Skunk living under house need help

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by trappermatt

you can't use illegal or in humane methods to do it , and the OP using a foothold trap that he can't legally use would have him breaking the law

---

But a live trap....followed up with a deep pond, or .22 is perfectly ok.

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by Bluebulldog

Let me clarify "professional environment" means we were the Property Services Dept. in the employ of the owner of the large property, not wildlife removal.

FWIW, I'd like to see the MNRs data saying that 12km would be out of the normal range of spread. I'm sure this had mostly to do with Pest Control Companies in built up areas simply dumping trapped wildlife in the burbs....

---

if you know the home range sizes of wildlife then you would know that 12 km is much larger then the animals you are talking about having moved in your past job , the chance of skunks moving distemper for example on their own 12 km would be extremely rare because they live in a very small home range , yes it was all to do with pest control and unlicensed wildlife control companies as well as every well meaning homeowner with a live trap thinking they are doing the critter a favour by moving it

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by Bluebulldog

But a live trap....followed up with a deep pond, or .22 is perfectly ok.

---

actually no a pond is illegal as well and you can be charged and people have been here in ontario ,.22 is fine as are other approved methods

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by trappermatt

actually no a pond is illegal as well and you can be charged and people have been here in ontario ,.22 is fine as are other approved methods

---

Well then....glad I didn't advocate too strongly for the pond....

I was always more a fan of the .22.......some of the guys I worked with.......

There are methods even better then the .22 but the average person isn't setup to use them

Can you not just put them to sleep? Tailpipe+flex+tarp?

Flypowder and pepsi ?

Peanut butter and glass.

http://i459.photobucket.com/albums/q...age.jpg1_2.jpg

as you can see from the pic , you most certinly dont need to go to extreme methods like some suggest to capture skunks ,heck they can even be caught 3 at a time

Now that is just plain impressive!!^^^^^^