How to Dispatch a Skunk Without Getting Sprayed
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- Опубліковано 5 вер 2024
- Ever hear people say "Shoot them in the lungs and they won't spray!" or... "Shoot them in the head and it disables their nervous system and they can't spray!" Ha! Yeah, right... we've done it all -- and they still sprayed. Until, that is, we went to this method... Quick, humane, and no spray. #trapper #trapping #skunks
I tried this and it didn't go well. Caught one skunk and tried to stick it with the needle. Little did I know, 4 other skunks were watching me as I moved in on the trapped skunk. I apparently didn't wait long enough for the skunk to go to sleep. When I picked him up and released his leg, he screamed out and 4 other skunks jumped out and they started spraying me together with the other skunk. Had to go to the emergency for chronic nausea after being sprayed real good in the mouth. Ended up being admitted due to dehydration from constantly vomiting.
I wont try this again. Skunks can have my yard.
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@@StaggsintheWild Wow, I didn't think that was comedy but, oh well.....
Probably didn't get it on video
I'm sorry but besides the having to go to the hospital that is funny as heck 😂
Lmao
Wow. Whoever came up with that method is either a genius or lost a bet and it accidentally worked. Either way, thanks for sharing!
😂😁 Right??
They are beautiful animals. I caught a baby once, and then I let it go right away. I also rescued an adult skunk that fell into a pit in an abandoned pump house at an old farm site. It took some persistence, but I managed to scoop it out with a 2x4. As the skunk walked away it stopped, looked back at me, and then continued to walk away.
Nobody cares libtard
If you wanna come get the consistent skunk in my back yard, please do
THANK YOU. WISH ALL PEOPLE WERE AS WISE & UNDERSTANDING OF NATURE AS YOU ARE.
Love the look the kid gave when you said big needle lol
I'm very familiar with the monoject 3ml 22 gauge, 1.5"
They do the job quite nicely on both subjects, don’t they? 😂
Yep, you're right on that one. Dead skunk on the highway is no match for getting nailed by one, been there
I didn't think you would be able to get close enough with the needle without getting sprayed! With the stones you got it must be a chore to get your pants on!
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I've been sprayed a few times by skunks that I caught while trapping other animals. Nothing compares to that smell. You also can't outrun their spray; I tried and failed. This is a good method to have in your back pocket if you need it. But I am being honest and saying I have caught two live skunks by the tail without getting sprayed. This was how an old timer told me to do it. Just grab them and lift off of the ground. I'm sure you've all heard it before. But it actually worked. What didn't work was when we put them into a gunny sack to take them home. We had them hanging out the car window when they crawled up the bag and let loose. We threw them alongside of the road. I'll never do it again.
Great stories! You can always classify people in small, elite segments of the population: less than 2% will ever be called “rich” ... a small percentage has green eyes, etc. Probably an even more select few have ever actually witnessed that yellow, sulphuric cloud coining at them through the air knowing there’s not a darn thing they can do about it, and then experiencing a smell so horrific it actually makes a person vomit.
Good times. 😁
Good on you man! If I ever caught a skunk, I would dispatch from a significant distance then come back in a week and collect the trap.
I have live trapped 5 now and released them miles away without getting sprayed once. Slowly drape a towel or rag over the cage covering all sides. You can then pick up the cage by the handle, transport to a vehicle, then way down the road. Releasing can be a bit hectic, but a little nudge gets them on their way. It helps if you can release them near a ditch or wooded area.
@Ty flys game and fish from you’re state…
Just did this towel method this morning, worked great, no spray and the little shit is out of my yard and garden
@@CLOWEN2010 I am dealing with one today looking fwd to use towel method wish me luck😬
idk why ud want them gone. they keep away snakes and other creatures that are actually harmful. a tip to avoid them in ur garden, feed them. doing so they will become ur friends and then ull be safe from any predator as they are known as the police of the forest. bear in ur yard? no worries skunky will run them off. i love the lil fur balls personally as they are amazing and beautiful animals. plus i made friends with a baby which is now an adult and my life couldnt be better. could def be worse tho without the animal. hoping he or she comes back this year so i can give them come attention and love.@@CLOWEN2010
I'm over here wide eyed and trying to process this. I have got so much to learn.
Seriously, thank you for this video! I believe strongly in using our kill appropriately. Not allowing harm wherever I can. Don't abide by catch and release/relocate.
Thank you.
Got sprayed last night right outside my house looking for revenge now thanks
Very interesting I would not have thought about using that method
Funny that you mentioned the "yellow mist".
My brother was watching me pull a skunk out of a groundhog den, and as I aimed and shot the skunk with a .22 pistol the skunk sprayed.
I turned to run, and there was my brother!
We both fell to the ground and of course we both got "misted"! lol
In all of those fifty plus years this is the VERY FIRST TIME that I saw the use of the "kill stick" and acetone. Thank you!
Sure, I have heard about the technique and new some animal control trappers that used them, but never had the chance to see it in action.
Dead on about the scent! Had a whole den under our crawl space foundation and they sprayed daily during the mating season. It physically made me sick on multiple occasions. Best to call pest control or take it into your own hands.
This is what I'm facing right now... 😢
Who would have thought👍 i caught two skunks in one trap this year and had to get them out so i used a bucket and covered them up before letting them out of the trap. Our skunks down here are not as colorful but still stink. Good video there.
Worked like a charm best way I've ever dispatched of a skunk you just got to make sure they're in a small cage or not able to spray you very easily. Walk up on them. Slow and calm took a couple minutes to die and no smell was way better then shooting them thank you 🙌
Great demonstration, guess I better buy some supplies 👌👍
Thanks! It truly is the best way to put down a skunk with the best odds of him not spraying... Minnesota Trapline Products sells a kit that I now use, as I lost my original screw-on plunger I used in this video.
www.minntrapprod.com/Barkers-Skunk-Sleeper/productinfo/BSS-01/
Cool👍🏼 You can sell the scent gland to Marijuana growers so unknowing people wont smell their flowering crop. Or just throw a dead one out on the highway close to your plants,,semis will help spread the scent 1/4 mile easy.
Great looking skunk nice defined strips. I'm also a trapping channel. Subscribed! I harvest the gland. I honestly am excited when I catch em. Great video!
BNO Thanks a ton! Appreciate the feedback!
what do you do with the gland? Leave it on your enemy's car seat?
@@fishoil2158 make good deer cover if u can stand it.
Actually found this out. If a skunk doesn’t see the shape of a human it won’t feel threatened. If you walk up holding a blanket or towel concealing your form you can walk right up and cover them. Thats if they’re trapped of course not free roaming.
Here in Canada we call them FART SQUIRELLS hahahaha
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No we don't.
My foreman use to grab skunks by their hind legs and picked them up because they can't spray if you have them by their hind legs. What he would do with them afterwards is drop them in front of people that he couldn't stand or drop them in their front lawn so either the people or their surroundings smells terrible. He told me that you only have a four second window before they start spraying so run like the wind!
can you explain the pole set-up? how is it connected to the syringe for the injection?
Here’s the kit you need
www.minntrapprod.com/mobile/Barkers-Skunk-Sleeper/productinfo/BSS-01/
Thank you. Great info you provide. Love your videos. Do you have a website you teach from? I’ve watch tons of videos and you have the best I have seen. Look forward to getting better. Thanks again.
@@danielfife2162 super-appreciate the kind words. We do have a website at staggsinthewild.com where we sell a little merch and stuff, but we use YT mostly for our educational platform.
Thanks again.
I do a head shot from about 50 yards with a 22 pellet hitting at 50 pounds of energy. they go quietly.
I agree, a distance kill is a great resource when dealing with one of these!
So did I, but the smell lasted a good week until neighbor got rid of it...
There’s been a skunk near my house and I’m probably gonna trap him then put a rock in the cage and throw him in the pond because he sprays right next to my windows and I can’t even sleep because of it
Don’t throw them in a pond, set them free in the woods
@@skeletonXDbat no throw him in the pond and send me the video. Just shot one in the head multiple times with a pellet gun then smashed the head with a wooden plank. All because he sprayed me in my own backyard for no reason.
@@Saltiumine your a joke.
@@Saltiumine lol I know that anger. Never been personally sprayed but my dad's dog was one time and she immediately made a bee line for my bed to roll around in. I was waiting up for that dang thing for a week with my gamo varmint hunter pellet gun.
@@garrettromer8499 did you ever get it?
Don’t they still wreak? I imagine even if they don’t spray there has to be a foul odor in bedded in there for that makes them hard to work with
Surprisingly, no - they don’t. You’d think so ... I was just as surprised as you to find out they don’t.
I’m literally waiting next to a dead skunk to move in. Thanks for the reply so quickly 😂👍🏻
Just curious on how long it actually took for it to die. The camera stop rolling before it died so I wasn’t sure if it was long after or not. Thanks.
Under a minute
A suppressed .22 through the eye works good too, and you don't have to get close to them.
The problem with that is they’ll still spray
Not everyone can shoot where they live. I can't.
I have tried all the so called skunk smell remedies to remove skunk from dog fur only thing that works is the go joe style mechanics hand degreaser in the gallon. Skunk spray has a oil base and all those home made fixes don't work on dogs or people either. Get the natural orange based one that won't hurt your eyes or your dogs if thats what your doing. Use a half gallon of it on you medium size dog, massage it really well into fur and skin and rinse with garden hose. Strips the oil right off and follow up with a enzymes skunk spray. Use cloth and degreaser around eyes don't get it directly in dogs eyes. Spray off dog first with garden hose if you have that availably the sooner you treat yourself or dog the better. Like I said I tried all of these recipes and this one is the only one that really works. If treated early you can have your dog skunk smell free in a couple of hours. After your dog is almost dry completely soak him in the enzymes skunk spray and let it dry you may need a second enzymes soak. I have killed close to 30 skunks in the last decade or so and most of those have sprayed one or more of my dogs.
Place bowls of white vinegar throughout the house. It absorbs the smell.
How long is that stick? Doesnt look long enough haha
Lol. In the heat of the moment it doesn’t FEEL long enough either. 😂
@@StaggsintheWild that's what she said
How did you even get close? Where I’m from you wouldn’t have been able to get with in 50 feet before he would have been aiming the rear end to sorayy
Gotta exude calm 😁
2 perfect skunk pelts lovely!!
i am wondering. Is the carcass now poisonous to anything that eats it? Even when i bury something i dispensed like a squirrel a coyote or other animal digs it up.
Doubtful. It doesn’t require that much acetone.
How did you drag those huge brass ones out into the woods...
😂😂
I love the smell of faint skunk scent when i drive by on the highway, but i bought some skunk "essence" to use as cover scent for deer hunting river bottoms and when i got it i unscrewed the cap and took a whiff and just about threw up, it is way worse than i could have ever imagined !!!!!!
Lol!! Lots of stories in the trapping world about post offices calling people telling them to come pick up their skunk-based trapping lure because they wouldn’t even deliver it ... and that was before the bottle was even opened!
Here in the northwest we got a plant that grows in muddy marshes called " skunk weed"
You might like it.
@@BoleDaPole I'd love it, lol !!!!!!!!
Found massive male skunk shoved into a small trap in my yard, i walked towards it holding up a large black trash bag, layed it over the cage, carried it downhill, and placed it in a large storage bin filled with water. Only left his head exposed. 22wmr round.
But i ahot the side of the bin! So it worked, containing his spray in the water, but then it all poured out. I had pre dug a 6ft hole, and quickly brought him over.
It was a good idea, had it worked. Next time ill try this. A skunk skin is a real trophy these days
Man you must be Dr Dolittle or something 😂 Every skunk I have caught in either a dog proof or cage trap has already sprayed everything. 🤷🏻♂️
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Wow. We live outside of town and havent ever been sprayed from catching one in a cage trap. Then we just move slowly, pick up the cage and set on the back of our tailgate. Drive him away from us and drop him. Ive later heard that this was bad, but dont really know. I do know however that its better than our dogs getting sprayed
I’m all for hunting and trapping but the needle I think the animal suffers more then he has to
Glad you’re supportive of hunting and trapping; both tools are essential in the proper management of our wildlife resources ... speaking of wildlife management, every biologist I’ve personally spoken to approves of this dispatch method as quick and humane. Indeed, I’ve never had a skunk fight or struggle after insertion of the needle - they just peacefully go to sleep, just like the one in this video did.
I didn't see any suffering in this method at all. Seemed like a peaceful dirt nap.
@@joep.5757 except the pain he was in with the trap clamped on it arm. 🙄
@@TheUnderCoverMother2020 Nope, didn't you know their arms don't feel anything? They are always numb like they got shot up with novocane.
I have no problem with hunting but for survival purposes.hunt something that can hunt you also. I get it for survival but for the hell of it no I don’t get it. Let’s just say you and another hunter with the same weapons and see how it goes.
You can literally feel the mist. Ugh. The smell. No way to explain the smell to someone who’s never smelled it. It’s not right.
You're right about the smell vs the highway smell. Take that smell, multiply it by 20 and spray cayenne pepper in your throat. Rough! Got a video in my collection of my dog getting sprayed. I was about 10 ft from it and cleared us all out
Can I ask how you are attaching the chimney rod to the plunger?
Yes... I had a plunger given to me by an old trapper in Western Nebraska that was threaded; since then, I've looked and looked and looked and I can't find another like it; I've even checked with all the medical supply houses and directly with manufacturers such as BD & Greiner.
The best thing to do now is to order the Barker Skunk Sleeper kit from trapping supply stores... here's a link for you: www.minntrapprod.com/Barkers-Skunk-Sleeper/productinfo/BSS-01/
Is the acetone painful for them? I have to dispatch one today and I'm honestly moraly conflicted. My mother inlaw caught one in a live trap this morning.
I’ve dispatched a lot of skunks this way and never seen one react in pain. They simply lie down and go to sleep, just as shown here. I have a lot of trapper friends who’ve experienced the same results.
@@StaggsintheWild ok, I appreciate the info, might try this and attempt to tan the hide. I have no issues with killing an animal I just want to do it as humanly as possible.
@@diverguy2583 I 100% agree and feel likewise.
@StaggsintheWild I'm sure a lot of people (who haven't had to do this) leave horrible messages to you, but know that you teaching us rest of us is appreciated. I have to put down my 1st skunk today, and although I know it's the right thing to do, I want to do it correctly so it doesn't suffer.
That buck on the wall??? What a monster!! Congratulations sir!
Hey just wondering if you tan your own hide and if so I’ll like to learn your method. If you send it somewhere where would that be? Thank you! Great videos!
Logan Savage Thanks! I’ve never tried to tan my own yet, as I’m pretty darn particular about how soft and supple my hides are that I get back. I send most of my stuff to Moyle’s Tannery, though I have been pleased with what I’ve sent to Sleepy Creek Tannery in IA.
Staggs in the Wild Okay I’m new to trapping so next season I just want a plan on what I want to do. The channel is really great and thank you for the input!
@@logansavage1258 I've only tanned 1 hide and that was a possum, super greasy and i won't be doing another one because of the time (took about a week) and the cost (approx $20). I used the Alum method, which seemed to be the easiest and most foolproof method for a beginner. I ordered the Alum from Ebay. Somewhere on Google i was able to find an experienced person with a website that had the whole detailed write up plus there are youtube videos, some better than others.
All it is is Acetone?
Yes sir.
Long ago as an impressionable young man my dear Grandpa told me if you gut shoot a skunk he won't spray. Shortly there after one fine evening I got told not to shoot anymore skunks near the house, and to swap that .357 for a .22 A few days later the next time came around and with my newly gained wisdom, wouldn't you know I took an indirect hit from a greatly displeased skunk with a small calibur abdominal wound. Well third times a charm, I finally got lucky. Just after dark I came across a skunk that had backed himself in a 5 gallon bucket. No more mistakes this time! I ran for my old side by side 12ga and touches off both barrels when Le Pew poked his head out for a look. My ears ringing, the smoke swirling from a softball size hole just at my feet, I observed everything forward the shoulders had vanished. To my horror who knew that stink glows in the dark? I ran the bucket just as far as I could hold my breath. Coming back inside, the tale that night was a skunk can't spray with his feet off the ground. Looking back years later, I think Grandpa had a twisted sense of humor.
Shaun, that’s an awesome story! Thanks for sharing it with us; yes, too often our elders take great pleasure in guiding our wisdom acquisition from afar!
This is the best comment I’ve read this year. I want to sit around a campfire and listen to your stories 😂
Skunk...the BEST fisher bait you can find although the more they spray the better!
Wild. Would acetone injection not burn like liquid fire in your body? I'd rather just get shot, but results speak for themselves here. I ain't a doctor or a skunk hunter, why is this so effective?
I think the reaction of the skunks show it's not painful to them... there's countless videos out there of this technique and they never have adverse reactions; they simply lose consciousness without spraying. Dispatching by gunshot is effective, too -- but you're risking a spray irrespective of shot placement.
Jerk
It not like that all the time, I ce in with the needle and it lifted the tail and sprayed lucky I got away.
How can you control the skunk that he will not spray you while you're trying to give him that needle shot???!!!!!
By talking softly and not making any sudden, aggressive moves.
Will it work on opossums as well? Or bobcats?
Typically, the only animal this technique is really advised on is skunks -- as they're fairly docile when approached in a non-threatening manner, and there's nothing to worry about such as the pungent spray on an opossum. Definitely do NOT try it on a bocat, as there's absolutely no way a cat would sit still long enough to use this technique.
I usually live trap and release them under my neighbor up the roads shed I find it’s easier making it someone else’s problem lol
I’ve had a couple neighbors over the years which that would be perfect for 😁
My dog and I agree. A dead skunk is a good skunk
Why the feather on a string ?
It was a bobcat set … the feather acts as “flagging” to attract the cat’s attention and get him to come closer to investigate, at which time the smells from the various lures will take over.
I live in Duluth Minnesota and I got this old bat that lives across the street from me that leaves ice cream buckets full of dog food and cat food out on her porch so we have a massive skunk problem, my pitbull just got sprayed full force about 20 minutes ago I’ve had it but since I live in the city I can’t shoot the bastards with a gun I’m at my wits end!!!!
That sucks!! I do give the best skunk-odor removal formula at the very end of the video there is though... pause the video and mix it according to the directions.
Have the same problem, but with neighbors and their tree rats..
Use a .22 rifle and Aguila ammo.
Their .22 LR Super Colibri, 20 grain, Sans Poudre ( without powder ).
Quieter than a pellet rifle.
Go for head shots, followed by body shots ...
Wow you have a pitbull eh? You're pretty macho
I just left this in the comments section but I wanted to make sure you got it. This is how you clean a skunked dog. I keep a gallon or 2 of the orange based hand degreaser at all times. I also live in town so I can't shoot them either. I just trap and drowned them in a garbage can I keep just for skunks.... I have tried all the so called skunk smell remedies to remove skunk from dog fur only thing that works is the go joe style mechanics hand degreaser in the gallon. Skunk spray has a oil base and all those home made fixes don't work on dogs or people either. Get the natural orange based one that won't hurt your eyes or your dogs if thats what your doing. Use a half gallon of it on you medium size dog, massage it really well into fur and skin and rinse with garden hose. Strips the oil right off and follow up with a enzymes skunk spray. Use cloth and degreaser around eyes don't get it directly in dogs eyes. Spray off dog first with garden hose if you have that availably the sooner you treat yourself or dog the better. Like I said I tried all of these recipes and this one is the only one that really works. If treated early you can have your dog skunk smell free in a couple of hours. After your dog is almost dry completely soak him to the skin in the enzymes skunk spray and let it dry you may need a second enzymes soak. I have killed close to 30 skunks in the last decade or so and most of those have sprayed one or more of my dogs.
I wouldn't shoot the old bat . You said she's old, just wait her out. She won't be feeding them much longer
R they weasels like a ferret or mink?
Skunks were originally placed in a subclass of the weasel family for a long time … more recently though they have been given their own classification.
I'm trying to get a shot of that pungent spray
Can you do this with any animal
No. Skunks are different in they’ll remain calm and allow you to insert the needle and not fight it.
How does this work? It looks very effective
I’m not sure of the toxicology of what transpires; I just know it puts them down quick and without a struggle.
Basically filling the lungs with fluid and horrible chemicals that's liquifing the inside of their lungs. Horrible way to go extremely painful. I'm sure the acetone makes them go out quick like knock it out but it must be a god awful pain before u go. Burning lungs man. Might as well hit em with mustard gas or something. I get it's about keeping the pelts clean but dang a bullet to the skull from a distance is still a better option. Also imagine like ur half drowning or being waterboarded. What happens when ur lungs fill up with fluid?
I've trapped 8 raccoons so far for nucnese they were attacking our chickens and this morning i walked out there and saw a skunk
get some rosary plant seeds (ebay). Little beautiful red and black seed pods ya gotta soak 'em a little to soften them enough to grind 'em in a pestle. Grind a couple up and mush it in some table scraps and leave it out for the skunks and coons. Merely rubbing some of the seed interior on a scratch on you hand can produce serious bad results so wear gloves don't breath any dust and play safe. one seed will kill a 200 pound animal
I personally don’t like this. Feels wrong to use chemical warfare
Acetone in the lungs just feels wrong. Feels more humane to shoot it and deal with the smell
Not judging anymore just my personal opinion. Found the video while searching for hunting skunks.
I don’t want to kill it, but I also don’t want to deal with trapping it and moving it or letting it stay there and cause problems
How do you attach the syringe plunger to the chimney pole? Thanks
I had a syringe given to me by an old trapper that had a threaded plunger … since then, I’ve never been able to find another - even with searching huge medical vendors like Greiner & BD. I have since started using a device called Barker’s Skunk Sleeper which does exactly the same thing but doesn’t require the threaded plunger; it can be bought at most trap-supply stores.
@@StaggsintheWild thanks! I've got the aluminum deal I bought a few years ago, but really like the fiberglass chimney pole idea. Lighter and easier to strap to the four wheeler than the paint stick
That deer in the beginning was mean mugging me😅😅😅
First time seeing a skunk I got hit
Where you from brother? Love the accent!
Missouri 👍
We had a skunk in our backyard. Every damn night the air downstairs was unbreathable! We hired a guy to trap it.
Skunks are like racoons. Useless.
How quickly does the acetone put down the animal?
Ive got a skunk issue and I have chickens... but I struggle with putting down animals. I understand the necessity and support humane dispatch methods and I support trappers like yourself, so don't take me to be some PETA nut.
I just struggle with putting down animals... Is this a superior method over a .22 in the top of the head? It seems that would dispatch the animal quicker. I have had to do that with an ermine that latched onto one of my chicken's legs. Instant kill.
All great questions, and I understand your concerns. This method generally puts the animal out within about 30 seconds, and no suffering is exhibited; they simply go out. A .22 to the head is more instantaneous obviously, but 9 times out of 10, they'll spray.
@@StaggsintheWild Thank you so much for the detailed reply!
I got the skunk in dog proof trap and shoot him with 22 pellet rifle in the head from about 4 yards, he died instantly and didn't spray but I smelled it because he sprayed area about 20 yards away for some reason so maybe he spent his mother load
Wow some of these comments. What I usually do is walk right up to the skunk and talk really nicely to it, you know kinda sexy. then BAM wack it with a stick. You know kinda like when you see a big bee hive and you poke it with a stick until the bees come out.
He’s so cute :( why kill him and not relocate? This makes me so sad . I got sprayed today transporting an injured skunk to a wildlife rehabber , and guess what--it wasn’t the end of the world . I laughed about it and took a shower with hydrogen peroxide & baking soda . You have no compassion if you can do this to an innocent animal .
Because sound wildlife management practice doesn't have anything to do with a "cuteness" scale. Skunks are among the top nest-robbing predators in nature, along with opossums and raccoons. Quail and turkey populations are plummeting at an astonishing rate, and much of their demise is due to the ever-shrinking pool of trappers who hung up their steel.
Where the wild turkey used to flourish, man has by and large walked away from its responsibility that God gave him as caretakers, imbued with the charge of governing all creation, and caring for ALL species, not just the "cute" ones. Keeping the predator population in check is vitally important -- for animals "downstream" of their rampant numbers, but also for the predator themselves. Disease and starvation is no pretty thing when you witness it in an overpopulated area.
Moving a predator from one area to another doesn't solve a problem; it merely changes its location, and often makes it harder on the animal itself as it has to fight for its place in the pecking order again.
Ur still brave even getting that close lol
I’m not saying there’s not a bit of trepidation in the approach 😁
@@StaggsintheWild hahahahahahah
The great part about the way you do it is you use Every but of it.
Absolutely!!
I just saw a skunk at my job I was so scared lol. I wouldn't kill it tho
They’re beautiful animals, for sure.
FYI dont shoot in the head I did and boy oh boy that guy let lose
Yeah, I just chuckle every time I see on a trapping forum or in a group someone say "Shoot them in the head!" or "Double lung 'em and they won't spray!" LOL... yeah, you may have done that once and got lucky, but they'll still spray most of the time.
I shot my first one weeks ago. It leaked what was the most ragingly pungent odor like someone took oil of 10000 onions and packed it in my skull. I thought ok maybe a freak thing. Nope shot a second one a few days ago. Same thing but I got it into bags and buried quickly but still the smell. How can I shoot em and not have em release the essence of liquid hellscape.
@@SecondLife777 If you shoot them, it's pure "luck of the draw"... That's why I made this video; it's the closest method to being foolproof that there is.
I have got sprayed by a skunk 10 years ago! have you ever got sprayed by a s...
Several times, lol. That’s why we started using this method. 😊
Before I read the comments I'm gonna ask you how are you going to kill it? Now I'll see if I can find my answer
Watch the video and you’ll see 😁
I got sprayed two times
God has a special place for all you hunters it's called HELL
Actually God asked his most favorite people to go kill meat for Him. I think I’ll listen to Him and not some liberal, PETA wacko.
God told the people that animals are for us to hunt
If you shoot them in the brain stem it's like a master switch and should result in no spray!
It works 100% of the time about half of the time 😂
Acetone?? Is that legal?
Yes. Wouldn’t do it if it wasn’t. It’s a very well-known technique, super-quick and very humane as can be seen in this video.
So sad - very glad you at least try to be humane about it. Why must they be trapped and killed? are they eating your crops, harming your farm animals? We have a skunk that has a tacky attitude and sprays just enough to let us know he/she exist but have never seen it. Will not trap or kill it/them (at this point). Only 120 acres - not enough room for many skunks I guess. Best wishes.
Skunks - along with raccoons & opossums - are among the most prolific of egg raiders of ground-nesting birds (think turkey and quail); left unchecked, their rampant numbers will make it extremely difficult to see a healthy population in either of the aforementioned.
I am an avid hunter and while I don’t necessarily agree with this method it’s still more humane than a bucket of water. I just shoot em in the head with a 17hmr and they go peacefully.
If they didn't spray the majority of the time, that would be how I would do it as well. Talk to anyone who has dealt with skunks for a while on their line and this is how most have started doing it. It's about the only way to keep them from spraying 98% of the time so you can effectively use all of the skunk.
We all can't o that where we live.
And would it ruin meat not that I would eat skunk meat
I’m not eating the meat to find out 😉
They taste similar to the smell... Not good
Hit it with a 12 guage
Yep….the roadkill is absolutely nothing compared to a direct hit
Don't get me wrong, I hunt deer, bears, grouse, snare rabbits and much more, but idk I really feel for that skunk for some reason
It’s called the Disney effect.
Lol You crazy 🤪
That’s sad skunks make really great pets.
They make good trophies as well
fuck skunks
wish I knew this about 20 minutes ago had one tearing up me and both my neighbor's trash the past 3 days we had set a trap and the little bugger Set It Off and was able to get the food still my son was born 2 weeks ago so I was on nighttime daddy baby watch just fed him and put him down around 4 a.m. went outside on my front porch to have a cigarette I heard the bugger cut the Trap off figured if I got them dead Square in the head it won't spray which I did walked all the way home and put my stuff away just to find out it did spray right in front of my neighbor's /friends house.... Waa feel bad / dumb oh yea did I mention how it was missing its front right paw so it only had three feet bone nub was sticking out and everything had to take a pic so I can show my brother tomorrow cuz I know he wouldn't believe me without one...
NASTY
Why the need of killing skunks? Why not just trap and release them somewhere else
Because along with raccoons and opossums, skunks comprise the largest threat to the future of the wild turkey. These nest-robbers, gone largely unchecked over the last decade as fur prices have dropped, have contributed to plummeting populations across our country.
Aside from that, if a population isn’t controlled it is easy for them to succumb to disease and starvation. These animals also establish territorial ranges and just removing one from one place and dropping it into another can cause additional problems such as fierce fighting between the new transplant and established residents - plus it’s not helping with the aforementioned problems.
It is illegal in most places.
I'm all for hunting and killing but putting acetone in their lungs is a bit over the top for me, then again we all have our methods. I usually lace their bait with poison so they die _instantly_ . No pain, just darkness for them critters. Liked the vid tho.
I get what you're saying and I appreciate your drive for a quick humane death, but this isnt as intense as it seems. The acetone is used because it evaports very quickly and any reaction to it is very mild. The acetone gas displaces the oxygen in its lungs which essentially puts it to sleep before killing it. The worst part for the skunk is most likely the fight or flight that it faces when a human approaches it while trapped.
@@Andrew..J I guess so, like I said, we all have our methods, to me this seems not too kosher to me, but hey, if it gets the job done. Then I can't argue.
Poison is most likely MORE painful actually. But you do you.
But skunks are nice. You get coal in your stocking this Christmas. Jk
Garlicky
How long does it take until it's dead? A minute or 2? Never mind, you said 30 seconds. I'll have to do this.
Almost instantaneously
@@StaggsintheWild Thank you.