What "NOT" to do with a polecat....

[Hillbilly stalker]

Ive been sprayed twice.....never again if I can help it. This ol boy got educated today.

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[NCHillbilly]

Big dummy! I think we've all learned that lesson, usually way back in our formative years, though.
The correct answer is to stand back about 20 yards and pop it in the head with a .22, then come back about three days later and get it out of the trap.

 

[Lindseys Grandpa]

A Buddy of mine caught one in a rabbit box and got a full meal deal right in face when he opened it .

 

[GeorgiaGlockMan]

We had a few nights of skunk killing for a Texas rancher many moons ago.

Friends burned my cloths while I covered myself in tomato soup in the shower.....didn't help 100%.

Durned skunk population explosion that year i recon.

 

[jaydawg]

Ha!Ha!…that was stinkin hilarious!…

 

[Doug B.]

A Buddy of mine caught one in a rabbit box and got a full meal deal right in face when he opened it .

That was no longer a rabbit box!!!!

 

[Doug B.]

Big dummy! I think we've all learned that lesson, usually way back in our formative years, though.
The correct answer is to stand back about 20 yards and pop it in the head with a .22, then come back about three days later and get it out of the trap.

That is exactly right. Even then, don't hang around very long after the gun goes off or you will still have it on you even at 20 yards!

I really don't mind smelling a pole cat some. I guess all the years trapping has something to do with that. But if I'm really close to one when it sprays it usually gives me a headache for some reason.

 

[Hillbilly stalker]

It dont take long to look at a polecat.......its just tuff to turn em loose sometimes.

 

[antharper]

That guy isn’t very smart !

 

[idk]

Well that stinks

 

[longrangedog]

When trapping as a kid I took every opportunity to listen to the old timers. One old trapper told us boys that if you ever caught a skunk, find or cut a long pole and use it to lift the skunk off the ground. He said they couldn't spray with their feet not on the ground. Thankfully we didn't get an opportunity to test his method.

 

[sleepr71]

They about make me gag when I ride by a fresh roadkill..I can’t imagine getting a full dose right in the face

 

[NCHillbilly]

That is exactly right. Even then, don't hang around very long after the gun goes off or you will still have it on you even at 20 yards!

I really don't mind smelling a pole cat some. I guess all the years trapping has something to do with that. But if I'm really close to one when it sprays it usually gives me a headache for some reason.

Several years ago, I had one get up under my house and spray in the middle of the night. It about gagged us. I woke up the next morning with the worst hangover I've ever had, and I wasn't drinking.

 

[pjciii]

I think there is a rather large colony over in Cades Cove.

 

[K80Shooter]

The smell doesn't really bother me. I used to throw rocks at them when I was younger just trying to get them to spray. All they did was ran.

 

[Gbr5pb]

I’ve been wondering what I’d do if one gets in live trap! And that ain’t it

 

[NCHillbilly]

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I think there is a rather large colony over in Cades Cove.

I haven't seen one of those little civet cats in years. Used to be fairly common here.

 

[pjciii]

I haven't seen one of those little civet cats in years. Used to be fairly common here.

I think I would have a really good laugh if I saw one doing that little handstand move.

 

[NCHillbilly]

I think I would have a really good laugh if I saw one doing that little handstand move.

You'd better be moving when you see one do that little handstand move.

 

[1eyefishing]

I think only the spotted skunks can stand on their front legs?