Skunk Works!?!

[Richard Lamb]

Any suggestions on how to keep skunks out of the hanger???


Richard

[Al Gerharter]

Mothballs, they don't like the smell. Roll them into a corner, or throw them
under the
foundation. Al


"Richard Lamb" > wrote in message
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> Any suggestions on how to keep skunks out of the hanger???
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> Richard

[John Ammeter]

On Wed, 05 May 2004 15:31:58 GMT, Richard Lamb
> wrote:

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>Any suggestions on how to keep skunks out of the hanger???
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>
>Richard

Hide the beer...

John

[nafod40]

Richard Lamb wrote:
> Any suggestions on how to keep skunks out of the hanger???

I'd suggest throwing a few pounds of stinky lukefisk in there, but then
you'd never get rid of the Norwegians...

[Veeduber]

>Any suggestions on how to keep skunks out of the hanger???

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Pretty near hopeless. They're dumber than chickens.

I've tried the moth balls and ****ing on the path they usually follow but the
only thing that actually worked was blocking their access. They don't like to
climb (at least, not the two varieties we have here in San Diego county
[stripped & spotted]). Anothing about knee high, even a sheet of plastic or
piece of cardboard, seems to discourage them.

-R.S.Hoover

PS -- the moth balls seem to be effectice against possoms.

[larsen-tools]

Good idea.
Where exactly is that hanger???


"nafod40" > wrote in message
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> Richard Lamb wrote:
> > Any suggestions on how to keep skunks out of the hanger???
>
> I'd suggest throwing a few pounds of stinky lukefisk in there, but then
> you'd never get rid of the Norwegians...
>

[JJS]

We were talking about getting rid of skunks while at work a few weeks
ago and an acquaintance said he and his dad stumbled on to something
that was working. They raise quail and skunks were getting into the
pens and giving them fits. They'd been using live traps baited with
sardines to capture and remove the critters. One day they run out of
sardines and Dad is sent to the local grocery to pick up more. The
grocery store was out of them too. Dad grabs the closest thing he can
think if on a whim and shows back up at the farm with a can of salmon
patties. My acquaintance teased him to no end, but they thought "what
the hell"! They bait the trap with it and shortly thereafter find a
skunk inside that is already dead. They find other skunks nearby in
the following days that had grabbed the bait and escaped the trap
without tripping the door closed. Dead as a door nail! He wasn't
sure what was happening. I surmised that possibly the bones in the
patties were lodging in some vulnerable skunk organ or something.
Either that or he's pulling my leg sumpin' fierce and I'm just dumb
enough to pass this on. If you try it and it works I'd like some
feedback. Hell even if it doesn't work I'd like some feedback. At
least that way I'll know I've been had and I got you guys too!

Joe Schneider
8437R


"Veeduber" > wrote in message
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> >Any suggestions on how to keep skunks out of the hanger???
>
> ---------------------------------------------------
>
> Pretty near hopeless. They're dumber than chickens.
>
> I've tried the moth balls and ****ing on the path they usually
follow but the
> only thing that actually worked was blocking their access. They
don't like to
> climb (at least, not the two varieties we have here in San Diego
county
> [stripped & spotted]). Anothing about knee high, even a sheet of
plastic or
> piece of cardboard, seems to discourage them.
>
> -R.S.Hoover
>
> PS -- the moth balls seem to be effectice against possoms.

[Daniel]

Richard Lamb wrote ...
> Any suggestions on how to keep skunks out of the hanger???



..22 works just fine (from a distance)

Daniel

[B2431]

>rom: (Daniel)
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>Richard Lamb wrote ...
>> Any suggestions on how to keep skunks out of the hanger???
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>
>.22 works just fine (from a distance)
>
>Daniel


Ship the remains to zoom.

Dan, U.S. Air Force, retired

[richard riley]

On Wed, 05 May 2004 15:31:58 GMT, Richard Lamb >
wrote:

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:Any suggestions on how to keep skunks out of the hanger???
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:Richard

This is a complete guess.

Last year I had deer coming out of the hills and eating my roses. I
couldn't legally kill them - and with the neighbors so close, the only
way I could have safely killed them was with poison, and then the meat
would have been worthless, etc. I tried cayenne pepper, mint,
mothballs. "Deer repellant" seemed to attract them.

Finally I flashed on the idea of getting something that they'd be
afraid of. The local zoo has tigers, I have a contact that raises
money for them - a few handfulls of straw soaked with tiger ****
spread around and they haven't been back.

Maybe that would work with skunks. Or wolf ****.

[[email protected]]

On Wed, 05 May 2004 21:41:24 -0700, richard riley
> wrote:

>Finally I flashed on the idea of getting something that they'd be
>afraid of. The local zoo has tigers, I have a contact that raises
>money for them - a few handfulls of straw soaked with tiger ****
>spread around and they haven't been back.
>
>Maybe that would work with skunks. Or wolf ****.

Not sure this would work Richard, skunks don't fear much because very
few carnivores eat them. Owls are one exception. Deer fear every
carnivore (especially panthers), they are basically meat on the hoof
for all of them. So anything that smells like panther **** would make
them really nervous.

Skunks on the otherhand are given a wide berth, as I mentioned, by
most carnivores so they have nothing to fear from panther ****. Owls
don't have much in the way of smell, they hunt by vision and sound, so
a REALLY stinky dinner doesn't bother them. It might be interesting
to see the reaction of a skunk to the hoot of a local owl.

Corky Scott

[Richard Lamb]

After all else has failed, the stupid thing walked into
an unbaited live trap....

Go figure...


Richard Lamb

[Kevin Horton]

On Thu, 06 May 2004 10:09:02 -0400, charles.k.scott wrote:

> Skunks on the otherhand are given a wide berth, as I mentioned, by most
> carnivores so they have nothing to fear from panther ****. Owls don't
> have much in the way of smell, they hunt by vision and sound, so a REALLY
> stinky dinner doesn't bother them. It might be interesting to see the
> reaction of a skunk to the hoot of a local owl.
>
> Corky Scott

One of my coworkers was going for a run on some trails awhile back and he
saw a skunk in the trail ahead of him. He wanted to get it out of the
way, so he threw a rock at it to scare it off. The skunk started running
straight towards him! Jim says he learned that he can run really, really
fast when he is properly motivated. :)

--
Kevin Horton RV-8 (finishing kit)
Ottawa, Canada
http://go.phpwebhosting.com/~khorton/rv8/
e-mail: khorton02(_at_)rogers(_dot_)com

[Big John]

Richard

If you have only one, take him in and have decented. Am told they
make wonderful pets.

Big John



On Thu, 06 May 2004 14:41:49 GMT, Richard Lamb >
wrote:

>After all else has failed, the stupid thing walked into
>an unbaited live trap....
>
>Go figure...
>
>
>Richard Lamb

[Del Rawlins]

In > Big John wrote:

> If you have only one, take him in and have decented. Am told they
> make wonderful pets.

The guy who manages the Bearhawk email group has a couple of orphaned
skunks that he raised from babies. It is my understanding that they
have not been descented, and that it isn't a problem. It does bring new
meaning to the expression, "emergency descent" however.

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[Richard Lamb]

Big John wrote:
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> Richard
>
> If you have only one, take him in and have decented. Am told they
> make wonderful pets.
>
> Big John
>

Great Idea (tm), John.
You gonna house break her for me?


> On Thu, 06 May 2004 14:41:49 GMT, Richard Lamb >
> wrote:
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> >After all else has failed, the stupid thing walked into
> >an unbaited live trap....
> >
> >Go figure...
> >
> >
> >Richard Lamb

[larsen-tools]

A guy call county animal control.
"I've got a skunk in my cellar, can you send someone to get him out of
there?
We're pretty busy right now so it will be a while.
It sounds like you can do it yourself.
Just leave the door open and a trail of bread chunks for him to follow.

After a while the guy calls back........
Now I've got two skunks in my cellar."

With all the ag-boys involved w/ homebuilts, I'd have thought somebody here
would have suggested a saucer of anti-freeze.



"Richard Lamb" > wrote in message
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> Any suggestions on how to keep skunks out of the hanger???
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> Richard

[Model Flyer]

"larsen-tools" > wrote in message
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> A guy call county animal control.
> "I've got a skunk in my cellar, can you send someone to get him out
of
> there?
> We're pretty busy right now so it will be a while.
> It sounds like you can do it yourself.
> Just leave the door open and a trail of bread chunks for him to
follow.
>
> After a while the guy calls back........
> Now I've got two skunks in my cellar."
>
> With all the ag-boys involved w/ homebuilts, I'd have thought
somebody here
> would have suggested a saucer of anti-freeze.
>

Damitttttt the fellow dosen't want three skunks in his cellar does he
now.:-)


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