That said one of our Australian Shepherds has a deep prejudice against them and has terminated a few.
We never see them here in the Silicon Valley suburbs, but their “aroma” sure penetrates homes whenever one goes off. I have to jump up and get the bedroom window closed as fast as I can.
My brother’s dog once “caught” a skunk.
The skunk sprayed the dog in the face. Quite a shock to the dog, and my brother couldn’t get the stink out for a week.
Hahaha “wanders off to stink another day”.
Sounds like a day in the life of a liberal. But that’s an insult to skunks. I like skunks.
Skunks don’t have “face” offs. It’s the other end that matters.
Same with my Blue Heeler. He takes the spray and delivers the fatal bites. Then I wash him with Dawn dish soap a few times. This all happens in our fenced yard at night. Ive trapped 13 in 5 years, he has got 3.
There’s a line in the game Far Cry 5.
When you’re with Jess Black at night running around the hills of Hope County, Montana, and a skunk shows up...
She says, “Gotta be careful with skunks. F**kin’ stink ninjas at night.”
Cracked me up.
The skunk is Dickwad Hams and the mountain lion is Ken Buck.
Here in semi-rural PA, there are folks with pet skunks.
Every week or so you smell a wild skunk, probably road kill, and on occasion I’ve detected one near my property.
We’re more worried about new arrivals from NY and NJ.
another one of those sites you have to sign up for to watch the Vid... Pffffft...
I got sprayed once. That was more than enough for me!
He killed one under the house in July 1962 and it took us weeks to figure out where the smell was coming from. I hated that dog.
that’s gonna be one starving cougar - his prey will smell him from a mile away for a week or two
About 20 years ago a skunk died under my neighbor’s front porch. Her son was up for the weekend and had to crawl under and drag it out. The stink finally dissipated after about a month or so. I’m not sure how long it was before her son’s wife let him back in the house...
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I was out driving with a friend and photographer in north Louisiana. (both of us shutterbugs) I saw something cross the road and slowed down, already going slow, just before dark. Turned out to be a skunk, I jumped out and wanted to grab a picture but it disappeared into the weeds just across a ditch. The passenger was going to get out too, he opened the door and got his foot on the ground, yelled something I won’t repeat and got back inside in a big hurry.
Four baby skunks each about 8 inches long about 2 feet from his foot. We decided to call it a day. Without skunk pictures, the little ones disappeared into the brush too, before he could get a shot of them.
I still have never gotten a skunk picture. Foxes, a Bobcat, Otters, all sorts of birds and various wildlife but no skunks, wolves or bears.