Woke up this morning to a barking dog and a skunk in the chicken run

[beachbummer]

skunk I aint relocating it they do way to much damage go to a local sporting goods store and buy a pellet rifle that shoots 1000feet per second and then relocate him from this life to the after life. I am not rasing chickens to feed ANT dog or other predator if it comes in my yard it is as good as dead!!

 

[amyward2003]

Thanks so much to everyone and their wonderful ideas. The thing I have found to be the most effective is to lock the girls up every night. Now we have a door to the area where the nests are and so far everyone is still alive. I also took some extra moss rock we had and placed that along the perimeter of the run.

 

[catfish]

Compound bow would do yhe trick, its what I would use if I couldn't use rifles. I would also look at an air gun, pellet gun, 22 caliber, some have as much punch as a 22 short. I have a Benjamin 22 pellet rifle, accurate to 35 yards, has 800+ feet per second, with a pointed hunting pellet and head shot, you will have one dead skunk.