He dug a hole under my front porch (just a big concrete slab).
1. Filled in the hole when he was out at night. - He dug back in.
2. Put about a 6 x 2 piece of wire mesh over the hole with some cinder blocks - he dug up about half of my flower bed to get back under the porch.
3. Got a poison smoke bomb like you use for groundhogs and such, tossed it in the hole, filled it with dirt and sealed it up, covered it with boards and cinder blocks - he was dug out next morning.
I saw some smoke leaking out, I know the bomb worked. I have no clue how it did not at least asphyxiate him.
4. Got a skunk sized conibear, had to dig up enough of my flower bed to be able to set it below ground, set it right in front of the hole, covered it over with some plywood so I wouldn't catch the neighbors cat or dog (the reason it had to be below ground). Didn't want to go this route because I didn't want him to stink up my house, but at this point I am desperate. Lift the plywood and he had squeezed out along the side without going through the trap and dug out
At this point, I'm thinking this skunk is invincible.
5. Rearranged the trap a little, put some sticks to block him from squeezing out between the concrete and the trap again, put the plywood back over it. Next morning, no skunk aroma. I figured I was thwarted again. But nope finally success
aunt betty wrote:How hard is it to trap a skunk in Illinois?
This one was one determined and one tough skunk. It's when you don't want to catch one that they are easy.
Rick wrote:I caught them pretty regularly in the live trap I kept set by its door. Was tickled to find that the grown ones couldn't get their tails **** to squirt when transported in my trap - and not at all tickled to find the young ones could.
The only dog I have ever had that got skunked, got skunked in my back yard. When the skunks dig under my fence, I trap and relocate them before I fix the hole they created. They are free if they stay in the front yard, but once they bust into the back yard, they have violated the Bunny Peace Treated of 2005, and their punishment is relocation to the coyote friendly park down the road on the way to work. I'd let the dog out in the morning and if I heard her bark at a bunny in the trap, I'd go out and grab the trap quick and put the terrified bunny in the back of my truck for transport.
One morning I let the dog out, and I head upstairs when I hear barking. I hustle down so the bunny is not tormented too much. I round the corner of the house
That's a funny looking bunny. While he couldn't get his tail up to spray, he still did his best with the big Chessie giving him hell from a few inches away. Boy did I have fun getting him out of my fenced in back yard without getting skunked. Thankfully I have a long push pole for my boat. He was a catch and release. They don't get logged in the kill sheets.
Glad for the fenced in back yard because the dog was not coming back in the house