okay so today we have a special treat I don't know about you but sometimes when
I live catch something you'll end up with a skunk you have to handle those
things very carefully and here it is this is a have a hard model 998 and it
has a wind-up release on the side so you don't have to be right next to the skunk
when you open it up and it comes out so you don't get sprayed look at him here
sitting and waiting gander this trap in the middle of the night and he ate
marshmallows that's what we used for bait
we had some rain storms and he is none too happy so I'm gonna walk up here with
this burlap bag I'm gonna put that on there to cover him up so he can't see me
it's important to talk to them and make some noise as you walk up cuz they do
not like surprises now I'm gonna undo the two little side latches here because
when this thing Springs open he is gonna run out don't forget to set your winder
first I almost popped it open here when I release the side oops so we want to
wind the timer all the way just like a kitchen timer take it all the way to
five minutes the maximum you can set it for is five minutes and if you want it
to be shorter then you just wind it back after you hit the five minute mark now
that's the only thing holding the side door shut and it pulled the burlap off
and walk away so now we want to get a video when that door pops open and the
skunk comes running out in your safe distance away this is perfect and
everything about that little skunk right there this is not a full gremlin he
looks like he's a year or so old and he's been coming and visiting and eating
marshmallows for a while here we're gonna let that timer take down we're
gonna talk a little bit about skunks why do we want them do I want to kill this
guy no the whole purpose I have a lot of cat trap as you can turn them loose and
I'm turning this one loose right where he was trapped right on my property and
that's because I want him to eat the mice and moles and moles and I also like
it when they dig out the yellowjacket in ground wasp nests so these things are
really a benefit you don't want to stress them so a lot of people think
live catch trap Slyke this one stress the animal out well we're gonna find out
when this side thing pops open he's gonna come flying it out of there now
we're showing you two different camera angles because we don't want to miss the
action skunks are nocturnal so he really doesn't want to be out in the open in
the middle of the day so I expect when that goes open he's gonna run for it and
I thought I would just share this on the YouTube channel and we'll put a link to
this trap down in the video description if you're interested in one it's 36
inches long it's 12 inches tall and it's only 10 inches wide normally you would
have to lift one of the ends to let him out but not this time
the timer's gonna pop that side door open he's gonna run out of there because
you're in jeopardy when you have to open the ends you startled that skunk and
I'll spray you and they can spray quite a distance and you want to be safe and
of course is a rainy day and here we go timers winding down it's gonna pop open
and he's gonna get out nope there it goes he's gonna rush out of there at any
moment I'm glad I'm not right next to the trap because sometimes especially
young skunks like this one they spray it for no reason at all you just flip their
little tail up sometimes they do a little handstand they fluff and stamp
their feet they're angry apparently he's not that interested in getting out he's
just looking at the door doesn't even care it's stressful for any animal to be
trapped in a cage they want out they want to be anywhere but there skunks
have terrible eyesight that's why often you walked up on them and they're not
ready for you to be there and they let you have it my dog won't even go near a
skunk anymore he's been sprayed so often maybe it's in shock it's a pretty mellow
just laying there looking around doors open
time to go now it'll come out for sure because it started raining a lot of rain
storms come through here recently so we know this is gonna drive them out of
that cage but then again maybe use that shelter underneath that solid end piece
I'm gonna throw some marshmallows out here I mean it's what we used to trap
him surely he'll see these marshmallows out there and he'll come out to get him
well that wasn't working so I start tossing some marshmallows in there well
that one went right past him I'm starting to wonder about the
effectiveness that their noses really long it takes them to find a marshmallow
it's right in front of them there's a little mini marshmallows after today I
can attest to the fact that they hold up in the rain pretty good too and I mean
it doesn't even find the marshmallow oh there it is so I guess if you're
spoon-feed them put it right in front of their nose they can find the marshmallow
pretty easily that will come out maybe I'll give him some sugar energy and
he'll want to run out the side no no only got another one he doesn't even
mind that they're covered in water
so apparently he likes the marshmallows as long as they land inside the cage and
the bouncing laughs aside throwing wet the ground putting them on
the ramp instead of exciting him and getting him out the door what does he do
he takes a nap it's a marshmallow eating warm out now maybe if I just put a
couple marshmallows right up on the edge there you know I'm standing behind the
shield at the end of the cage I'm gonna put one right there that'll surely
entice him to come out and eat a marshmallow nope you did not like that
one bit all right so I'll walk away a little bit maybe it's better to just
throw him at him his little slice to eat the hell fix his wagon that's for a
bunch of black oil sunflower seeds down here and get my free-range chickens to
come and eat right next to the cage surely that'll stress him and he'll go
out plus I put a wooden dowel rod through there to make it so that he
wouldn't want to go back in a little wedge area at the end of the cage and
what does he do it's a nap on the rig doesn't even care about the chickens
well I guess what the chickens don't care about him either so they walked on
we got to find something else to do apparently having a trap with a side
door flips up and doesn't create the drama you would think it would look he's
all stressed now he has to take another nap no secret though they're nocturnal
they would normally sleep during the day what's getting good he's actually gonna
stick his nose out and eat marshmallows look at landed one eye right on his
further don't even pretend this isn't a great shot I threw that marshmallow from
a good seven feet away always to get his nose out this is gonna be good
there you go well he got one I guess they just have to be within a couple
inches of his nose to encourage him to go somewhere well he got another one you
know this was a raccoon or something he'd be running out of there I know
marshmallows are good for him it's just a big sugar head
but if you want to trap raccoons or if you want to trap
skunks like this one marshmallows are in this plight call sunflower seed right
there that's health food he doesn't want any of that but he's gonna come out here
and eat cheese marshmallows I think we've pretty well proven that I had a
heart trap like this one doesn't stress the animals in the least in fact I'm
ashamed to say that I blew over three hours waiting for this conk to come out
of this cage I went through a couple rain storms through marshmallows Adam
had the chickens visit talked to him a little bit let's the side gate open I
even walked away and had coffee while I left the video cameras running you just
hung out right there I've seen this gunk around that's why I put the trap out in
the first place something was eating all of my beeswax on my bee porch turns out
it was a skunk so if you've got them no reason to kill them if your beehives are
up off the ground skunks won't eat your bees they'll
definitely eat all of your craft marshmallows so you want to keep those
locked away safe don't expect them to do anything too exciting if you catch them
in a trap don't get sprayed they seem to take a lot of naps I started this video
at 6:30 in the morning and finished it at 11:50 so I think he's out for good I
think it's gonna take off I think he's about to hit it and I appreciate that
you sat here and watched how this trap works this thing's awesome of course we
put the burlap on there and tried to close it all up around so that there
would only be one source of light maybe that would work it's hard to know why
this guy's decided to come out all I know is he'll eat all your marshmallows
and run away thanks for watching hope you had some
fun dope kills chunks they're a huge benefit the environment for a benefit in
the BER because it's gonna kill wasps and keep
your beehives elevated says tongues don't eat your bees on the land abort
thanks for watching
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