Skunks giving our hobby a bad name !

[wainzoid]

On friday I got permission to hunt three old abandoned houses that a local guy owns. I've been waiting for several yrs to hunt these nearby homes. I always wait for the right time and right place... and I got my chance.

One of the houses is log and built around 1800. The other two are a 1/2 mile away and set on adjoining acreage. They are mid to late 1800's and made of plank.

Friday evening I decided to hunt the older place for an hour or so. I dug an ih and a few wheaties and some junk while I got acclamated to the property. On saturday I hunted the other two houses quicky. This morning I got up expecting rain. It had not arrived yet, so off I went to the older place. I no sooner than got started when I noticed a few plugs laying on the ground. I thought 'what' ? Those are my holes.....NO WAY! !
Im pretty anal about fixing my holes. In fact if you don't tell them, I'll admit to fixing up some of my friends holes. But anyhow, it was them danm skunks. And its not the first time I've seen it. More than a few times I have seen where skunks have dug out my plugs. There gonna give me a bad name!!!!

Also.....I was talking to a friend one day who mows at the sportmens club, where I have detected. He said he saw where I had been hunting and wondered what I found. I said I hadn't been there for months. He said this was freshly done. So I jumped in the truck to go fix somebody elses holes. Got there to find that it was skunks digging for grubs. Hundreds of holes....but not mine. I was getting the blame!!

 

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[wvwildman]

thank i would set there and wait on the skunks then shoot them

 

[robgwv]

Neat pelts, but hard to eat

 

[wvwildman]

they taste like cat lol

 

[olfacere]

I've known other kinds of critters to do the same thing. Most small animals that live as scavengers will rout around in loose dirt in case some other critter buried some food down there, even if there is no smell. Any small patch of disturbed ground is enough to invite them to dig. I would have to imagine that this happens much more frequently in rural areas. Try to kill them if you want, but there are way more of them than you.

 

[Holly_squirrel]

Lmao. My dog does this to me. When I dig he digs and his homes are not tidy.. Lol. So if it's somewhere noticeable , I have to limit my digs . Plus when I'm not looking he digs everything back up... Uuhhggggggg. And my yard looks like hell, cause he digs up everyone on his own time .

 

[goldentruth]

they taste like cat lol

I heard them skunks taste like Chicken,lol
I would get some peanut butter or skunk-crack "Burnt Marshmellow and make a trail away from your hunt site. Then ya fix up a cage trap and long rope, pull them away till they spray, then throw some burlap sack over the wire cage and move them a few miles away and dump them off. I know it sounds like work but ya don't want a bad name killing animals. Then ya have a better control dig site bro. Thought I would offer some advice, Good luck Friend & Get keep some tomato sauce ready.

 

[goldentruth]

Lmao. My dog does this to me. When I dig he digs and his homes are not tidy.. Lol. So if it's somewhere noticeable , I have to limit my digs . Plus when I'm not looking he digs everything back up... Uuhhggggggg. And my yard looks like hell, cause he digs up everyone on his own time .

Sounds like you got a Lab or Hound that loves to dig.
Talking about the skunk problem on this post, I dont think you probably never have a skunk problem being a sweet gal like you. Your dog probably takes care of the skunks and the 2 legged kind too.
Good to have a dog, they'll probably will take the spray for you so you don't get it.
Sometimes it's better to get you and your pet and back away besides the stink I hear the spray burns if in the eyes.
Good luck keeping those holes tidy.

 

[wainzoid]

I've had this happen at several sites. Must just happen to me. That stinks. Pun intended

 

[Holly_squirrel]

Sounds like you got a Lab or Hound that loves to dig.
Talking about the skunk problem on this post, I dont think you probably never have a skunk problem being a sweet gal like you. Your dog probably takes care of the skunks and the 2 legged kind too.
Good to have a dog, they'll probably will take the spray for you so you don't get it.
Sometimes it's better to get you and your pet and back away besides the stink I hear the spray burns if in the eyes.
Good luck keeping those holes tidy.

Regretting saying ' tidy holes'

 

[scotty544]

Wow I noticed the same thing has been happening to me as well. I went back to a place to hit it again and noticed that the plugs had been pulled out of the ground from the week before. I figured it was them Damn dillers. Could've been skunks though

 

[coon8448]

Squirrels will sometimes redig my holes.

 

[cudamark]

Maybe they make a varmint repellent that will keep that from happening? I know they make some for dogs and cats to keep them from areas you don't want them in. If the same stuff will work on skunks, squirrels, etc, you might want to carry some and squirt the plug when you leave.

 

[roygpa]

I have poured gasoline on ground bees (we call them yellow jackets here in PA) to kill them and come back the next day and found the hive dug out of the ground. The hole at the surface was always really small like 2 inches but would open up alot bigger underground. I assumed it was skunks, but I don't understnad why they like to eat gasoline soaked bee hives. I guess I shouldn't knock it untial I try it.

-Roy

 

[DiggItUp]

I have poured gasoline on ground bees (we call them yellow jackets here in PA) to kill them and come back the next day and found the hive dug out of the ground. The hole at the surface was always really small like 2 inches but would open up alot bigger underground. I assumed it was skunks, but I don't understnad why they like to eat gasoline soaked bee hives. I guess I shouldn't knock it untial I try it.

-Roy

What part of PA are you from?!!? P.S. it's yellow jackets not "ground bees" lol

 

[ranger11]

I know this is a few days old, but I'd like two put my 2 scents in if you please. To keep them away from "your" area, take some gun powder of any kind, be it from a bullet or just black powder, and sprinkle a little around each dig before you leave. They will lose their sence of smell for a couple of days however. At least that was what I was told from a Pomo Indian that I knew a few years ago.

 

[GroundHound]

they taste like cat lol

Im not sure i wanna know how u know what cat tastes like LOL

 

[roygpa]

Diggitup: Yeah i was just trying to come up with a generic name for yellow jackets as I don't know if everybody uses that name.

I am about 15 miles south of Pittsburgh, PA.

 

[cudamark]

I have poured gasoline on ground bees (we call them yellow jackets here in PA) to kill them and come back the next day and found the hive dug out of the ground. The hole at the surface was always really small like 2 inches but would open up alot bigger underground. I assumed it was skunks, but I don't understnad why they like to eat gasoline soaked bee hives. I guess I shouldn't knock it untial I try it.

-Roy

That would be pretty hard on the grass! Seems to me that you want to help the grass recover, not kill it!

 

[roygpa]

The yellow jackets rarely dig their nests in high traffic (front yard) Type areas,so it was mostly in places whee it didn't matter if I killed the grass.