I think you can answer this one. Lol
Sometimes you have to say NO.
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lol .. never got a skunk before .. wonder if they spray their stink all over the place when hit, or does a headshot shut it down ..
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I think you'd have to just burn the whole property down if 4 fart squirrels went off simultaneously. I had to deal with just one last weekend and I can still smell/taste it in my sinuses. That stink runs deep.
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Yes, you are correct. It will and has stunk my mom's house up. The coons will sometimes fight with the skunks and .... Wow.
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I was lucky and took out 3 very small skunks with body shots and they didn't spray. My guess is they were not mature enuf yet. One of them was out in the middle of the day. I honestly would prolly not shoot an adult, don't like the 50/50 odds lol
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My exp with the spicy squirrels is any shot will release the krakken, just a time delay factor. The proverbial Texas Silver Dollar sure AF doesnt work but is effective as a kill shot. Any neurlogical shock like a head shot will convulse and release quickly and fully. Body shots can vary too, most vitals are lower in skunks so an aim point a touch lower than most varmint seems to be prudent. Rear hip towards opposing shoulder has been most effective for me. The pump is also primed when they are alert and tail is straight, so a shot while they are calm delays the inevitable. Wife says they are easier to skin after a head shot though, which makes sense I guess since they are puffing up and stretching some while convulsing.
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I have shot about 50 skunks all in the top of the head at about 1 to 2 inches , I would sneek up on them and wait for then to rip a hole in the trash bags and when they go in or stick there heads in I would run up and put my crossman 2100 pump gun in 177 up to the top of there head when the started to back out of the trash bag and shoot them , had to wait for them to make noise in the bag so they would not here me run up only a few 2/3 leaked and none sprayed , did this for about 3 years befor I moved I got about 15 to 25 a year all were shot in the summer and late fall
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Skunks are kinda cute, mostly mild mannered and eat bugs. Until there are too many of them and start to dig under my rock wall, drain pie and everything else. One night 7 of them all decided to party in my yard for some strange reason so I had to be the party pooper and got 2 out of 7, most of them learned to stay away. I didn’t even know there can be so many of them in suburbia!
I don’t like coons but usually go right through my yard.
one night I caught the fig thief in on camera so I put out couple of hand cuffs for them, but they haven’t come back yet but if/when they do……..
I don’t like coons but usually go right through my yard.
one night I caught the fig thief in on camera so I put out couple of hand cuffs for them, but they haven’t come back yet but if/when they do……..
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Yes, it is good looking as Skunks go, its one of 4 offspring from the parent skunk which the Opossum one day attacked and ate the mother and then slept in her hole she built.
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I usually stick to shooting them around 100 yards, about half tend to spray regardless of where you shoot them. It's the kind of stink that sticks around for days. I've never gotten sprayed myself but have known someone who has and they played hell getting the stink off. I've heard of all types of strange remedies right down to bathing in tomato juice. 
Few days ago I was out for a night adventure and came across one as I turned the corner of a building, I almost shot it but then my intuition took over and realized he was a bit to close, like 15'....if Marley or I got sprayed I don't think mamma would be to happy about us returning home let alone transferring the stink into my Jeep. Haha It's a hard pass for me sometimes. Apparently they make excellent pets...not sure if that's true or not. Can you imagine an intruder breaking in and getting Skunked! What did he look like? IDK officer but he's gonna stink for distance.
Few days ago I was out for a night adventure and came across one as I turned the corner of a building, I almost shot it but then my intuition took over and realized he was a bit to close, like 15'....if Marley or I got sprayed I don't think mamma would be to happy about us returning home let alone transferring the stink into my Jeep. Haha It's a hard pass for me sometimes. Apparently they make excellent pets...not sure if that's true or not. Can you imagine an intruder breaking in and getting Skunked! What did he look like? IDK officer but he's gonna stink for distance. Upvote 0
