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<blockquote data-quote="Rabbitcreekok" data-source="post: 1349895" data-attributes="member: 14809"><p>I live in the country and skunks are just a way of life. Our old house was built on a pier and bean foundation and several skunks set up housekeeping under the floor. One night we heard them fighting below our bed, but they quieted down until about 2 am.</p><p></p><p>Then they started again and sprayed. They might as well have been under our bed. In spite of it being 20 degrees outside, we opened our windows and let the wind blow through the house and just turned up the electric blanket. It took 10 days to 2 weeks for the smell to totally go away.</p><p></p><p>To get rid of the skunks, I set a live trap at the hole where they entered the crawl space and tied a 20' rope to the trap. Each morning, I would check the trap. Usually there was a skunk in the trap. I would drag the trap out to the pasture and release the door and wait until the skunk found his way out of the trap and send him to skunk heaven. If I remember correctly, I sent 17 to skunk heaven that winter.</p><p></p><p>Don't shoot a skunk near your house. I learned this the hard way also. You might as well invite him inside and then shoot him because the fragrance will come through the walls. I would run them away from the house by yelling at them and shining a light on them. When they were far enough away, I shot them with a .410 shotgun. It is hard to use sights at night, I know because I tried the .22 route and missed a lot.</p><p></p><p>Remember that almost all skunks are carriers of rabies, even if they don't exhibit the disease, so be careful. If you see a skunk wandering around in the middle of the day, he most likely has active rabies and will come after you.</p><p></p><p>I won't even get into the story of how the Possums got into the house.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Rabbitcreekok, post: 1349895, member: 14809"] I live in the country and skunks are just a way of life. Our old house was built on a pier and bean foundation and several skunks set up housekeeping under the floor. One night we heard them fighting below our bed, but they quieted down until about 2 am. Then they started again and sprayed. They might as well have been under our bed. In spite of it being 20 degrees outside, we opened our windows and let the wind blow through the house and just turned up the electric blanket. It took 10 days to 2 weeks for the smell to totally go away. To get rid of the skunks, I set a live trap at the hole where they entered the crawl space and tied a 20' rope to the trap. Each morning, I would check the trap. Usually there was a skunk in the trap. I would drag the trap out to the pasture and release the door and wait until the skunk found his way out of the trap and send him to skunk heaven. If I remember correctly, I sent 17 to skunk heaven that winter. Don't shoot a skunk near your house. I learned this the hard way also. You might as well invite him inside and then shoot him because the fragrance will come through the walls. I would run them away from the house by yelling at them and shining a light on them. When they were far enough away, I shot them with a .410 shotgun. It is hard to use sights at night, I know because I tried the .22 route and missed a lot. Remember that almost all skunks are carriers of rabies, even if they don't exhibit the disease, so be careful. If you see a skunk wandering around in the middle of the day, he most likely has active rabies and will come after you. I won't even get into the story of how the Possums got into the house. [/QUOTE]
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