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Author: | Coalman [ Wed Apr 09, 2008 7:39 pm ] |
Post subject: | Skunks 'R' Us |
03/31/08 I noticed Monday evening on a visit to my parents house that the skunks were after the grubs on their lawn. 04/02/08 I set a Have a Heart trap. 04/03/08 Got a call from Mom this morning that the door was down and the critter inside had a big furry tail. I got skunk #1. Ready for transportation. I tried taking a picture as I released it. I admit any skunk is like a loaded gun. I am always nervous. The pics didn't come out. I reset the trap tonight. I haven't met a skunk yet who could resist peanut butter and honey. 04/07/08 Got skunk #2 today. Another big one. Much more black backed. Pulled the trap and set it at my house. I got one of those pesky buggers out back. Doesn't help the neighbors on both sides of us lawns look like they got harrowed by skunks looking for grubs. 04/09/08 You never know what your going to catch these days. It is face only a mother could love. Possum's sure are ugly. They didn't exist up in NH when I was a kid. Caught my first one in a 1.75 fox set in the mid 80's. Didn't know what it was at first. I think they came north on the grain trains. They are now common road kill cafe. It is cool when they play dead. |
Author: | Big Bird [ Thu Apr 10, 2008 4:10 pm ] |
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Now that's a valuable skill to possess! You could waltz right into many new permissions with that particular one. Great job Coalman The Courageous! |
Author: | peacemaker [ Thu Apr 10, 2008 4:50 pm ] |
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Wow . . . as valuable as permission to hunt is, I'd have to think long & hard if trapping skunks was the way to get it . . . |
Author: | Coalman [ Thu Apr 10, 2008 8:34 pm ] |
Post subject: | Where do they come from? |
Caught a skunk last night at the homestead. If it weren't for the holes in the lawn I could live in harmony. I practice T&T. Trap and Transfer. Any services a trapper can offer a land owner is a ticket back stage. Case in point. I went to the "Farm" Saturday. After scouting the property we stopped into the milking parlor. During our visit the owner asked if I could trap some muskrats out of his retention pond. I was back Saturday afternoon. Trapping muskrats out of the dairy barns drainage is like working for Rotor Rooter. I pulled the sets Tuesday and returned the fence posts I "borrowed" to stabilize my cage traps. I stopped into the farmhouse to report my success. It was as good a time to ask as any. One of the guys in our deer hunting "clan" has been bringing is daughter now for a few years. She is a trooper. Will hunt all day. She was on stand when I took my antlerless permit last fall. On Youth Weekend for deer in 2007 the conversation turned to turkey hunting. She has tried for a couple years with her dad to take a turkey on Youth Day with limited success. Her eyes showed the addiction. I promised her I would ask permission for her to hunt the honey hole at the "Farm" in 2008. And that is what I did. With a handshake the deal was done. I am now looking forward to the NH Youth Season 04/26 and 04/27. I can't wait to hear the "Tide Gate Tote Road" stories from father and daughter. I took this picture Saturday. Did I mention the blind was on the wood line to the left 30 yards from these turkeys? |
Author: | Vic [ Fri Apr 11, 2008 8:00 am ] |
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Coalman, I have used Have a hearts for catching many things, opossum, groundhogs and coons, but don't know if I would use one for skunks. You are much braver than I. Over the last couple years I have caught two baby opossum. They are really cute, but nasty as they come. I think they would bite your finger off given a chance. I have some farmers around here with good hunting. I hadn't thought about using trapping as an in. I have volunteered to whack ground hogs and such but not trapping. I might just have to pull that one to get in roads to good hunting. Nice tip. Vic |
Author: | turkey721 [ Sat Apr 12, 2008 8:13 pm ] |
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We had a skunk at my mothers last easter, it sprayed my 6 yr old nephew and was attacking all the dogs and cats, found out is was rabid. After the dogs were checked out, as a precaution we all had to get rabies shots. All last turkey season I got shots, not very fun. To this day I had to even smell a skunk, on the road or in the woods. |
Author: | gun for hire [ Tue Jan 05, 2010 5:12 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: Skunks 'R' Us |
Skunks are bad critters to have around the house. The are the only mamal that can carry rabies and not show any signs of being infected. Any bite from a skunk needs to be treated as a rabid bite. Nasty creatures. |
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