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RE: [RC] RC: skunk solutions for the brave ;0) - Christina McCarthyLOL...I like the firecracker Idea...then agian the vision of a truck pulling a trap with a scunk in it is pretty funny also. I would rather have my house smell like moth balls!Christina McCarthy > From: ladurgin@xxxxxxx > To: rides4fun@xxxxxxxxxxx; Ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [RC] RC: skunk solutions for the brave ;0) > Date: Sat, 23 Dec 2006 22:20:12 -0600 > > > Get thee to the nearest Home depot or Feed store and get a small animal > trap. Put some food scraps in the trap and set near the opening under the > house. Should catch it within a day or so. > Course, then SOMEONE has to kill it or move the trap. Maybe if there is > any kind of animal control , they might come pick it up and release it. If > not......... > Weeeeeeeeeeeel , get creative. Maybe you can find a local cowboy to > rope the trap and pull it far enough away from the house. > Actually, attach the rope, before you set the trap....tie it to your > trucks bumper..... when said skunk enters trap, run to the truck and get in > and tear off down the road.....have your husband ...or a local > hunter/cowboy ;0) lay in the bed of the truck with a large knife and > cut the rope as you drive, thereby keeping the smell behind you. (course you > have to sacrifice the trap.)They are only 39$ .;0) > Method #2 --Entice local stray dog with smelly food scraps... throw > steak under the house in dogs sight. Dog runs under house, scaring skunk > out, --this could be somewhat smelly...... > Method #3--Probably the best idea (Im' rather beat tonight, was pulling > down vines all day )---- GET some SMOKE BOMBS, Or for that matter bug bombs, > they have a nice hissing sound. Throw under house and run (RUN, Forest, > RUN)............. (or firecrackers for that matter) This too may be > smelly....................... > > After skunk removal ---Make sure you close off under your house > tightly, unless you like varmits , snakes, etc. Our house is new and has > screens and a door, but still.........I put moth balls under it, along the > foundation--However Don't put 5 boxes like I did...;o).........even if your > house is new and they foamed all the holes, you will still smell the 5 > BOXES of mothballs for weeks.(but no bugs or varmits ;0) Maybe just a box > or two ;0) --- I also put a few where I hang my horse blankets outside > (barn still being built--and I put a tarp over them to cover thema nd dont' > want snakes or critters to take shelter under them, surprising me one > day)--and I put a couple under some new bushes I planted to keep mice and > bugs and deer away.......... > > _________________________________________________________________ > The MSN Entertainment Guide to Golden Globes is here. Get all the scoop. > http://tv.msn.com/tv/globes2007/ > > > =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= > > Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. > Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp > Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp > > Ride Long and Ride Safe!! > > =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= >
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