What's The Best Bait For Skunks ?

[JohnHenry]

There's a skunk ( or more ) tearing open, and contaminating the horse
feed in my barn .... I can tell by the aroma .

From time to time I get 'possums or 'coons playing that game and I've
had no trouble catching them in my live-trap . These "guys" aren't
reacting to the bait I normally use .

Got any ideas on what I should be using ? The food they're ruining
is to expensive for this to go on any length time .

[jack404]

power and the socialist cause is what attracted obama to washington

[Bobitis]

Peanut butter?

[Shooter45]

Canned fish flavor cat food, bread crusts smeared with peanut butter, apples.

You may try covering the back half of the trap with an old blanket and place the bait under there.

[hunter29180]

as Shooter said Canned cat food..any fish flavor will work

[shorter260513]

a can of tuna you can eat half for lunch and put the other half in the trap

[76Highboy]

But once it is trapped, what do you do then. Shoot it from a good distance?

[jack404]

send him to the democrats they got expertise at making stinks smell good

[cpttango30]

Put the trap in a trash bag and tape it to the tail pipe of a car and let it run for twenty minutes.

[Little Rooster]

Originally Posted by Shooter45

Canned fish flavor cat food, bread crusts smeared with peanut butter, apples.

You may try covering the back half of the trap with an old blanket and place the bait under there.

Cat food works great, but if they are in your horse feed you may have to move it first. The other thing is the live traps for skunks are a bit different, They are usually tin box type not the wire type. Unless you don't mind getting sprayed.
Racoons will also leave a nasty odor when they are feasting on your feed.

[jedwil]

Originally Posted by jack404

send him to the democrats they got expertise at making stinks smell good

Obama would just make him another Czar...........

[jedwil]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eu-kpWGbZXY

[soundguy]

i have baited traps for skunk, possum, and raccoon with day old fruit.. cantalope and bannanna and tuna fish or wet and dry catfood. almost never failed to have a full trap in te morning after baiting an area where I had previously seen evidence of activity.

[BlackEagle]

We put our fish guts, bones, skin, etc. in an old box outside the cabin door, beside the porch. Every evening around 5:00 we would have a couple of skunk visitors. One evening someone stomped up the steps, banged on the door to let us know he would be taking one of the boats out the next day. Dad very carefully opened the door, whispered Shhhhh and pointed over the side of the porch. The man looked over, and instant silence reigned as he very carefully and quietly went away.

[raven818]

JH, to my surprise, I find myself absolutely wrong thinking this thread wouldn't get more than three replies. Seems to be a number of folks with skunk experience. VG.

[Country101]

They wont spray if they dont see anything. Meaning, just cover it up with a blanket completely before moving the trap. Also, supposedly(according to mythbusters anyway, take it for what it is worth) they can only spray about every 10 days or so. So if they have recently sprayed something, they may not have enough juice. That's a big if to take a chance with though....

[soundguy]

do ya feel lucky!!

[Little Rooster]

Originally Posted by Country101

They wont spray if they dont see anything. Meaning, just cover it up with a blanket completely before moving the trap. Also, supposedly(according to mythbusters anyway, take it for what it is worth) they can only spray about every 10 days or so. So if they have recently sprayed something, they may not have enough juice. That's a big if to take a chance with though....

That's not so about spraying every 10 days...trust me on that.

[norahc]

Originally Posted by Shooter45

Canned fish flavor cat food, bread crusts smeared with peanut butter, apples.

You may try covering the back half of the trap with an old blanket and place the bait under there.

When I worked animal control, canned cat food was what I used in the majority of live traps.

[ryan42]

Call the turtleman he lives in kentucky but he traveled to Louisiana and caught a alligator snapping turtle but he will catch any varmit bare handed,skunk,possum,rats it doesnt matter.Hes got a show on tv called the wildman.Then you might get your mug on tv.Sometimes he barters for payment.

[76Highboy]

If you really want to bait a skunk, try some extra sinky geds68. I hear it's paralyzing to many animals once they come upon it.

[ryan42]

Where do you get some of that?

[76Highboy]

Originally Posted by ryan42

Where do you get some of that?

Oh, just sniff around a bit and you'll find it. Trust me. It almost smells like dirty feet.

[JasonS]

a black and white pussy cat!

[geds]

Originally Posted by 76Highboy

If you really want to bait a skunk, try some extra sinky geds68. I hear it's paralyzing to many animals once they come upon it.

It doesn't seem to paralyze finger tho......but it does seem to slow down cognitive and reasoning abilities!