First catch!

[Feanix]

My first catch since getting my license. Don't care that its just a lowly skunk, still pretty stoked.

[sled]

  Thats cool.  Better than nothing.  Your doing somthing right!  Keep it up.  Looks like fun.

[Encore 280]

So after ya trap a skunk, what's the next plan?

[Humptulips]

From what I can see it looks like a pretty one. Never caught a striped skunk myself.
If it was mine I'd probably keep it.

[rasbo]

deep water bath

[Beartrap]

Nice catch, Skunks have very nice fur. I've put up 5 so far this winter.

[dirty24d]

deep water bath

garbage can filled with water works great too

[rasbo]

deep water bath

garbage can filled with water works great too

shot my first one,bad juju lol

[sebek556]

  how would you descent it for skinning? I am working on trapping one that has been eating my neighbors chickens, and sprayed the crap out of my truck when the neighbors dogs scared it.

[Machias]

Take two hemastats, clamp off both nipples on the scent sacs and just skin carefully around the sacs.  Really not hard and once you clamp them off, virtually no odor.  Wear gloves. Done LOTS of them.  They make a great pelt.

[dirty24d]

deep water bath

garbage can filled with water works great too

shot my first one,bad juju lol

   Me too unfortunately with a a few subsonic .22 rounds. what a mistake... Its all about the garbage can now for coons, skunks, and grinners!!!

[sebek556]

thanks Machias, I think it would be really cool to mount one with its tail up like it is gonna spray and put it on my front porch..
Sorry for thread jacking Feanix congrats!

[Machias]

One thing, I never set an open cage trap on the ground uncovered if there is a chance I am going to snag a skunk.  It would be a different story on a bobcat set, but anywhere near old buildings, new buildings whatever I cover the trap for just this reason.  OR I get the trap up off the ground since you will "almost" never see a skunk climb.  If your trap is covered you can just quietly walk up, pick the trap up and walk off with it...treat it like bomb disposal.  If you're going to skin it, drown it, if not I like to take them to a safe area, figure out which way the wind is blowing and release them and then shotgun them.  I gotta 20 ga that has probably killed a 100 skunks so far.  If you drown them, slide the trap in slowly so you don't startle them and you will have little to no leakage.  Let the water rush in and you will have a little oil slick and plenty of scent.

[Hannibal]

gOOD JOB!

[dirty24d]

One thing, I never set an open cage trap on the ground uncovered if there is a chance I am going to snag a skunk.  It would be a different story on a bobcat set, but anywhere near old buildings, new buildings whatever I cover the trap for just this reason.  OR I get the trap up off the ground since you will "almost" never see a skunk climb.  If your trap is covered you can just quietly walk up, pick the trap up and walk off with it...treat it like bomb disposal.  If you're going to skin it, drown it, if not I like to take them to a safe area, figure out which way the wind is blowing and release them and then shotgun them.  I gotta 20 ga that has probably killed a 100 skunks so far.  If you drown them, slide the trap in slowly so you don't startle them and you will have little to no leakage.  Let the water rush in and you will have a little oil slick and plenty of scent.

Very very sound advice right there! Pay attention boys and girls and you wont ruin multiple garbage cans like I have !!

[Humptulips]

After you skin it, I never use hemostats like mentioned, if it is too smelly to suit you or to clean up yourself if you have an accident here's the cleaning solution.

In a plastic bucket, mix well the following ingredients:

1 quart of 3% Hydrogen Peroxide

1/4 cup of baking soda

1 to 2 teaspoons liquid soap

One quart of warm tap water may be added to enable complete coverage.

Wash  and thoroughly, work the solution deep into the fur. Let your nose guide you, leave the solution on about 5 minutes or until the odor is gone. Some heavily oiled areas may require a "rinse and repeat" washing.

If you have any cuts on your hands you might want to wear latex gloves.

After treatment, thoroughly rinse with warm tap water.

[MtnMuley]

Better than nothing.

I would have to totally disagree with that!  But hey, if you're happy then I'm happy for you.   

[SunnySlopes]

Do as Machias says. I gently place the covered trap in a big cooler that I have adapted to plumb into a 20# co2 cylinder. A minute of gas. and I'm down the road. In a cat cubby or other brushy place you must shoot skunk. .22 short behind shoulder, or in center of chest if he won't give you his side. They usually act like you missed, then slowly lay down. Now I use either a .177, or .22 pellet gun with equal success. I pelt all skunks, the essence is invaluable as lure. After the essence is extracted the carcass is always used in vecinity of a cat set as a draw.

[SunnySlopes]

So Feanix, how did it work out for you? Reply whenever your allowed back in the house and can use the computer.

[Blacktail Sniper]

So Feanix, how did it work out for you? Reply whenever your allowed back in the house and can use the computer.

 

[Feanix]

No computer, just my phone for the moment. After getting a better look at him the pelt was really beat up, so he got donated to the crows. Kinda disappointed, but at the same time i finally caught something, so its all good.

[SunnySlopes]

Yep. There'll be more I'm sure!