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interesting request from police
perry shooter
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Well just got back from taking care of a request from local police .Neighbor had what was though to be a rabid Skunk in his yard police on site had emptied service revolver with out hitting said animal [:(]from 20 feet so police after said hey knew someone that had a gun [^]so they called me me 12 Ga did the trick and no one got sprayed
edit I think they will spray after being hit but 3inch #6 at ten yards I suspect stops most body function quickly I live in Albemarle county sort of known by many of the guys in blue we used to let them use our Club for training[V]" they shot up a lot of target frames and were caught shooting cross range with some rounds off range property and a number of AD's so they they built their own indoor range
edit I think they will spray after being hit but 3inch #6 at ten yards I suspect stops most body function quickly I live in Albemarle county sort of known by many of the guys in blue we used to let them use our Club for training[V]" they shot up a lot of target frames and were caught shooting cross range with some rounds off range property and a number of AD's so they they built their own indoor range
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Many areas lack resources to handle that type situation.
Neal
Well just got back from taking care of a request from local police .Neighbor had what was though to be a rabid Skunk in his yard police on site had emptied service revolver with out hitting said animal [:(]from 20 feet so police after said hey knew someone that had a gun [^]so they called me vcalled me 12 Ga did the trick and no one got sprayed
Good on you, but pretty freakin' sad, they could not hit it, from 20 ft away. [:0]
Do the PD in your area, not carry riot pumps, in their vehicles??
(Guess not.)
[;)]
I realize that the "not sprayed" in this thread is different. But I have skunks on the property and a very inquisitive dog. If I see one hanging around, what's the best method of dispatching it. I'd prefer not to shoot it but...
That does sound embarrassing. Is that Charlottesville PD? Or Albemarle Co?
My animal control officer has a sweet Ruger suppressed .22 pistol that he pops them with. It is a fun gun to shoot.
I wish I had a riot pump in my vehicle, I just have a Remington 870 and a bushmaster patrolman's carbine. [:p]
That does sound embarrassing. Is that Charlottesville PD? Or Albemarle Co?
My animal control officer has a sweet Ruger suppressed .22 pistol that he pops them with. It is a fun gun to shoot.
Yeah, Shilowar, (but) can he hit it from 20' away?? [:D][:0][}:)]
I was under the impression that when shot, they sprayed, regardless of whether they knew about the threat.
I realize that the "not sprayed" in this thread is different. But I have skunks on the property and a very inquisitive dog. If I see one hanging around, what's the best method of dispatching it. I'd prefer not to shoot it but...
Someone told me that a rabid skunk will not (can not?) spray. I don't know if this istrue or not...
quote:Originally posted by perry shooter
Well just got back from taking care of a request from local police .Neighbor had what was though to be a rabid Skunk in his yard police on site had emptied service revolver with out hitting said animal [:(]from 20 feet so police after said hey knew someone that had a gun [^]so they called me vcalled me 12 Ga did the trick and no one got sprayed
Good on you, but pretty freakin' sad, they could not hit it, from 20 ft away. [:0]
Do the PD in your area, not carry riot pumps, in their vehicles??
(Guess not.)
+1. Glad you got it for them Perry. A rabid animal is bad news.
i have shot many with a .22, one in particular took 7 rounds never have i had one spray upon death from a firearm
My 60 years experience has been that skunks always release their odor.
Everyone skunk that I have had to dispatch released when they died.
Jed.
wont know if it was rabid til it tested
Here in Virginia the Health Dept typically won't test for rabies unless there is an exposure of a human or companion animal. Exposure meaning a bite or scratch, not proximity.
If you have a pet exposed to a critter you are concerned has rabies make sure you shot them in the body, not the head. They need the head intact to test for rabies.
Good for you for helping them out though.
Regarding skunks releasing upon death:
My experiences have shown that there is a release every time. Allow me to share the details, for it's a somewhat funny story now that time has passed.
Some raccoons were killing my expensive koi fish out of my small backyard pond. I figured that a live trap would catch the miscreants and allow me to deal with them in my own way. So one evening a trap was set up and baited.
Next morning I discovered that I had caught our cat.
I released the cat and tried again the following evening.
Next morning it looked like I'd caught another cat; a black and white one. Oh crud! It wasn't a cat! Not knowing what to do, I called the local game warden and asked for advise. He suggested using a tarp as a shield and approaching the trap in a non-threatening shielded manor, carefully picking up the trap, and dunking it into a garbage can full of water to drown the skunk. And then he went above and beyond the call of duty and offered to take care of it for me, since I had to head of to work. I happily agreed.
When I got home I expected to see a garbage can full of water, a trap, and a drowned skunk. Imagine my surprise when I found the tarp laying in the yard, the garbage can full of water, and the trap sitting by the pond still full of skunk! Then the smell hit me. I called the warden up and he told me how when he tried to pick up the trap the skunk had sprayed and the smell was so strong that he had to retreat. Skunk 1, humans 0.
So now it was MY turn. I carefully approached the trap with the tarp as a shield and gently picked it up, carefully carried it over to the garbage can, and dumped the whole works into the water. Success!
But wait; it turned out that the trap was about 5 inches taller than the garbage can was deep. Poor planning on someone's part I suppose. In any event the skunk, who was somewhat annoyed by this point, was unable to spray because the dangerous end was under water. But the toothed end was high and dry. Skunk 2, humans 0. NOW what to do? . . .
Since it was getting dark by then, I decided to leave him in the water overnight and let nature and the near freezing weather take its course.
The following morning I had the world's cleanest and angriest skunk shaking the bars of his semi-submerged cage in a most threatening way at me.
Being out of patience, options, and time, I went to the cabinet and pulled out my old .22 Mossberg No. 46B Rifle and a couple of rounds. Once the skunk stopped shaking his cage, a head-shot was easy and he died of lead poisoning and sank. The humans had evened the score.
But wait! What's that oily-looking green stuff floating up to the surface? Oh gag!!!
Later, after the smell had lessened, I was able to pull the trap out of the can and extricate the dead skunk. I had to dump the water onto the lawn. The smell faded from the backyard in a couple of weeks, but the stink stayed with that garbage can for nearly a year before the usual garbage smell overcame it.
After that my wife forbid me to so any more trapping in the yard. . .
I wish I had a riot pump in my vehicle, I just have a Remington 870 and a bushmaster patrolman's carbine. [:p]
That does sound embarrassing. Is that Charlottesville PD? Or Albemarle Co?
My animal control officer has a sweet Ruger suppressed .22 pistol that he pops them with. It is a fun gun to shoot.
Red dot off the crimson helps him take them out.
When I worked at a camp with too many kids around, I used a live trap, wrapped in a towel but leaving the ends open. Approach from the side, and place in the lake in about 18" of water. Never had one spray that way.
We kill up to 25 skunks per year on the trap line. Head shot, tail shot, body shot-makes little diff. Some spray before they die and some don't. Last year, I head shot one stink kitty VERY carefully and left it where it fell. Next day when I went back to remove it from the trap, it was still breathing but unable to move. Another shot to the head and a 24 hour wait before pulling that trap.
The problem with this is that skunks are actually a lot scrawnier than they appear, with most of what you're seeing just fur. To give you an idea, a nice plump looking full grown one can make it through a square of a chain link fence. Their body will fit through any opening that little head of theirs will.
Because of this a center of mass shot on that */white blob is a mistake. You'll end up with either a complete miss or a grazing wound - which is how you end up getting sprayed.
If you can't take a head shot, sight at the very bottom of that blob - but I still suggest doing it from upwind. [:D]
Hmmmmm,,,,,,,,if you were a police officer/dept. would you ask this guy for help ????[:D][}:)][:D][:o)][:0]
I love that photo.
Y'all must have had a great time.