trying to build a skunk trap anybody have a pattern to build one

[michael]

trying to build a skunk trap anybody have a pattern to build one

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[Thomas M. Reynolds]

michael wrote:
>
> trying to build a skunk trap anybody have a pattern to build one

Forgive my ignorance, but once you have a live skunk in a trap, what the
hell do you do next!? Watch him starve to death through a telescope?

[Todd Hanson]

try
http://www.conservation.state.mo.us/nathis/woodwork/rabbit.jpg
or
http://www.conservation.state.mo.us/nathis/woodwork/rabbit2.jpg

if you are going to kill the skunk you might want to consider washable
materials to build the trap
and a screened area to view the animal (to shoot it from distance)
Good Luck

On Fri, 10 Sep 1999 07:00:00 (PDT), michael
<m.van...@ns.sympatico.ca> wrote:

>trying to build a skunk trap anybody have a pattern to build one
>

[Sam Gaylord]

Thomas M. Reynolds (trey...@erols.com) wrote:

: michael wrote:
: >
: > trying to build a skunk trap anybody have a pattern to build one

:
: Forgive my ignorance, but once you have a live skunk in a trap, what the

: hell do you do next!? Watch him starve to death through a telescope?

I once caught a small one in a hav-a-hart trap I had set trying to catch
a ground hog. I threw a small tarp over it, pried open the door with a
stick, and went to work. It was gone, without any smell, when I came
home that night.

samg

a.k.a Sam Gaylord (sa...@cs.itc.hp.com)

[@>-->-->--]

Here, this might come in handy:

This formula is a safe, fast and cheap skunk deodorant that was
developed by chemist Paul Krebaum of Lisle, Illinois. The recipe
includes:

1 quart of 3 percent hydrogen peroxide
1/4 cup baking soda
1 teaspoon liquid soap

Skunk essence is made of sulfur molecules. The materials in the
recipe, when mixed together, form an alkaline peroxide that
chemically changes the skunk essence into sulfonic acid; a
completely odorless chemical. Mix the solution when you are
ready to use and do not store.

---compliments of Wildlife Control Technology magazine
.

[Desertma]

Thomas M. Reynolds <trey...@erols.com> wrote in message
news:37D98F...@erols.com...

> michael wrote:
> >
> > trying to build a skunk trap anybody have a pattern to build one
> Forgive my ignorance, but once you have a live skunk in a trap, what the
> hell do you do next!? Watch him starve to death through a telescope?

Just put a long chain on the trap. When you get one, grab the chain and run
like a bat out of hell to the nearest body of water. Then put on the brakes
and play crack the whip and put that skunk out in the middle of the water.
If all goes well you won't have to undress outside and you'll still have
your trap with the skunk at the end of the chain.

[Gareth Maull]

> > trying to build a skunk trap anybody have a pattern to build one
> Forgive my ignorance, but once you have a live skunk in a trap, what the
> hell do you do next!? Watch him starve to death through a telescope?

well you shoot what you trap as long as it is what your catching.

Gareth.
Gareth...@btinternet.com

[Jim Mundy]

Michael,

What we used to do is put some mayonaise in the bottom of a baby food jar and
sit
it out in the area the skunk was frequenting. They can get their heads in the
jar but can't pull it back out. The only drawback to this method is they spray
like crazy until they expire. Could be trouble if you live in a densely
populated area.

Jim Mundy

michael wrote:

> trying to build a skunk trap anybody have a pattern to build one
>
>

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[Michigan Redneck]

As a hunter, I'm obviously not opposed to killing other animals, but I think
we have an ethical obligation to give them a quick and dignified death.

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"You can fool all of the people some of the time and
some of the people all of the time and that is sufficient"
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