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Christopher S. · Oct 4, 2010

Okay not really a UFO but while I have your attention I have a question for you fellas.

A few days ago I started noticing our yard was being ripped up in one area. A few days later more yard was ripped up. I am assuming its deer, but this is the first time its happened in the 18 years we have lived here. I am not apposed to a lead cure but a stakeout is not really exciting me at this point. Is there anything I can spread on the yard or put out...(salt lick)...that would spare the yard. Thanks guys.

630rich · Oct 4, 2010

maybe hogs?

Ray · Oct 4, 2010

Coons did that to my yard.They were digging for something.

Anonymous-0 · Oct 4, 2010

probably a couple of big foots haven a dance i bet they came from that woods out yonder.
RICK

Anonymous-0 · Oct 4, 2010

Deer would not be at the top of my list. Maybe skunks do that to get grubs.

Anonymous-0 · Oct 4, 2010

Trade you.

Tom in NE · Oct 4, 2010

I betting that you have a crew of skunks. I couldn't believe they could do that kind of damage, but evidently they can.
I've caught 3 skunks(and 2 possum) within the last 10 days.

Anonymous-0 · Oct 4, 2010

for this

BCnT · Oct 4, 2010

looks like hog damage to me

Mike (WA) · Oct 4, 2010

Deer would be at the bottom of whatever list you can compile from the other suspects. They just aren't set up to do that kind of damage. Hogs, mentioned below, seem like prime suspects.

Anonymous-0 · Oct 4, 2010

probably a couple of big foots haven a dance i bet they came from that woods out yonder.
RICK

Adirondack case guy · Oct 4, 2010

How do you get the Skunks out of the trap? I know a local that is a state certified residential vermit trapper. He says that he catches skunks on a regular baises in these traps and rarely gets sprayed, but the back of his truck does have a distinctive odor.

Tom in NE · Oct 4, 2010

I've been using a Ruger 10/.22 and got real lucky on the first 2....last one was a different story. I really stunk up the neighborhood on the last one. Plus there wasn't any breeze that afternoon, the smell was finally gone by morning. The neighbors haven't said anything about me firing a .22 in the sub-division, in fact, some of them have watched and helped me bury them afterwards.
The 2 possums weren't a problem...loaded them in the back of my pickup and finished them off on a nearby minimum maintaince road.
Tom

RayP(MI) · Oct 4, 2010

Looks like the damage I"ve been finding in my hayfields. Skunks digging for grubs.

As far as live trapping skunks, a few sardines placed uon the ground under the live trap works well. Also gets coons and possums. Other altrnative baits, canned or even dry cat food.

JDNewbie · Oct 4, 2010

I've been told if you shoot a skunk in the head, they don't smell anymore. Sure, they still stink, but they don't smell!

Michael Soldan · Oct 4, 2010

The problem is not skunks, its the larva from June Bugs that have infested your lawn. Take a shovel and mark off a foot square , dig the sod and turn it over, you will see how bad the problem is and you will understand why the skunks are finding it an easy meal to scratch up.There are sprays that will kill off the larva, the time of the year to spray is important as they will be at different depths in the sod at different stages of their life cycle and depending on temperatures. Augus/September are good times to spray,if the weather stays warm October might work. I had an infestation, I was finding seven to twelve larva per suqare foot of sod , one spraying in August did the job,not real expensive for the spray. A female Junebug flies over your lawn and spurts out eggs in a thick mucus.,the eggs hatch and the larva move down in the sod and grow. dead patches of lawn are the first sign of larva.Good luck!

Aaron Ford · Oct 4, 2010

What the heck is that?

Aaron

Adirondack case guy · Oct 4, 2010

My trapper buddy also catches a lot of woodchucks. I asked him what he did with them. He said " I take them to the farm and give them a 25' head start!" He also traps a lot of Chipmunks and red squirrels, @ $20.oo a pop. Sounds like a great business, but we live in NYS.Mega paperwork and Bulldung.

Ultradog MN · Oct 4, 2010

It's probably Bush's fault.

aurora · Oct 4, 2010

True, Bush was a skunk, but he usually had Cheney do his dirty work...

Ultradog MN · Oct 4, 2010

JML755 · Oct 5, 2010

(quoted from post at 22:10:36 10/04/10) True, Bush was a skunk, but he usually had Cheney do his dirty work...

Without getting political, the skunk in the picture was both black and white. Which president fits that bill? :lol:

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