How can I get rid of a skunk???

How can I get rid of a skunk that keeps digging into my pole barn? He needs to find a new home. I am afraid he will "spray me" when I suprise him.

Pour some Lewis Lye (sodium hydroxide) in the hole.

get a divorce...


or a really dumb hound dog...

A .22 mag!

get some potted meat and a live trap, when the skunk is traped you can either shoot it or if you dont want to do that, fold a tarp over the trap on top with the sides of the trap exposed it is strongly advised that you do this in a way so you can fold the sides down using a long tool handel after the skunk is in there,put him in your pickup and haul him at least 20 miles from you and realease it

Turn the radio to Rush L. skunks hate that.
Demo dont either.

It certainly will spray you if it gets the chance. They are nocturnal and like the night life, so you could try waiting around for it around evening time and pick it off, but if you do pick it off, its going to release and the neighbors will hate you a few days for that. You have to know what your laws are. Some states forbid relocating them because even if they aren't rabib, are known for carrying rabies. In Illinois for instance, your choices are to shoot them or capture and drown them, or at least those were the choices when I lived there and the DNR faxed me a copy of the law about 10 years ago. Problem was that I then lived in a village that prevented shooting or drowning them in the village, but allowed me to trap them and take them elsewhere, which was illegal by state law. That meant don't get caught getting rid of them, and the neighbors did hate me for a few days until the smell went away. It was powerfully bad when it released that one last final time. Now I'm back in Indiana on a farm with my nearest neighbor quite a distance away, and they wouldn't care cause we all shoot vermin, but we haven't had to deal with skunks, mostly only coyotes, and on them its 24x7 as a land owner, just not in dens.

Don't get bit by one, or you will go through the series of shots. As said, if you trap it in a cage, keep a tarp between you and it, and keep it covered while handling it.

Mark

Get a live trap, tie a 25-30 foot rope on it so you can drag it out of the barn. Shoot it while its still in the trap. I've done this many times and never been sprayed yet.

You will have to wait 3 1/2 more years and vote him out of office!

It wasnt 3 1/2 years,it was 8 years

Give it a home and it may stop digging.

get a good dog

Are skunks attracted to flybait and Coke? I've never had a skunk problem so I don't know, but skunks like the same stuff coons and possums like so maybe..........Jim

Yes, and make sure it is a house dog!

Mothballs worked for me.