Posts: 661
Threads: 24
Likes Received: 0 in 0 posts
Likes Given: 0
Joined: Oct 2015
(03-08-2019, 08:37 AM)GoldOxide_imp Wrote: Skunks can be a pain. Had to capture and release a few in the past. Otherwise, they can be cute! Catch and release is illegal here in California. Using ammonia soaked rags, bright lights, and noise to harass them away.
They are cute, until your dog tangles with one!
Sent from my SM-T710 using Tapatalk
Posts: 12,677
Threads: 77
Likes Received: 3 in 3 posts
Likes Given: 0
Joined: Dec 2014
(03-12-2019, 02:16 AM)Retsel_imp Wrote: (03-08-2019, 08:37 AM)GoldOxide_imp Wrote: Skunks can be a pain. Had to capture and release a few in the past. Otherwise, they can be cute! Catch and release is illegal here in California. Using ammonia soaked rags, bright lights, and noise to harass them away.
They are cute, until your dog tangles with one!
Sent from my SM-T710 using Tapatalk Catch and release is illegal here in California. Using ammonia soaked rags, bright lights, and noise to harass them away.
They are cute, until your dog tangles with one!
Yes, dogs sometimes know no better than their owners.
Posts: 23,465
Threads: 697
Likes Received: 569 in 258 posts
Likes Given: 745
Joined: Apr 2025
Geez I had a family of skunks nest under my front porch. The stupid things stink even when they are not spraying. Twice my Labradors got sprayed. That was a mess. Even bathed in special skunk rid shampoo they stunk for weeks.
Posts: 8,035
Threads: 21
Likes Received: 186 in 108 posts
Likes Given: 136
Joined: Apr 2025
Catch and release is illegal in Virginia too. Rabies problem and they don't want it spread.
Posts: 7,070
Threads: 94
Likes Received: 569 in 309 posts
Likes Given: 952
Joined: Apr 2025
(03-12-2019, 02:16 AM)Retsel_imp Wrote: (03-08-2019, 08:37 AM)GoldOxide_imp Wrote: Skunks can be a pain. Had to capture and release a few in the past. Otherwise, they can be cute! Catch and release is illegal here in California. Using ammonia soaked rags, bright lights, and noise to harass them away.
They are cute, until your dog tangles with one!
Sent from my SM-T710 using Tapatalk Catch and release is illegal here in California. Using ammonia soaked rags, bright lights, and noise to harass them away.
They are cute, until your dog tangles with one!
Sent from my SM-T710 using Tapatalk (03-12-2019, 02:46 AM)Lord Popgun_imp Wrote: Catch and release is illegal in Virginia too. Rabies problem and they don't want it spread.
You guys need to take bow tutoring from Ferret... 
...my dachshund takes care of all small mammals within my backyard + more....
Posts: 12,677
Threads: 77
Likes Received: 3 in 3 posts
Likes Given: 0
Joined: Dec 2014
(03-12-2019, 02:44 AM)The ferret_imp Wrote: Geez I had a family of skunks nest under my front porch. The stupid things stink even when they are not spraying. Twice my Labradors got sprayed. That was a mess. Even bathed in special skunk rid shampoo they stunk for weeks.
Yeah, the trick is not to touch them (they got claws!) and to not get sprayed by them. As long as they can't lift their rear, all is well.
Posts: 23,465
Threads: 697
Likes Received: 569 in 258 posts
Likes Given: 745
Joined: Apr 2025
(03-12-2019, 03:48 AM)peterbaron_imp Wrote: (03-12-2019, 02:16 AM)Retsel_imp Wrote: (03-08-2019, 08:37 AM)GoldOxide_imp Wrote: Skunks can be a pain. Had to capture and release a few in the past. Otherwise, they can be cute! Catch and release is illegal here in California. Using ammonia soaked rags, bright lights, and noise to harass them away.
They are cute, until your dog tangles with one!
Sent from my SM-T710 using Tapatalk Catch and release is illegal here in California. Using ammonia soaked rags, bright lights, and noise to harass them away.
They are cute, until your dog tangles with one!
Sent from my SM-T710 using Tapatalk (03-12-2019, 02:46 AM)Lord Popgun_imp Wrote: Catch and release is illegal in Virginia too. Rabies problem and they don't want it spread.
You guys need to take bow tutoring from Ferret...
...my dachshund takes care of all small mammals within my backyard + more....

The thing about an arrow is there is no shock valve (Unless you are shooting small game or birds with blunt tipped arrows). They dispatch by cutting vital organs/arteries causing massive blood loss. An arrow thru a skunk, no matter how well placed, will not stop it from spraying. DAMHIK
Posts: 12,677
Threads: 77
Likes Received: 3 in 3 posts
Likes Given: 0
Joined: Dec 2014
(03-12-2019, 05:43 AM)The ferret_imp Wrote: (03-12-2019, 03:48 AM)peterbaron_imp Wrote: (03-12-2019, 02:16 AM)Retsel_imp Wrote: (03-08-2019, 08:37 AM)GoldOxide_imp Wrote: Skunks can be a pain. Had to capture and release a few in the past. Otherwise, they can be cute! Catch and release is illegal here in California. Using ammonia soaked rags, bright lights, and noise to harass them away.
They are cute, until your dog tangles with one!
Sent from my SM-T710 using Tapatalk Catch and release is illegal here in California. Using ammonia soaked rags, bright lights, and noise to harass them away.
They are cute, until your dog tangles with one!
Sent from my SM-T710 using Tapatalk (03-12-2019, 02:46 AM)Lord Popgun_imp Wrote: Catch and release is illegal in Virginia too. Rabies problem and they don't want it spread.
You guys need to take bow tutoring from Ferret...
...my dachshund takes care of all small mammals within my backyard + more....

The thing about an arrow is there is no shock valve (Unless you are shooting small game or birds with blunt tipped arrows). They dispatch by cutting vital organs/arteries causing massive blood loss. An arrow thru a skunk, no matter how well placed, will not stop it from spraying. DAMHIK
The thing about an arrow is there is no shock valve (Unless you are shooting small game or birds with blunt tipped arrows). They dispatch by cutting vital organs/arteries causing massive blood loss. An arrow thru a skunk, no matter how well placed, will not stop it from spraying. DAMHIK
I tend to use a good pair of leather work gloves for skunks down to chippies. Two thirds of squirrels are absolute animals and impossible to deal with. Even a city rat got away from me once, but I ultimately won several months later. My biggest problem with skunks is their digging. If one of their pups (or stupid teenagers  ) gets trapped in your yard, the mother will do whatever it takes to get it out. From what I could determine, the teenager didn't follow mom. What's new?
Rabbits are good exercise, except when it is too humid out - then it gets tough. I have cornered a few and they just "give up". Incredible sight to witness. I just let the thumpers go by and resume the chase.
Posts: 23,465
Threads: 697
Likes Received: 569 in 258 posts
Likes Given: 745
Joined: Apr 2025
You grab live skunks with your hands? Yiiiiiiiii.
Posts: 12,677
Threads: 77
Likes Received: 3 in 3 posts
Likes Given: 0
Joined: Dec 2014
(03-12-2019, 11:49 AM)The ferret_imp Wrote: You grab live skunks with your hands? Yiiiiiiiii.
Heck no. I wear gloves.
|