NOW what do we do??

itsaboattime · Feb 28, 2010

I set a live trap in the barn a few weeks ago cause I saw a hole burrowed into some old hay. I thought it was an opossum. A few days ago my better half spotted the opossum in the barnyard, so I got the shotgun and blasted it. Great, no more critter trouble!!
Today I go out to do chores and I noticed the trap, hmmm forgot about that. Then I noticed something in it, something black and white.

This is the critter.

I can't really blast it in the barn - horses, concrete, SPRAY!

So I get a brainstorm.

This is me with my brainstorm.

No spray yet!!

coming out the door

So far so good.

itsaboattime · Feb 28, 2010

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Ok, so now what do I do with him? I don't wanna blast him, they spray when you do that. Talk about a STINK!!!

HopeSheFloats · Feb 28, 2010

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22...only ones we ever had spray were due to shotgun.

rainman99 · Feb 28, 2010

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Heard they make great pets. Maybe Ship to tacklewasher for a congrats present.

Bass Man Bruce · Feb 28, 2010

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I did the same thing, called animal control and they came and got it, much to my relief.
I had to retrieve my live trap a couple days later but that was no sweat.

Bigprairie1 · Feb 28, 2010

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Be careful if you shoot him. His scent gland releases because of a chemical in released from in his skull (head). So if you shoot him in the head you are going to be in for some clean-up.
BP

Tacklewasher · Feb 28, 2010

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rainman99 said:
Heard they make great pets. Maybe Ship to tacklewasher for a congrats present.

Grrrrrrrrrrrr

aspeck · Feb 28, 2010

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Take a blanket and hold it up in front of you so the skunk cannot see you. Walk to the trap and cover the trap with the blanket. Now the skunk will not spray what he cannot see. Pick up the trap and take it to a remote location, open the trap and slid the blanket off while backing away. You should be good ... I have never gotten sprayed yet.

itsaboattime · Feb 28, 2010

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Bass Man Bruce said:
I did the same thing, called animal control and they came and got it, much to my relief.
I had to retrieve my live trap a couple days later but that was no sweat.

They said if they were to come and get it, it would cost me.

WIMUSKY · Feb 28, 2010

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Kinda early for him to be out of hibernation, isn't it? If you could somehow get him away from your area and use that long pole you have to release it. As long as he would stay away from the barn. There was a show on cable, "Exterminators" maybe, where a couple of good 'ol southern brothers went out and took care of alot of strange critters. Trying to think if they were in Louisiana. They were always releasing different critters......Let us know how this all turns out. Keep the tomato juice handy.

Vlad D Impeller · Feb 28, 2010

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WIMUSKY said:
Kinda early for him to be out of hibernation, isn't it? If you could somehow get him away from your area and use that long pole you have to release it. As long as he would stay away from the barn. There was a show on cable, "Exterminators" maybe, where a couple of good 'ol southern brothers went out and took care of alot of strange critters. Trying to think if they were in Louisiana. They were always releasing different critters......Let us know how this all turns out. Keep the tomato juice handy.

It could be that them good ole Southern boys are releasing them critters up North.

HAV2FISH · Feb 28, 2010

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Do to blanket trick then drop him and cage in a tub of water.

itsaboattime · Feb 28, 2010

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I dug out my old Mossberg .22 and blasted him. He's still in the trap. He did spray though. But it was in the snow and didn't stink that bad, depending on the wind. lol

WIMUSKY · Feb 28, 2010

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Vlad D Impeller said:
It could be that them good ole Southern boys are releasing them critters up North.

They'd never survive!

Don't quote me, but, I thought I saw and ad where the show may be coming back this spring? I personally enjoyed it.....

WIMUSKY · Feb 28, 2010

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itsaboattime said:
I dug out my old Mossberg .22 and blasted him. He's still in the trap. He did spray though. But it was in the snow and didn't stink that bad, depending on the wind. lol

Chicken... Doesn't sound like you walked up to him yet!

HopeSheFloats · Feb 28, 2010

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itsaboattime said:
I dug out my old Mossberg .22 and blasted him. He's still in the trap. He did spray though. But it was in the snow and didn't stink that bad, depending on the wind. lol

Probably didn't really spray...more like when you euthanise an animal and sometimes they release/relieve themselves... something you folks who have never put a family pet down should be aware of, if you choose to stay with them till they are gone. Only seen it once in 6 trips, that was once too many thankyou.

WIMUSKY · Feb 28, 2010

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HopeSheFloats said:
Probably didn't really spray...more like when you euthanise an animal and sometimes they release/relieve themselves... something you folks who have never put a family pet down should be aware of, if you choose to stay with them till they are gone. Only seen it once in 6 trips, that was once too many thankyou.

Been there, done that, not fun...........

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