so a head shot was my best option.
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Ten four on that one.
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Thanks Marksman3006, enjoy shooting my friend :)
 
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LNielsen One quart of 3% hydrogen peroxide 1/2 box of baking soda
and a table spoon of dish soap. Mix together put in pump up sprayer. Will
kill the smell. Good chance you have more than one. If so next time when
it gets far enough from hole plug it. Don't let skunk see you and like Marksman
said body shot. Still no guarantees but most likely wont spray.
 
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"fuznut"just neil Not going on boy hood memories, my advice is based on 50+
years of trapping. Why I bother sharing it makes me wonder.
Doubt it try it. Then you will know.
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Great info for alot of folks on here. I will try this out. I think it is nice that guys like yourself will share methods that help us out. Thanks Fuznut. A side note, I ran a 20 mile trap line that a friend had years ago. I remember he used bait that smelled like skunk and he was succesful with his traps. I found it odd at the time.
 
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