"Dispatching" Skunks

[mneeley490]

They work good and aren't what I'd call expensive. Duke's dog proof coon traps. Best bait I've found to use in them is a hostess chocolate cupcake.

Break it up and pack it around the trigger mechanism with a stick once set. The coon will trip the trap trying to get the goodies out.

Be aware that this is a leg trap so you have to dispatch the trapped animal once caught.

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I'll remember this the next time I'm reaching into a hole for a Hostess cupcake.

 

[Cattoon]

I'll remember this the next time I'm reaching into a hole for a Hostess cupcake.

Miniature marshmallows will get you too…….

 

[DougE]

I'll remember this the next time I'm reaching into a hole for a Hostess cupcake.

You got some really tiny hands if you can get them in this hole. It's just big enough for a raccoon to get its paw in to retrieve the goodies. When it gets to the bottom, it grabs and pulls up on the trip bar, and BAM. The trap cannot be set off by pushing down on the trip. It has to be pulled upward toward the opening to go off.