what to do with skunk after you catch it

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My rules for my property: If I trap it, I kill it, unless it's someone's pet, or a cat or dog that COULD be a pet. Best choice: .22 shot at point blank range, with barrel of gun set so the bullet passes through the grid of the trap and the bullet contacts the critter at the base of the skull, passing from back of skull up towards brain.

Best to dig the burial hole before dispatching the animal.

Never leave an animal in a trap longer than necessary. Better to do a quick merciful killing than to allow a stressed animal to sit in a trap, especially if it's a hot day. As a matter of fact, If I can't be around during the day, I'll close the traps so that an animal won't get caught in the heat of the day.

Practice good coop/run security so your need to trap/kill is minimized. I use dog poop to help with that. It gets flung into the weedy growth around my property.

Skunks can actually be beneficial b/c they do a great job eating grubs. But, with a dog and chickens, I'm not keen on having them around. Since I've been doing the "dog poop fling", skunks haven't been coming around much.
 
don't trap it inside the coop.
shooting inside a building is very dangerous
set the trap well away from buildings. the skunk should follow the same path each visit. if it is baited correctly, the skunk will find it. then you can shoot from a safe distance away.
I would call animal control before trapping it. in my case, there is no animal control to call. maybe you don't have one either.
use a high powered gun. a .22 or pellet gun is not suitable for a quick kill.
best idea, shoot it without trapping it.
.....jiminwisc.....
 
While searching a Nankin Bantam thread, I found an old post that sounds like a good option, too. Good Luck:
Sparky said:
I have trapped and dispatched many skunks without them spraying by slipping a black garbage bag over the trap before setting it. If you use a trap that is open on both ends, just cut the bottom of the bag off so they can enter from either end. Once the skunk is trapped, approach from the side so the bag blocks his view of you and gently slide the bag over the ends of the trap. The first time you pick up a trap by the handle with a live skunk inside may make you a little nervous, but I have never had one spray, because they cannot see what is going on. I dug a hole in my garden 6" longer, deeper and wider than the trap, fill the hole with water, set the trap and skunk in the water and put a cinder block on top of the trap for about 15 minutes. Just make sure the bag stays open on the ends so the water gets in.
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A skunk is the only varmint I've decided to kill in the past 3 years. It was digging into the barn to steal cat food. I didn't mind losing the cat food, but didn't want it taking up residence in the barn, where I might risk a face to face encounter with it some night. It kept digging it's way in and could not be deterred. I could not believe how small of a crack it could get through. (just a bit larger than 1 inch).

To get rid of it, I started leaving small piles of cat food outside in the open, moving it to where I wanted it. At the same time, I'd check to see what time it was arriving (30 minutes after dusk). Within a two days, I had it located where I could get a safe, clear shot, approached in the dark and gave it a full blast with a 12 gauge loaded with #4 lead shot from about 50 feet. It was reduced to a dead bag of bones before it hit the ground.

It then "walked" about 200 yards to the back lot fence where it was left for the buzzards, who had it rendered down to a tuft of fur and bare bones within 24 hours.

In theory, the only improvement to that method might be to have used steel shot, so as to reduce any danger to the buzzards from ingesting lead.
 
So last night we set the trap and we found out that two of our Neighbors have had a problem with this skunk has well it had dung a hole under one fence and my other neighbors shed had two big holes under it. And it was seen in there yard so we watched the skunk go in the trap and we ended up having to shoot it I hope no other skunks come around and I'm wanting too get my coop safe from skunks and stuff has soon has I can thanks ever one so much for your help
 
chickengeorgeto said:
There is only one right answer. Destroy all captured predators. Don't relocate them to potentially kill some other persons chickens and don't release them with a stern talking to. If you do you may as well join the American Skunk Breeders Association or something equally as ridiculous.

There is not a steep learning curve here. You must simply decide if you want to raise chickens or things that prey on chickens.
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There is one, you know...http://www.justskunks.com/site/532249/form/159937
 

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