No...Really! I've seen him waddle around the backyard when I leave for work early in the morning. Problem is hes takin up house keeping under my garage! I wouldn't mind too much but its really starting to smell. Anyone know how to chase this bugger away? Safely? LOL I also have a coon and a couple of ground hogs under there too. But they're not smelling up the place. Hard to stay out there to work on the bike!
Didn't think they'd all play well together.

 

use a have a heart trap..with some really nasty cat food as bait..put it right next to where he enters under your garage..and give him a day or 2, you will get `em.

 

Make sure it is the right size trap so that the critter can't rear up and spray.

 

I used to keep a 55 gallon drum filled with water in the yard. Catch the critter in live trap as amamal said. Since skunks can't spray more than about 10 feet, get a 12 foot pole and put a hook on the end of it. Pick the trap up with the pole and dip it into the drum of water.

 

Moth *****.

 

Sometimes you can get animal control out there to take care of it. I'd be wary of skunks for the smell and the fact they can be suffering from rabies.

 

Kudos on the box trap!Ifa skunk can't see you, he wont spray you! What you do is use a blanket or tarp, hold the tarp up in front of you so he can't see you, walk slowly up to the trap, lay the tarp over the cage and you can pick him up and carry him to water, (deep enough to cover entire trap), and leave it there for a few minutes. When I lived in NY I was a trapper training instructor for DEC and when I was nuisance trapping skunks, that is how I did it and it worked everytime! The drowning thing works with the ground hogs too unless you want to go release them a mile or 2 down in the neighbor's yard! haha!

 

What's the point of killing it? Just trap and release elsewhere.

I guess I'm the only fool that likes the smell of skunks... Something must be broken in my head.

OK, something else must be broken in my head.

 

i like the skunky smell too....mine seems to come from a ziploc baggy though :x

 

Dunk a rag or towel in ammonia, throw it into the area he gets in at,it will drive him away. Then secure the garage so that he can't come back to his home, he will go bother someone else then