What tactics should I use for a skunk attack?

[Average Guy]

This happened at church, so any solution would have to be hand-to...uh, paw?

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[Browns Fan]

Easy! MOPP4 uniform! :eek: :D

I've heard of snake handlin' churches; is yours a skunk handlin' one?

[critter]

LOOOOOOOOOOOONG range sniper rifle!

[hso]

Whatever you do you should use good SCENTS. :p

[HankB]

Super Soaker filled with tomato juice?

[TechBrute]

Make sure your one-handed shooting is up to par so you can hold your nose with the other. :D

[Jeff White]

I've heard tomato juice gets the scent out of things....So now that you posted it, you have to tell us the story behind the picture, so we can all learn frrom your experience ;)

Jeff

[El Tejon]

Killed many a skunk with a .22 mag. I recommend it.

For in tight, hand-to-paw fighting, I follow the axiom, "attack high, and strike low." Show the Skunk a pic of Korean sniper chick or really hot waitress at Vietnamese joint, then hit the Skunk with a hymnal or collection plate and run.

[TechBrute]

For in tight, hand-to-paw fighting, I follow the axiom, "attack high, and strike low." Show the Skunk a pic of Korean sniper chick or really hot waitress at Vietnamese joint, then hit the Skunk with a hymnal or collection plate and run. Oh man...

[Ginger]

I'm not a real tactical gal but does your church have a choir?

I'd drop a load of choir robes on the intruder and scoop him up with one of the long handled collection baskets. Then I could either throw him out the door or dump him in the baptimal font (for later interrogation). :)

[LaEscopeta]

From the look of the fur, I’m calling the skunk in the photo stuffed.

For live skunks in the woods, I follow the same tactics as with bees; stand still and quite until they waddle or buzz off on their way.

I would think a .22 would also work, but if you are within 10’ you want to make sure it is a one shot kill. Skunk spray will stop a hungry bear, and I’ve seen it make a 12 year old boy scout roll on the ground and puke all over himself.

[Preacherman]

Ginger, they'd better be red choir robes, because after they've been washed in tomato juice (to get the odor of sanctity - sorry - skunktity out, they'll be red anyway! :D

[Arc-Lite]

Average..... a wise warrior know when to retreat !!!

[duckslayer]

uhhh, tomato juice doesn't really work very well, and it makes matters worse once you have bathed in it and still smell like (now) fruity-skunk...

[357wheelgunner]

A friend of one asked me to kill a trapped skunk in a live trap in his yard once. I shot it twice with a CCI stinger from a Ruger Mk II pistol, ended his life fast, but boy did he dump all that stink. They yard smelled horrible for a few days.

[rufus1]

I took a trapping and skinning course many years ago and if you ever get a skunk caught in a trap, you walk up to it with a blanket or sheet very slowly talking to it softly. Cover it very slowly and I hate to say it but you have to lower it slowly into water and drown it. Any other type of dispatch WILL leave a nice strong smell, and leave the trap usless for many years.

[KaceCoyote]

Prepare some carbon fibre doo-dads and hurl them at the offending skunk. Use the chance to make your scentless(hopefully) escape,

[sm]

This is one of those times Imersion vs Sprinkling is not going to be argued, debated, or need for clarification. :)

I do know .480 Ruger, .454, and .44 mag fired from handguns makes emptying awire mesh trap of rabid skunks much much easier.

Small game traps with rabid skunks...never had a problem with a '06 from a model 70.

[thorn726]

i'll say this= a dog is NOT the answer!!!

eeeeeeeeeeeeeeewwwwwww

uhhh, tomato juice doesn't really work very well,

i used a can of crushed tomatoes and it was AMAzing how the tomato nuetralized the skunk

[Parruthead]

My Method is if you have a water source available live trap it then thrown a blanket over the trap throw the trap and skunk in a lake/pond Garbage Can filled with water. See if the skunk can pull a houdini and then swim. Never seen it happen and no stench.....! :what:

[Walt Sherrill]

I'd recommend the same tactic used in Monty Python's "Holy Grail": RUN AWAY! RUN AWAY!

[duckslayer]

i used a can of crushed tomatoes

hmmm, I used a can of tomato soup I think (it was a long time ago). Perhaps it was too dilute, but we smelled like skunk for days.

[Yooper]

Given the photograph, hold the skunk's tail down. They can't spray unless they can raise their tail. The trouble is, sooner or later you have to let go of the critter!

[The_Antibubba]

You can turn and run away, but remember, if the skunk turns it is NOT running! :eek:

Which means you should!

[DarkKnight01]

LOL this is funny... My tactics would be a good pair of running shoes and screaming like a little girl :cool:

On a umm side note, did yall know that a skunk is a natural carrier of rabies? interesting....

[GRB]

I'd recommend the same tactic used in Monty Python's "Holy Grail": RUN AWAY! RUN AWAY!Oh no, no, no, they had another much better solution: Bring Out The Holy Hand Grenade

Arthur: How does it....How does it work?

High Priest: I know not, my leige.

Arthur: Consult the book of Armaments!

High Priest: Armaments Chapter One, verses nine through twenty-seven.

Brother Maynard: And Saint Attila raised the Holy Hand Grenade up on high saying, "Oh Lord, Bless us this Holy Hand Grenade, and with it smash our enemies to tiny bits. And the Lord did grin, and the people did feast upon the lambs, and stoats, and orangutans, and breakfast cereals, and lima bean..."

High Priest: Skip a bit, brother.

Brother Maynard: And then the Lord spake, saying: "First, shalt thou take out the holy pin. Then shalt thou count to three. No more, no less.

Three shall be the number of the counting, and the number of the counting shall be three.

Four shalt thou not count, and neither count thou two, excepting that thou then goest on to three.

Five is RIGHT OUT.

Once the number three, being the third number be reached, then lobbest thou thy Holy Hand Grenade towards thy foe, who, being naughty in my sight, shall snuff it. Amen.


All: Amen.

Arthur: Right! (pulls pin)

One!
Two!
Five!

Bedevere: Three, Sire!!

Arthur: Three! (throws hand grenade at the Killer Rabbit)

Which in this case would be the killer skunk..... Holy hand grenade, very appropriate inside a church.

All the best,
Glenn B

[Skunkabilly]

Don't bother.

You'll only die tired.

Dying is untactical.

[dwestfall]

I'm told that skunks will not spray when confined. An uncle once found a skunk in a garbage can in his garage. Somehow it had fallen in and couldn't get out. You could look right down on the skunk and he'd look up at you but wouldn't spray because he was confined (I guess.)

One shot from a .22LR made doubly sure. Sure was cute though. (In the "before" shot at least.)

[1911 guy]

First off, funny picture. Second, a few have offered suggestions for dispatching a skunk. Take it from a certified hillbilly, gut shoot them, then finish them off. If you tear up the abdominal muscles, they can't spray.

[1911 guy]

+

[Risasi]

That's interesting 1911 Guy,

We always just shot them in the head, usually with a .22lr.

On the farm most of the time we would ignore them if they were around at night. Unless they decided to wander too close to the houses, and get the watchdogs all worked up.

If we'd seem them in the daylight that spelled potential problem. They are nocturnal. Cap a skunk in the daytime.

[DRZinn]

I was gonna suggest a carbon fiber lure...

But I guess I'm too late.

[Sam]

Never ever headshoot a skunk, guarenteed to spray.
If you can break the spine however they won't tough shot to make though.
Especially from that sidewise angle in the picture. :D

Sam

[TonkinTwentyMil]

I always used a water PISStol...

With SCOPE.

("Scope" mouthwash.)

Makes the critters smell almost kissable...

[caz223]

Best bet, learned from previous dealing with the critters.
LEAVE 'EM ALONE.
They won't bother you unless you bother them.
I used to have a dog that was an expert at finding them, but it never did figure out what to do next .
They are beneficial critters, eating bugs, and all sorts of grubs/insects.
They are a better friend than foe.

[thumbody]

How brave are you?
According to my Moms uncle he and my Grandfather used to catch them by hand.They would keep circling (so the skunk couldn't get set for the shot) until they got close enough to lift them by the tail. Apparently a skunk can't spray if its feet are off the ground.They would then kill them and sell the fur.
I've never been brave (or drunk) enough to try this out.

[triggertime]

To properly thwart a Skunk attack, use a package of Ramen noodles as a diversionary tactic...

[Luku]

The best way not to get sprayed by skunks: avoid skunks. Avoidance is your strategy.

[caz223]

Quote:
How brave are you?
According to my Moms uncle he and my Grandfather used to catch them by hand.They would keep circling (so the skunk couldn't get set for the shot) until they got close enough to lift them by the tail. Apparently a skunk can't spray if its feet are off the ground.They would then kill them and sell the fur.
I've never been brave (or drunk) enough to try this out.

thumbody, if you ever get up the courage to do this, please, please have a friend videotape it for posterity.
Please!

[308win]

Get yourself the neighbor's black and white puddytat - works on Pepe LaPew(should work on any of his relatives although he is French so this may affect your results). Troll the cat in front of the skunk on a long leash - fifty feet or so should do - make sure the cat is stump broken. When the skunk is distracted by the cat, RUN FORREST RUN!

As far as skunks not being condition 1 when feet are off of ground or held by tail I would insist on a realtime demonstration of this factoid.

[Igloodude]

As far as skunks not being condition 1 when feet are off of ground or held by tail I would insist on a realtime demonstration of this factoid.

Ditto, but preferably demonstrated via videoconferencing or closed-circuit television.

[Omni04]

hand grenade!

[Browns Fan]

Quote:
"hand grenade!"

Hmm. I believe that a handgrenade in this situation would turn into a stink bomb on steroids!

[tuna]

If it isn't actually attacking, I've found that squatting down and going "hi there buddy" while putting out your fist for the skunk to sniff generally gives you a very confused look from the skunk, who will waddle away on its own. After all, how many times do you think a skunk is talked nicely to and made welcome? Completely blows their mind - psyops to the extreme! Just don't charge them, they tend to get real irritated at that.

In case you haven't figured out:
1) I like skunks better than most people
2) I don't really mind the scent as long as I'm not wearing it
3) I drive my wife CRAZY by feeding the local skunks

[Skunkabilly]

If it isn't actually attacking, I've found that squatting down and going "hi there buddy" while putting out your fist for the skunk to sniff generally gives you a very confused look from the skunk, who will waddle away on its own.

Skunks will only come closer if you are female and Vietnamese.

Or female and Korean.

Or female and Colombian. Or female and Italian. Or female and Polish. Or female and Mexican. Or female and Guatemalan....

[Evil_Ed]

Depends....is the Skunk armed with a banjo?? If so, insert your ear protection and back away slowly making no sudden moves. Hope to god you aren't wearing anything "tactical" to draw it's attention!

:evil:

[thumbody]

[=quotecaz223]thumbody, if you ever get up the courage to do this, please, please have a friend videotape it for posterity.
Please![/quote]

I don't think I'll ever be brave enough to stand and shoot the video let alone grab a skunk.

Unless they are acting strange I leave them alone.
I had to shoot one when I lived at home. Dad was out burning trash .He started to go back to the house and noticed a skunk walking up the drive towards the house. The skunk walked within around 15-20 ft. of the house and turned and fired! Then it turned and walked away.
Dad ran in the house and told me to get my gun. I grabbed my shotgun and went outside and followed the skunk across the road behind an abandoned farm house and shot him.


About 7-8 yrs ago I went out to put the wifes pet duck away for the night (just about dark). As I leaned over to open the cage door i noticed a streak of white inside the cage.
There was a young skunk sleeping in the cage. My wife and daughters thought this was cute.They then started leaving marshmallows out for him. He stayed around most of the summer. I often found him curled up in the cage with the duck sleeping in there also.
I always took it slow when I walked out there that summer.

[pete f]

we lived on Cape Cod when I was younger and we had skunks all over, hundreds of them, we found thru trial and error, that a gut shot skunk can not spray. pop him with a 22 in front of the back legs then one in the head, seems that they need to hunch up and then relax to spray and once gut shot, they lost that ability. then a 22 short in the mellon did the job.

we also would find them in the 55 gallon drums people used as trash cans and they could spray from inside them. but we usually just turned onthe hose and stuck the end in the drum till there was a foot of water and then waited for them to get tired of swimming and then drown. If you needed faster, a cherry bomb in the can would stun them long enough to get there neck with a shovel.

+1 on a day light skunk, you see one in the day light out walking he is a sick one and make sure all your dogs just got a fresh rabies shot. I am not sure about this but i was told a dog that got ahold of a dead rabid skunk could still contractthe disease. metal 5 gallon bucket with a quart of diesel was how we got rid of them.

[Kharn]

MOPP4 and a "tactical" .308 from the next zip code.

Kharn

[mussi]

The following Skunk Smell Remover Formula is effective in removing skunk smell from sprayed victims, as proven in an episode of MythBusters

* 1 U.S. Quart (approx 1 litre) of 3% hydrogen peroxide.
* 1/4 cup (approx 45ml) baking soda.
* 1 teaspoon (approx 5ml) liquid soap.

Directions: Mix together at time of usage, and apply foaming mixture to affected areas.

How it works: The oxygen molecules emitted by the hydrogen peroxide and baking soda reaction deactivate the smell molecules by binding to them and rendering them inert.