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  • From: "breck" <bcarden AT breckinridgegroup.com>
  • To: "'Market Farming'" <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Bait to trap skunk
  • Date: Mon, 17 Aug 2009 22:55:10 -0400

Skunks eat a lot of different animals and are a top 5 carrier of rabies.

Being nervous when a wild animal approaches you shows common sense.

I would think that the skunks would be after the bees and their larvae more
than the honey, but you may know better.

My father and I used to hook a hose to our vehicle and stick it in groundhog
and muskrat holes after using newspaper to stop up all other holes. Carbon
monoxide supposedly is a painless death. Perhaps you could rig up something
for dispatching live-caught skunks.

Breck

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[mailto:market-farming-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Beth Spaugh
Sent: Monday, August 17, 2009 9:14 PM
To: 'Market Farming'
Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Bait to trap skunk

Skunks are a beekeepers No. 1 enemy around here. We use cat food to trap,
but a little honey or honeycomb would probably work real well too.
Herbivores? They eat bees. They stand in front of the hive and scratch until
bees come out to defend the hive, then pick them right off and munch. They
can decimate a hive within a week.

Beth Spaugh
Rehoboth Homestead, Peru, NY
Farm Fresh Food Club CSA - http://rhomestead.com
Garden fresh vegetables, organically grown, and pastured chicken, duck, and
geese
 
"How we eat determines, to a considerable extent, how the world is used." -
Wendell Berry
 
"Without power over our food, any notion of democracy is empty." - Frances
Moore Lappe
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[mailto:market-farming-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Robin
Follette
Sent: Monday, August 17, 2009 12:42 PM
To: Market Farming
Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Bait to trap skunk

I set the live trap on top of a little fish emulsion.  They'll smell the
fish from a distance and detour there.  It's about time for them to start
appearing as people in town trap them and let them go out here "where nobody
lives."  A shot to the heart kills instantly and keeps them from spraying.
 
 
Robin
Seasons Eatings Farm
Talmadge, Maine
 
"Without power over our food, any notion of democracy is empty." - Frances
Moore Lappe
----- Original Message -----
From: Tom at Limerock
To: Market Farming
Sent: Monday, August 17, 2009 8:25 AM
Subject: [Market-farming] Bait to trap skunk

Hello,

I need to eliminate/remove a skunk or two that have taken up residency
around our home/shed.  Tried my favorite bait (marshmallows) in the live
trap with no success.

Suggestions are appreciated.

If I go out at night and 'pop' one, will it dump a load of spray?  Not keen
on that as they are quite close to the house.

Tom
Limerock Orchards and Roadside Market

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