Crazy experience for me recently. It was 11pm at night and I’m walking around with my dog on my grandparents property. They have 15 chickens, so skunks are a common thing around here. Suddenly my dog takes off running and is growling and lunging at something in the bushes. I had my headlamp on and turned my attention in her direction, thinking I would see a cat. Cats are also very common. It was a skunk! I called her over and she came thankfully. Didn’t get sprayed! Way to close for comfort. I’m glad she is as well trained as she is! My good girl!
I personally would shoot skunks, but there are a couple reasons why I don’t and why you shouldn’t: 1. You can’t shoot a gun in city limits, unless you’re at some sort of gun range (if you life on private property then this doesn’t apply to you). 2. Blood and guts everywhere, especially if you shoot it with a large caliber gun 3. You have a dead skunk in your yard. (I wouldn’t wanna touch a skunk, especially if it’s dead)
2:26 I just strobed my tack light at one in my front yard tearing up the lawn, but I just closed the windows and the smell made my inconsiderate upstairs neighbor leave so i'm good. The good Lord works in mysterious ways. Thank you Jesus!
Home Depot has a sprinkle on repellent that works well. Coyote urine in it. Stinks but works. Skunk moved from under front porch to under my husband's shed. Ha ha ha
Come home one night , go on the back porch , remind you its nighttime, good thing I have awesome hearing and great eyesight. Anyways I hear tussling in the leaves I stop and wait, I know something's there but I think its nothing . I'm about to walk on the porch then I see the skunks whitetail turn around , instantly I jetted back around the corner to the front of the house. Went across the street in my car to wait for it to pop put n leave. Suddenly 10 mins later I see the skunk up the street in the next garbage. So I knew the coast was clear! Phew what a close one!!!!
I live on a ranch and skunks come even with predator guard red led lights or motion lights, water power did not stop them from killing my animals and sucking out their blood, the best system I've found is. 22 cal. bullet to the side of the body= No spray them 90% of the time, or using a Ztrap with scrambled eggs for bait. Some people use mothballs to keep them out. But the are so persistent in killing chickens, you need to step up your game and dispatch them to avoid further population of them. Works for about 1 year then more make it into your area.
I’m also in Texas and live in the high desert. I’m having a horrible time with them getting under my house. They love to spray underneath there. It’s horrible. I’ve never seen them, I can only smell and hear them. 😡
NOT TRUE that skunks only eat at NIGHT!!! I have TWO of them under my back yard deck and they come out in the MORNING, AND at night!!! So there goes THAT theory!!!
Flood light eliminating skunks… nit sure what area of states you live… nit sure if you ever had skunks , not sure if you ever owned a house… but im sure based on your voice… you just turned 18 , never killed a spider and probably never seen a skunk in your life… but i would suggest posting more videos such as turn water into gold , or what to eat so you can poop money day after… i believe you would already know because youre a genious… thanks for amazing video…
Said like a true loser, whos the one that came to CZcams for help? Try another three videos after this? Did your criticism take care of your skunk problem? Bozo
Motion sensor lights don't work because I have them at all sides of my home. The water sprinkler is not practical with the small yard I have and the city is really tight on the use of water because of the draught and we can only use outside water 1 time a week.
Could you please tell me where I can get that exact sprinkler system me and my family are getting overrun by skunks! Please help me. Thank you sir. I didn’t see the link or could you put it your reply if you could please sir.
And they only feed during the cover of night? I think that statement is wrong in my experience. Went to the backyard at 11 am, nice sunny day. One was ruining my lawn looking for grubs. I walked the other way very fast.
Do you have a deck facing your backyard? If so, run the garden hose on to the deck with the sprayer attached and leave it there. Next time you see a skunk on the lawn spray him while you are standing on the deck. He will not spray you, he will try to escape. Watch where he goes and later close it up. Close them all up. None of those home remedies or gadgets works. The only way to exclude a skunk from your yard is a physical barrier. Be wary of a skunk that is active in broad daylight. It might be ill.
I hate skunks I live in the country and they always come to my home I have covered all the holes there is and they make another hole to just come in idk why ! I don’t have pets I don’t leave food out I don’t leave trash out nothing so I don’t understand why my house they try everything to just come in here in plain day light !!!
I have a skunk (or family) under a shed in my back yard. I can 'smell' skunk on the S side of the shed. I'm not sure if I can just ask them nicely to leave...
Took the advice of one comment and shot one skunk. Oh my, the smell went everywhere and somehow drifted in our house. 😳 lol Took some siping vinegar to clear the smell out of the house. My husband threw his clothes away and our dog got a bath. Never shoot a skunk. My neighbors even got a whiff of the odor. Finally I can report they are gone to someone else house. 😀 Since then, we bricked around the deck to keep out animals. Good so far. 😀
I thought raccoons were eating my large watermelons, but I set out live trap and quickly caught a skunk. They can crack open a large watermelon. They eat it all down to the rind and eat most of it. They leave the outer green film. After I trapped ONE the rest of them would not enter the trap.
I am usually up quite late and arise quite early. I sit at a table in my driveway and lately I have had a skunk walking behind me to cross the driveway. I'm only about 3 feet away from it but it's really sneaky. I don't want to get sprayed. I guess I'll have to shoot it, but I really don't want to. I just want it to find another place to visit.
You can get rid of skunks with beating up a raw egg and mix in six aspirins. They will eat this mixture and go off somewhere and die. Better way than shooting them! I was having skunks visit my back door to my porch every night. They were smelling where I set my cat food dishes out by the door. (I bring them inside every night, water dish too). After the skunks came two nights and ate the raw eggs they haven’t been back! I have Arlo security lights and camera up so I see every thing that moves out back by the door.
Skunks have an extremely powerful weapon. An outside of a few highly paid daredevils, you are usually on your own when "moving" skunks. And entire skunk families are even tougher still. The adults are disciplined with the spray, but the little puppies have no discipline and spray it as soon as they produce it. Irrespective of where they are.
nauhntrond Whoa what's the big deal? I shoot shit and have fun doing it. It's not a crime, Have you forgotten where most of our food comes from? Animals! Cows, pigs, chickens or fish. So what does that make the world "wildlife hating" And notice I said " in my opinion" so chill the fuck out.
Buck Shot I live in a suburb within the city limits of Nashville, TN and those bastards have taken over our neighborhood! They live in the drainage pipes that are under our driveways. One of my dog’s has gotten sprayed twice within 9 months and animal control literally gives zero fucks and these little bastards are ballsy as Hell...total nightmare situation. I cannot legally fire an actual firearm at the because I live in the city with close neighbors, so that’s out. I’m thinking about getting a very high powered air rifle with Co2 and hollow points to try to kill them. In the meantime I’m going to make life on my property suck as much ass as possible for them. I’m buying as many Black Cat fire crackers as possible tomorrow and will be shoving the lit package in their den via 7’ long tree branch every damn day while they’re asleep. I hope like hell it works, and pray that no one (dogs or humans) gets sprayed while doing so. It’s the worst! I hate those damn rotten fuckers! Good luck!
This guy is definitely not an expert. Please don't believe it just because there is a video on the internet. Skunks don't really care about light. That's a scientific fact. Milky Spore is not a nematode it's a bacterium. It does work to minimize grubs in your lawn so he's right about that and I endorse that method.The sprinkler may work for a little while but the skunk will soon become accustomed to it. They really don't mind water. They live outside and love to be out in the rain. It brings their food sources closer to the surface.
Ann Hughes Yeah I have one of those expensive sprinklers and after 2-3 weeks, deer, skunks and raccoons all became accustomed to it, so the only one it ever pissed off was me. Getting rid of their food and shelter is the only way to make them leave unless you trap them, after you make all of the other changes.
I will agree that for the most part skunks prefer the dark and shy away from a strong lamp. However, I have observed what I think is a varied behavior dependent upon the food and water situation in the area, as well as the lay of your land, like out here in the hills they roam more freely, as long as the coyotes aren't around. During the last 3 years of harsh drought here in California, some of the large skunks have been out in the daytime searching for sustenance until it got too hot, not because it was too bright. We have a barn full of chickens, and once a big male gets their scent and decides it's dinner, they will be out digging at anytime of day excepting the noonday sun. I'll keep my camera ready just in case so we all can have a good laugh. Aloha...the Farmer
That's one way, but I know a better way, and I'm speaking from experience. Skunks, possums, and raccoons are nocturnal animals. That means they board with you during the day and go out to forage during the night. You don't need poison, guns, traps, sonic or chemical repellers, etc, ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS KEEP THEM FROM RETURNING. Now, knowing when they leave and when they return is not so simple, but if you use a motion detector, it is,. With the motion detector, after the alarm tells you that they're leaving, all you have to do is close the opening through which they entered. That's all.
Lights do not work. I have deployed motion-activated lights and a camera that works in the dark. I have videos of the light flashing on into the skunk's face. It blinks and then carries on with it's business. Motion detector water sprays do not work with raccoons or skunks after the first time they see it. An electric fence, the kind a farmer uses will not stop raccoons. I have a video of a raccoon climbing over the fence from the neighbour's yard, touching the electric wire, getting shocked, thinking about it and then climbing over anyway.
I walk my dog very early in the AM and pretend we are hunting to make her happy. She saw a black outline in a field by my house (I thought it was a tire.) So I got low, we were hunting, run up on it. Ye, it was skunk. Skunks are not afraid and move slow. I now smell like Pepe.
Damn things keep getting in the chicken coop eating all my laying hens eggs. Atleast it didnt eat the chicken I guess but it keeps scaring her off her eggs then eating them
I have one... Keeps setting off my ring camera. He doesn't care about the light. Rather i think he likes being on camera. He's quite the Lil dancer actually.
You could just leave the lights on everywhere - a small radio playing metal - and a timer that turns on an old noisy electric motor every 10 minutes - and the sprinkler on. I'm sure those sprayers are fun for the kids. I just threw four of them in the trash after having been sprayed a hundred times. They're not very useful in a space you want to inhabit yourself.
Only problem is when your dog get's sprayed. Take it from me it's no fun at all and you can still smell it on them for months and months later. We have 4 German Shepherds on an acre and skunks still come back in the middle night and spray.
I have a skunk that burrowed under my house (slab foundation) how do I catch it? Tried live animal trap.. but only thing I catch is racoons or opossums... PLZ ANYONE HELP... smells so bad throughout the house!!!
I have five precious stray kitties I feed every day. So I bring in all their dishes and water bowl every night. But apparently they smell where the food dishes have been setting. I even bought one of those Critter things that goes off when they get near it. Well that was a waste of money. I read somewhere on line you can get rid of them with raw eggs and 6 aspirins mixed in. They eat it and go off and die where where. Well it worked! I set a bowl out two nights in a row and they haven’t been back! I have Arlo security lights and cameras so I see every thing around my door. They may not be a humane way to get rid of them but they aren’t coming back. I’ll probably get a lot of criticism over using this method, but I’m a 82 year old widow and not able to get out and set traps and get rid of them. I’m just concerned over my kitties. I had two raccoons that came and they haven’t been back.
Same! Second time in two weeks! Right in the face! I want all animals to live but my baby is suffering for it! Not sure what to do at this point! There is at least one under our shed! I think it is a Mom and there could be more. 😢
We have skunk smell often - twice this week alone. Even had someone come a few years back to try to trap them, but he only got a squirrel and a cat and charged us a high fee. We think they are living under our porch this year. Earlier in March, I saw two of them rolling around in my front sidewalk. It was at night, but when I turned the front porch light on, there they were. The smell permeated things in my house and lasted for a couple weeks. What can I put it spray under the porch to deter them?
Take some old clothes that have been worn and not washed, cover them in household ammonia and through them under the porch. Skunks hate ammonia. If you feed your cat or any other animal outside, they are staying close for the food. The also eat mice and cockroaches so if you have a low bug/ pest problem the skunk is why - he eats those things. They can be beneficial for ridding your yard of other pests, as long as they don't take up residence. Give it a try. It worked for us. We had them in the storm drain outside and they left and haven't been back.
That's exactly what we are dealing with. The smell soaks up in our clothes comes in air conditioner in summer and in with heat in winter. It's march now and they spray nonstop at night and smell keeps me awake
Can skunks get rabies? I have a juvenile living under my patio and it's covered in fleas you can tell. Constantly itching and I've only seen it out during the day time 11am-1pm digging for food in my yard. Anyway I hate it and it needs to die
Lights don’t work at all doesn’t bother skunks at all ! Dude below definitely a city boy. NEVER sHOOT a Skunk ! That stink will never Leave Last option of the water would be best. FIRST try regular mothballs especially around your foundation or bird feeder 😳. SKunks really don’t hurt anything they will actually dig up and eat the ground hornets nests at night Good Luck just don’t let your dog out thinking it’ll scare it off BAD IDEA
I have 5 skunks living under our deck, thankfully we have secured all the openings that lead under our house. We live on a farm and motion lights don’t work or the water. They are so use to us that they will play while we’re out in the yard, day or nigh. We are hoping that they will grow up soon and leave. We don’t have any garbage or animal food around but have five pecan trees that produced a lot of nuts that keep them feed. We are desperate and open for any ideas.
I've had success with ammonia bombs. Soak an old rag tied up into a ball with ammonia and while they're out, push it into their den with a stick. I put a new one in every night till the den was full. Skunk is gone. Be sure to fill the den with gravel or something the skunk can't dig out if she tries to return.
We used a live trap and released the skunks way up a logging road. It took a couple of nights to trap em all. Didn't want to kill them....just couldn't put up with the stink anymore
Cedar mulch, we used the natural color kind without any dyes. The cedar oil and scent repels bugs... So the skunk goes away from the grubs and bugs going away from the smell OR the smell of cedar brothers the skunk itself... Or both I don't know but cedar mulch worked for us after 2 years of lawn damage. So cheap CZcamsrs can't make money selling products to us so they don't make videos about it... $2.99 a bag
This says nothing about how to keep them away... watering them will only make them spray more and climb under the house. What about moth balls? I hear they hate them.
None of this shit works. These skunks look at me like I’m crazy. They are not afraid of me snd don’t even scram despite I’m sitting right by sliding glass door with bright automatic lights on bright as hell. They are not scramming from the sprinklers either. In fact it’s still light out when they start forging gor food by nite they are gone. That 22 sounds like the best chance or you can easily catch in cages but I get tired of paying $275-$400 each to take away.
only way to truly rid the skunks is either trap,shoot or live trap and relocate. All of that spending money on useless stuff is pointless. some of the facts are not accurate.
Den R, The guy at Home Depot said that he would not try to trap it, because when it gets scared it will spray and that's not what I want. What type of gun would you suggest to use to shoot it? I really just want the damn thing gone and I don't care how it goes. Be it trapped, shot or someone picks it up with a baby carriage.
Crazy experience for me recently. It was 11pm at night and I’m walking around with my dog on my grandparents property. They have 15 chickens, so skunks are a common thing around here. Suddenly my dog takes off running and is growling and lunging at something in the bushes. I had my headlamp on and turned my attention in her direction, thinking I would see a cat. Cats are also very common. It was a skunk! I called her over and she came thankfully. Didn’t get sprayed! Way to close for comfort.
I’m glad she is as well trained as she is! My good girl!
After years of intense research I found out that a 12 gauge shotgun is the best
'MURICA! F*CK YEAH!!
Works every time
Those skunks should be impeached..double meaning lol
I personally would shoot skunks, but there are a couple reasons why I don’t and why you shouldn’t:
1. You can’t shoot a gun in city limits, unless you’re at some sort of gun range (if you life on private property then this doesn’t apply to you).
2. Blood and guts everywhere, especially if you shoot it with a large caliber gun
3. You have a dead skunk in your yard. (I wouldn’t wanna touch a skunk, especially if it’s dead)
@@allensmith342 why ??? Are you okay??lol this lock down is making people crazy .There really is no need for personal attacks.
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Lights don't deter ours.They just sit there eating n look at me like 'hiya!' in bright light
2:26 I just strobed my tack light at one in my front yard tearing up the lawn, but I just closed the windows and the smell made my inconsiderate upstairs neighbor leave so i'm good. The good Lord works in mysterious ways. Thank you Jesus!
Home Depot has a sprinkle on repellent that works well. Coyote urine in it. Stinks but works. Skunk moved from under front porch to under my husband's shed. Ha ha ha
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Which stinks worse?!! Coyote urine or skunk spray?!!! They both stink !!!
Come home one night , go on the back porch , remind you its nighttime, good thing I have awesome hearing and great eyesight. Anyways I hear tussling in the leaves I stop and wait, I know something's there but I think its nothing . I'm about to walk on the porch then I see the skunks whitetail turn around , instantly I jetted back around the corner to the front of the house. Went across the street in my car to wait for it to pop put n leave. Suddenly 10 mins later I see the skunk up the street in the next garbage. So I knew the coast was clear! Phew what a close one!!!!
I live on a ranch and skunks come even with predator guard red led lights or motion lights, water power did not stop them from killing my animals and sucking out their blood, the best system I've found is. 22 cal. bullet to the side of the body= No spray them 90% of the time, or using a Ztrap with scrambled eggs for bait.
Some people use mothballs to keep them out. But the are so persistent in killing chickens, you need to step up your game and dispatch them to avoid further population of them. Works for about 1 year then more make it into your area.
I’m also in Texas and live in the high desert. I’m having a horrible time with them getting under my house. They love to spray underneath there. It’s horrible. I’ve never seen them, I can only smell and hear them. 😡
As I watching this I have my window open & I smell the stench of a skunk. It the summer I want the breeze but can't take the smell!!! Pew!!!
Maybe your neighbor is smoking/vaping MJ😅
Marcus Armstrong, I can't find the link to the motion activated floodlight you like. If you still monitor this, please provide it
Their farts keep waking me up at night.
Awesome Video Sir - Going shopping now!
Medium sized live trap, and dispatch with a 22 while in the trap, or if your feeling sporty, turn it out of the trap and pop him on the run
Will they spray one last time if you shoot them?
Can I shoot him on my property without risk of soiling my crawl space?
NOT TRUE that skunks only eat at NIGHT!!! I have TWO of them under my back yard deck and they come out in the MORNING, AND at night!!! So there goes THAT theory!!!
Great advice, thanks. Since this video many years ago, can you please share new links to the products? Especially for the sprinkler. Thanks.
I've heard a .17hmr is a good skunk repellant
Flood light eliminating skunks… nit sure what area of states you live… nit sure if you ever had skunks , not sure if you ever owned a house… but im sure based on your voice… you just turned 18 , never killed a spider and probably never seen a skunk in your life… but i would suggest posting more videos such as turn water into gold , or what to eat so you can poop money day after… i believe you would already know because youre a genious… thanks for amazing video…
Said like a true loser, whos the one that came to CZcams for help? Try another three videos after this? Did your criticism take care of your skunk problem? Bozo
Motion sensor lights don't work because I have them at all sides of my home. The water sprinkler is not practical with the small yard I have and the city is really tight on the use of water because of the draught and we can only use outside water 1 time a week.
Could you please tell me where I can get that exact sprinkler system me and my family are getting overrun by skunks! Please help me. Thank you sir. I didn’t see the link or could you put it your reply if you could please sir.
I started charging him rent and he left
Must have been a millennial democrat.
In my immediate area the best readily available meal is grub worms and earth worms . Another old person told me that honey buns worked well.
That light tip isn’t going to work on my skunk he was out in daylight and tap dancing around the trap I set for 2 hours
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And they only feed during the cover of night? I think that statement is wrong in my experience. Went to the backyard at 11 am, nice sunny day. One was ruining my lawn looking for grubs. I walked the other way very fast.
Do you have a deck facing your backyard? If so, run the garden hose on to the deck with the sprayer attached and leave it there. Next time you see a skunk on the lawn spray him while you are standing on the deck. He will not spray you, he will try to escape. Watch where he goes and later close it up. Close them all up. None of those home remedies or gadgets works. The only way to exclude a skunk from your yard is a physical barrier. Be wary of a skunk that is active in broad daylight. It might be ill.
I hate skunks I live in the country and they always come to my home I have covered all the holes there is and they make another hole to just come in idk why ! I don’t have pets I don’t leave food out I don’t leave trash out nothing so I don’t understand why my house they try everything to just come in here in plain day light !!!
I have a skunk (or family) under a shed in my back yard. I can 'smell' skunk on the S side of the shed. I'm not sure if I can just ask them nicely to leave...
Took the advice of one comment and shot one skunk. Oh my, the smell went everywhere and somehow drifted in our house. 😳 lol Took some siping vinegar to clear the smell out of the house. My husband threw his clothes away and our dog got a bath. Never shoot a skunk. My neighbors even got a whiff of the odor. Finally I can report they are gone to someone else house. 😀 Since then, we bricked around the deck to keep out animals. Good so far. 😀
They really have sharp claws and sharp fangs
skunks are some of the best bug eaters out there they are wonderful
I thought raccoons were eating my large watermelons, but I set out live trap and quickly caught a skunk. They can crack open a large watermelon. They eat it all down to the rind and eat most of it. They leave the outer green film. After I trapped ONE the rest of them would not enter the trap.
I could eat a whole watermelon right now, that sounds great 🤤🍉
I’ve got one under my house that keeps spraying. I ran over my trap & need to do something different.
I am usually up quite late and arise quite early. I sit at a table in my driveway and lately I have had a skunk walking behind me to cross the driveway. I'm only about 3 feet away from it but it's really sneaky. I don't want to get sprayed. I guess I'll have to shoot it, but I really don't want to. I just want it to find another place to visit.
You can get rid of skunks with beating up a raw egg and mix in six aspirins. They will eat this mixture and go off somewhere and die. Better way than shooting them! I was having skunks visit my back door to my porch every night. They were smelling where I set my cat food dishes out by the door. (I bring them inside every night, water dish too). After the skunks came two nights and ate the raw eggs they haven’t been back! I have Arlo security lights and camera up so I see every thing that moves out back by the door.
Skunks have an extremely powerful weapon. An outside of a few highly paid daredevils, you are usually on your own when "moving" skunks. And entire skunk families are even tougher still. The adults are disciplined with the spray, but the little puppies have no discipline and spray it as soon as they produce it. Irrespective of where they are.
I thought we had a skunk living by our house... come to find out, it was my neighbor's grass.
I thought I had a skunk problem,it turned out to be my neighbor with a weed smoking problem.
@@theliftexpert Why is your neighbor smoking weed a problem?
Best method in my opinion is a .22 rifle and plenty of bullets
nauhntrond Whoa what's the big deal? I shoot shit and have fun doing it. It's not a crime, Have you forgotten where most of our food comes from? Animals! Cows, pigs, chickens or fish. So what does that make the world "wildlife hating" And notice I said " in my opinion" so chill the fuck out.
nauhntrond I have, I also trap strays and bring them to the SPCA and they get neutered the put up for adoption.
MrGuruatEverything That's what I'm talking about
You probably couldn't hit a skunk with an elephant gun.
MrGuruatEverything I agree. Destroy them all
No one told our skunk that he hates light. It’s 530 and we just saved my two dogs
Canadian Dee I have 2 that live under my shed. They were out playing in my backyard at 5:30 am and 7:00 pm today 😩
This was not helpful at all.
What about winter time as skunk dug to ruin my backyard?
I got 6 skunks under my shed. Zero f#@&* given about lights. They actually walk towards us if we put a flashlight on them
Buck Shot I live in a suburb within the city limits of Nashville, TN and those bastards have taken over our neighborhood! They live in the drainage pipes that are under our driveways. One of my dog’s has gotten sprayed twice within 9 months and animal control literally gives zero fucks and these little bastards are ballsy as Hell...total nightmare situation.
I cannot legally fire an actual firearm at the because I live in the city with close neighbors, so that’s out. I’m thinking about getting a very high powered air rifle with Co2 and hollow points to try to kill them. In the meantime I’m going to make life on my property suck as much ass as possible for them. I’m buying as many Black Cat fire crackers as possible tomorrow and will be shoving the lit package in their den via 7’ long tree branch every damn day while they’re asleep. I hope like hell it works, and pray that no one (dogs or humans) gets sprayed while doing so.
It’s the worst! I hate those damn rotten fuckers! Good luck!
Buck Shot I agree. I have lights all over. Even used a bright spot light. The skunk just stood there with its tail up ready to spray.
.22 works great
This guy is definitely not an expert. Please don't believe it just because there is a video on the internet. Skunks don't really care about light. That's a scientific fact. Milky Spore is not a nematode it's a bacterium. It does work to minimize grubs in your lawn so he's right about that and I endorse that method.The sprinkler may work for a little while but the skunk will soon become accustomed to it. They really don't mind water. They live outside and love to be out in the rain. It brings their food sources closer to the surface.
Ann Hughes Yeah I have one of those expensive sprinklers and after 2-3 weeks, deer, skunks and raccoons all became accustomed to it, so the only one it ever pissed off was me. Getting rid of their food and shelter is the only way to make them leave unless you trap them, after you make all of the other changes.
+Ann Hughes I don't know about that because I shined a light on one and seemed pretty pissed off at me.
+skydaver2 - key phrase: "become accustomed" ..... it takes time.
I will agree that for the most part skunks prefer the dark and shy away from a strong lamp. However, I have observed what I think is a varied behavior dependent upon the food and water situation in the area, as well as the lay of your land, like out here in the hills they roam more freely, as long as the coyotes aren't around.
During the last 3 years of harsh drought here in California, some of the large skunks have been out in the daytime searching for sustenance until it got too hot, not because it was too bright. We have a barn full of chickens, and once a big male gets their scent and decides it's dinner, they will be out digging at anytime of day excepting the noonday sun.
I'll keep my camera ready just in case so we all can have a good laugh. Aloha...the Farmer
Okay cool. Now that you have sh*t on this person's theories, perhaps you could provide some actual solutions that do work.....😎
That's one way, but I know a better way, and I'm speaking from experience. Skunks, possums, and raccoons are nocturnal animals. That means they board with you during the day and go out to forage during the night. You don't need poison, guns, traps, sonic or chemical repellers, etc, ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS KEEP THEM FROM RETURNING. Now, knowing when they leave and when they return is not so simple, but if you use a motion detector, it is,. With the motion detector, after the alarm tells you that they're leaving, all you have to do is close the opening through which they entered. That's all.
Give them a going away party some peanuts Coca-Cola and antifreeze. They also don't like cayenne pepper and ammonia.
**Looks around back yard with no “openings” he the entire yard is WIDE open to the woods! *Tell me you live in the city with out telling me
Closed all opening but my smart skunk keeps coming
Lights do not work. I have deployed motion-activated lights and a camera that works in the dark. I have videos of the light flashing on into the skunk's face. It blinks and then carries on with it's business. Motion detector water sprays do not work with raccoons or skunks after the first time they see it. An electric fence, the kind a farmer uses will not stop raccoons. I have a video of a raccoon climbing over the fence from the neighbour's yard, touching the electric wire, getting shocked, thinking about it and then climbing over anyway.
Or a rifle which is great for skunks and more useful and cooler then a Rube Goldberg sprinkler. Plus you solve the problem permanently.
Reading how to repel skunks while a skunk passes me by unfazed to the vegetable garden!
I walk my dog very early in the AM and pretend we are hunting to make her happy. She saw a black outline in a field by my house (I thought it was a tire.) So I got low, we were hunting, run up on it. Ye, it was skunk. Skunks are not afraid and move slow. I now smell like Pepe.
Haha!..Made me giggle! 🤣
No link to the solar water sprayer😩😩
Super-helpful.
Thx man.
Damn things keep getting in the chicken coop eating all my laying hens eggs. Atleast it didnt eat the chicken I guess but it keeps scaring her off her eggs then eating them
I have one... Keeps setting off my ring camera. He doesn't care about the light. Rather i think he likes being on camera. He's quite the Lil dancer actually.
You could just leave the lights on everywhere - a small radio playing metal - and a timer that turns on an old noisy electric motor every 10 minutes - and the sprinkler on. I'm sure those sprayers are fun for the kids. I just threw four of them in the trash after having been sprayed a hundred times. They're not very useful in a space you want to inhabit yourself.
We now leave a light on 24/7 under our deck. The skunks left.
Ultrasound device work pretty good too, same with groundhog, rat, and more, just think if you have a dog or cat please, good luck
Only problem is when your dog get's sprayed. Take it from me it's no fun at all and you can still smell it on them for months and months later. We have 4 German Shepherds on an acre and skunks still come back in the middle night and spray.
A skunk (who we call Flower) came in often to eat the cat food and then she had a baby a year later.
What a interesting story. Very interesting...
I have a skunk that burrowed under my house (slab foundation) how do I catch it? Tried live animal trap.. but only thing I catch is racoons or opossums... PLZ ANYONE HELP... smells so bad throughout the house!!!
I have chickens so I can't really not feed my animals outside. 😢 gotta find ways to keep them away from my chickens and garden
Can't you just put pet food with rat poisoning in it where you typically see the skunk?
That's dope
only repellent I know for skunks is the one that goes BOOM
I have five precious stray kitties I feed every day. So I bring in all their dishes and water bowl every night. But apparently they smell where the food dishes have been setting. I even bought one of those Critter things that goes off when they get near it. Well that was a waste of money. I read somewhere on line you can get rid of them with raw eggs and 6 aspirins mixed in. They eat it and go off and die where where. Well it worked! I set a bowl out two nights in a row and they haven’t been back! I have Arlo security lights and cameras so I see every thing around my door. They may not be a humane way to get rid of them but they aren’t coming back. I’ll probably get a lot of criticism over using this method, but I’m a 82 year old widow and not able to get out and set traps and get rid of them. I’m just concerned over my kitties. I had two raccoons that came and they haven’t been back.
Great ideas except I have horses and cats outside
Bull, 12 ga. Shell works
Second time my dog has been sprayed now I’m here
same
Same! Second time in two weeks! Right in the face! I want all animals to live but my baby is suffering for it! Not sure what to do at this point! There is at least one under our shed! I think it is a Mom and there could be more. 😢
I just mix peanut butter and arsenic together
Then you have to remove the stinking dead carcass...
I heard to use mousse P around your perimeter of your yard or fence
I agree with sevren, trap and kill
and if all of those dont work go buy a .22
I use a high powered PCP pellet rifle.
Clearly these are not city people lol we get cops called for seeing toyguns lol ... I imagine the neighbours would shit if anyone blasted off a 22 lol
I was thinking a .410 would be good.
We have skunk smell often - twice this week alone. Even had someone come a few years back to try to trap them, but he only got a squirrel and a cat and charged us a high fee. We think they are living under our porch this year. Earlier in March, I saw two of them rolling around in my front sidewalk. It was at night, but when I turned the front porch light on, there they were. The smell permeated things in my house and lasted for a couple weeks. What can I put it spray under the porch to deter them?
Take some old clothes that have been worn and not washed, cover them in household ammonia and through them under the porch. Skunks hate ammonia. If you feed your cat or any other animal outside, they are staying close for the food. The also eat mice and cockroaches so if you have a low bug/ pest problem the skunk is why - he eats those things. They can be beneficial for ridding your yard of other pests, as long as they don't take up residence. Give it a try. It worked for us. We had them in the storm drain outside and they left and haven't been back.
@@johnnaholt501 Thank you for this suggestion. Ammonia is much cheaper than all the $50 I just spent at Home Depot today.
That's exactly what we are dealing with. The smell soaks up in our clothes comes in air conditioner in summer and in with heat in winter. It's march now and they spray nonstop at night and smell keeps me awake
Cayenne pepper
Can skunks get rabies? I have a juvenile living under my patio and it's covered in fleas you can tell. Constantly itching and I've only seen it out during the day time 11am-1pm digging for food in my yard. Anyway I hate it and it needs to die
Yes they are known for carrying rabies
Lights don’t work at all doesn’t bother skunks at all !
Dude below definitely a city boy. NEVER sHOOT a Skunk ! That stink will never Leave
Last option of the water would be best. FIRST try regular mothballs especially around your foundation or bird feeder 😳. SKunks really don’t hurt anything they will actually dig up and eat the ground hornets nests at night Good Luck just don’t let your dog out thinking it’ll scare it off BAD IDEA
I put so much grub-X down and this fucker is still chilling. I'm about to borrow my brothers AR.
Can’t use a shotgun ranger lives next fort I’m getting the strongest powder pepper I can buy see if he likes tht
If it's only 1 skunk couldn't I just call pest control to get rid of it?
They wont come for a skunk usually, normally have to pay for someone to come and get the skunk AFTER u trap it!
I have 5 skunks living under our deck, thankfully we have secured all the openings that lead under our house. We live on a farm and motion lights don’t work or the water. They are so use to us that they will play while we’re out in the yard, day or nigh. We are hoping that they will grow up soon and leave. We don’t have any garbage or animal food around but have five pecan trees that produced a lot of nuts that keep them feed. We are desperate and open for any ideas.
Maybe a trap and then you can put it some place 😏
Leave a plate of cat food out and get a .22 rifle
I've had success with ammonia bombs. Soak an old rag tied up into a ball with ammonia and while they're out, push it into their den with a stick. I put a new one in every night till the den was full. Skunk is gone. Be sure to fill the den with gravel or something the skunk can't dig out if she tries to return.
We used a live trap and released the skunks way up a logging road. It took a couple of nights to trap em all. Didn't want to kill them....just couldn't put up with the stink anymore
Shoot it
i've found the best way is a .22 rifle.
Just had my first experience with my dog getting skunked and that was my first thing to come to mind!
What if you are a gardener?
They are cute little shits. A big one was in my yard today came pretty close too
Agreed
Cedar mulch, we used the natural color kind without any dyes. The cedar oil and scent repels bugs... So the skunk goes away from the grubs and bugs going away from the smell OR the smell of cedar brothers the skunk itself... Or both I don't know but cedar mulch worked for us after 2 years of lawn damage. So cheap CZcamsrs can't make money selling products to us so they don't make videos about it... $2.99 a bag
Hello from Toronto. Could you explain how you used cedar mulch? Did you cover the lawn with it? Or use it along the perimeter?
Thanks a bunch! Will try.
I sprinkle cayenne pepper around my house and yard
lights, irish spring soap, and citrus peels don't work!
Use vinegar, spray apple vinegar all around your home
urine i heard works to deter them.
Urine smells like ammonia
Exactly what I say...piss on them;)
None of these ideas work if you want to keep some visitors to your yard, such as Raccoons.
Bleach has done the job for me so far, the skunks and the raccoons hate it.
Thanks how do you use it?
Yeeeeee good
What about ammonia bowls !!!??
I've had mixed success. It's a lot of maintenance. Sometimes they'll just spill it on the ground
a skunk keeps ripping up my brussel sprouts and NOT EVEN EATING THEM.
And food in
This says nothing about how to keep them away... watering them will only make them spray more and climb under the house. What about moth balls? I hear they hate them.
FourStrongWinds4 cats eat the moth balls and probably so do skunks. Not for people with cats or neighbors with them.
No moth balls DONT work at all!!
None of this shit works. These skunks look at me like I’m crazy. They are not afraid of me snd don’t even scram despite I’m sitting right by sliding glass door with bright automatic lights on bright as hell. They are not scramming from the sprinklers either. In fact it’s still light out when they start forging gor food by nite they are gone. That 22 sounds like the best chance or you can easily catch in cages but I get tired of paying $275-$400 each to take away.
Well let’s see farm life here
we have eggs hens cats and
so their foods and sheep and their grain so not going to help me there
Marshmallows buddy
it sounds like this is is trying to sale a product.
does that works to possums?
possums kill and eat rats and mice. I like my possums around.
Larry Ciarrocchi hell yes. Our only native Marsupial in North America! Opossums are cool with me
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I have a skunk in trap live
I have a skunk took the bait without tripping the trap. Now i zip tied chicken skin but no skunk
only way to truly rid the skunks is either trap,shoot or live trap and relocate. All of that spending money on useless stuff is pointless. some of the facts are not accurate.
Den R, The guy at Home Depot said that he would not try to trap it, because when it gets scared it will spray and that's not what I want. What type of gun would you suggest to use to shoot it? I really just want the damn thing gone and I don't care how it goes. Be it trapped, shot or someone picks it up with a baby carriage.
Look wanna get rid of a skunk. Buy coyote pee. I have sprayed it and watched the skunk run away. You can buy it at gander mountains and kabellas
it doesn't work
+Haley Court worked for me and everyone I've given it to
+Haley Court it works for me in NJ
***** same here it works sometimes but i have to applied it every 2 days. So i invested in a Gamo Pellet rifle the other day. Its bad in my area
How do get coyote urine?
None of this works
Why is this even a video?? >:(|[
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i need to repel skunks? lmao
I Will Cacht A Skunk For Dinner At 4:42
mothballs
Ok I will try that too.
Mothballs are very dangerous to dogs.