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  • From: "D Stubbs" <dsmndel@gmail.com>
  • To: "North American Fruit Explorers" <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [NAFEX] War on Skunks
  • Date: Thu, 3 Jul 2008 08:12:48 -0500

I have 800 feet of fence around our orchard and to keep out smaller critters, mostly raccoons, I added a strip of chicken wire at the bottom with 2 electric wires, one at 6" the other at top of the chicken wire, I used 6" extender insulators. To keep weeds down there is a strip of weed barrier under the fence. So far its worked good.
Del

On Mon, Jun 30, 2008 at 8:16 AM, Jim Fruth <jfruth@tds.net> wrote:
   Pet food had been disappearing overnight for several weeks so I decided
to put a live trap out to see who my nocturnal visitors were.  The trap was
sprung several times before I caught a (young) skunk - now they won't go
near the live trap or the bait (dog food) that we used.  Once we saw momma
skunk scurrying out of the yard (under a gate).
   I put sills under all of the gates and now they are burrowing under the
woven wire fence.  When I plug one hole, they burrow another.  I can't put
sills under 1,000+ feet of fence.  I baited them with Decon Rat Poison mixed
in jelly and they ate the jelly leaving the Decon pellets.
   The skunks don't seem to be doing any damage but the thought of
accidentally running into one gives me the creeps.  I have water set out for
the honeybees (I have three hives) but the water bowls are atop 5-gallon
pails; can skunks reach that high?  Could they be in the orchard because of
being able to get a regular drink?  Otherwise, the worst damage they have
done (besides the under-the-fence-holes) is tiny holes as though they dug up
an acorn that some squirrel might have hidden.  The strawberries will be
ripe soon and I wonder if they will eat them.  What would you do in this
situation?

Jim Fruth
Brambleberry Farm
Pequot Lakes, MN  56472
For jams, jellies & syrups:
www.bberryfarm.com
(877)265-6856 [Store]
(218)831-7018 [My Cell]

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