Any tips on live trapping a skunk with a havahart?
Joe where are you seeing them on your yard? is there an onsite den? give me some details and I will help you out. Eggs as in my other post and if there are no cats sardines in oil is the best I have used for them.
One very valuable tip I can tell you is to put the trap on the middle of a small cheap tarp or plastic. Tie 2 strings to the front/back corners and drape them over the trap and 20 feet to the other side.
WHY?
Well think of a skunk angry in an open trap while you "try" to drape a blanket/tarp over him and pick it up. Prepare for multiple showers!!!!!!
With this you walk calmly to the strings without getting close first or making noise. Pull the strings/tarp over the trap. Now you can get close and wrap the trap up for live release or the dunking tank.
When they are wrapped up before they spray, they don't want to other than little puffs if your rough with them.
Don't expect to reuse the tarp.......
If you can shoot them make sure you shoot them right behind the head in the neck or behind the shoulders high on the spine. If you sever the cord they won't spray, they still go off with head shots sometimes.
They make dedicated skunk traps that have all polyproplene solid bodies and a solid steel door. One small hole in the back for ventilation. They don't spray often in the plastic coffin. Only thing that sucks with them is I had to eyeball through the hole with a flashlight to see if it is a cat.
Drove someones cat to the boonies once thinking it was a skunk, when I opened the door and started to run I saw orange and luckily was able to grab the little cat and toss him back in, 4 good scratches and a bite to the coat. Would have felt bad feeding the poor thing to the coyotes by the river.
send me a pm or we can go back and forth here. I am sure others could use the info.
