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Title: Got a Spotted Skunk today also
Post by: huntinglonewolf on December 28, 2010, 03:48:15 PM
Got this really cute spotted skunk today also. Been a really long time since I caught one.
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Title: Re: Got a Spotted Skunk today also
Post by: SirSpencer on December 28, 2010, 03:50:21 PM
Never seen one like that myself. Good Work.
Title: Re: Got a Spotted Skunk today also
Post by: Kain on December 28, 2010, 03:51:28 PM
Those are very cool looking.  We are supposed to have those here but I have never seen one dead or alive.
Title: Re: Got a Spotted Skunk today also
Post by: rasbo on December 28, 2010, 03:54:23 PM
I got one last year,blkbearklrs wife mounted it on a boot its really cool,it should be on the trapping area here somewhere..Small little guys arent they
Title: Re: Got a Spotted Skunk today also
Post by: steen on December 28, 2010, 03:55:18 PM
I didn't know they were in Washington!  Is it an off color or a different kind of skunk?  Where was it killed?  Pretty cool!
Title: Re: Got a Spotted Skunk today also
Post by: quadrafire on December 28, 2010, 03:55:28 PM
Is that a subspecies of a regular skunk? That is very cool looking.
I have skinned few skunks. Never my favorite thing to do. I might pass on the normal ones, but this one I would hold my breath real good and dig in.
Whats the skunk market these days?
Title: Re: Got a Spotted Skunk today also
Post by: ser300wsm on December 28, 2010, 03:56:55 PM
WOW, i have never seen one around these parts... Very cool looking....
Title: Re: Got a Spotted Skunk today also
Post by: rasbo on December 28, 2010, 03:57:36 PM
I didn't know they were in Washington!  Is it an off color or a different kind of skunk?  Where was it killed?  Pretty cool!
spotted skunk or civet cat same thing
Title: Re: Got a Spotted Skunk today also
Post by: C-Money on December 28, 2010, 03:58:09 PM
Cool looking animal! Neat pic!
Title: Re: Got a Spotted Skunk today also
Post by: Kain on December 28, 2010, 04:13:38 PM
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Title: Re: Got a Spotted Skunk today also
Post by: Kain on December 28, 2010, 04:14:49 PM
I got one last year,blkbearklrs wife mounted it on a boot its really cool,it should be on the trapping area here somewhere..Small little guys arent they

Sorry I meant down here in SW Washington.  I knew you got one last year.
Title: Re: Got a Spotted Skunk today also
Post by: BLKBEARKLR on December 28, 2010, 04:19:18 PM
yep they are cool looking.

Thanks
Joe
Title: Re: Got a Spotted Skunk today also
Post by: huntinglonewolf on December 28, 2010, 04:46:31 PM
This is the first one I have trapped since I was 7 years old and in colo. Have not seen one since. Was kinda shocked.
Title: Re: Got a Spotted Skunk today also
Post by: boneaddict on December 28, 2010, 04:53:05 PM
COOL!
Title: Re: Got a Spotted Skunk today also
Post by: FC on December 28, 2010, 05:00:30 PM
I've never seen one before, thanks for sharing! The one mounted on the boot would be great fun left by the front door when guests are over!
Title: Re: Got a Spotted Skunk today also
Post by: Humptulips on December 28, 2010, 07:03:34 PM
Can't believe you guys never saw one here. They are as common as dirt in Western WA. I have 8 this week. Usually catch 60 or 70. They're fairly valuable for taxidermy. You can get $50 for a good one. Fur market for them is maybe $12.
Title: Re: Got a Spotted Skunk today also
Post by: rasbo on December 29, 2010, 04:12:28 AM
Can't believe you guys never saw one here. They are as common as dirt in Western WA. I have 8 this week. Usually catch 60 or 70. They're fairly valuable for taxidermy. You can get $50 for a good one. Fur market for them is maybe $12.
maybe where your at bruce,there has been quite the decline in the strpped and spotted here in my area,heck used to see them all over the place.Im thinking maybe the grinners have something to do with it.There is no shortage of them :dunno:
Title: Re: Got a Spotted Skunk today also
Post by: ouchfoss on January 02, 2011, 09:10:42 AM
Can't believe you guys never saw one here. They are as common as dirt in Western WA. I have 8 this week. Usually catch 60 or 70. They're fairly valuable for taxidermy. You can get $50 for a good one. Fur market for them is maybe $12.

 :yeah:
There is quite a few in this area. Seems like you see them more often this time of year though. I ran one over accidentally in my dads ford ranger a few years back and the truck smelled horrible for about a month. My dad wasnt too happy.  :chuckle:
Title: Re: Got a Spotted Skunk today also
Post by: wingnuts on January 02, 2011, 01:13:51 PM
I hear grays harbour has a good population of them.
Title: Re: Got a Spotted Skunk today also
Post by: bullrider97 on January 02, 2011, 01:50:15 PM
Those are pretty cool looking. Too bad they stink, might make a good house pet.  ;)
Title: Re: Got a Spotted Skunk today also
Post by: Axle on January 04, 2011, 07:02:17 PM
They are also known as mountain skunks by the old timers. Since I still call them mountain skunks, I may now be an old timer.
When I trapped in SW Oregon in the 70s, The only place I would catch them was up in the mountains.
The smell is beyond belief!
Title: Re: Got a Spotted Skunk today also
Post by: rasbo on January 04, 2011, 07:10:32 PM
They are also known as mountain skunks by the old timers. Since I still call them mountain skunks, I may now be an old timer.
When I trapped in SW Oregon in the 70s, The only place I would catch them was up in the mountains.
The smell is beyond belief!
thats where I caught mine 20 miles and and yes they are stinkers..
Title: Re: Got a Spotted Skunk today also
Post by: dirty24d on January 04, 2011, 07:22:44 PM
I've seen a few in Sultan before while bear hunting, cool little guys, but yeah stinky *censored*s when frightened!   :chuckle:  I guess they are supposed ot be pretty hard on the bird populations ( raiding their nests and eating there egss and chicks) grouse included  my neighbors dad suggested shooting any I saw but i have yet to do so.
Title: Re: Got a Spotted Skunk today also
Post by: Axle on January 04, 2011, 07:27:55 PM
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I've seen a few in Sultan before while bear hunting, cool little guys, but yeah stinky *censored*s when frightened!     I guess they are supposed ot be pretty hard on the bird populatinos ( raiding their nests and eating there egss and chicks) grouse included  my neighbors dad suggested shooting any I saw but i have yet to do so.

The easiest way to rid yourself of excess skunks early in the season (though seemingly impossible) is to bait your sets with chicken eggs. Skunks love eggs!
Title: Re: Got a Spotted Skunk today also
Post by: dirty24d on January 04, 2011, 07:31:52 PM
Thats good to know i may try that this year.  Thanks Axle
Title: Re: Got a Spotted Skunk today also
Post by: ouchfoss on January 04, 2011, 11:00:21 PM
Those are pretty cool looking. Too bad they stink, might make a good house pet.  ;)

My english teacher in high school told me that back when he was a logger in the 70s he had caught 2 of them and had the scent glands removed and he said they tame up really easy and make awesome pets! That would have been a cool pet to bring to school for show and tell as a kid.  :chuckle:
Title: Re: Got a Spotted Skunk today also
Post by: Kain on January 04, 2011, 11:16:20 PM
FYI Skunks are unclassified wildlife and can be hunted and trapped all year long.  Same with mountain beavers, opossums, coyote, grey and fox squirrels, gophers, moles, porcupines, yellow bellied marmots, voles and shrews.  The nutria is classified as a Prohibited Aquatic Animal Species (WAC 220-12-090). Due to this classification, all live-trapped nutria should be euthanized and not returned to the wild.

You can still only use cage traps.  So if you want to trap year round or have a youth that wants experience in the summer it a great way to spend your time.  Most of these animals it is illegal to relocate them so if your going to trap them you have to dispatch them or let them go where you caught them.



Title: Re: Got a Spotted Skunk today also
Post by: Humptulips on January 05, 2011, 12:14:19 AM
They are also known as mountain skunks by the old timers. Since I still call them mountain skunks, I may now be an old timer.
When I trapped in SW Oregon in the 70s, The only place I would catch them was up in the mountains.
The smell is beyond belief!

Smells like money!
Title: Re: Got a Spotted Skunk today also
Post by: lokidog on January 11, 2011, 08:52:09 PM
They are pretty cool looking.  I had one as a regular visitor to my elk hunting tent on the OR coast many years ago. He never skunked me and was a lot of fun to watch.  I've skinned a couple if the striped ones and would love to get one of them for the fur collection.
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