KhunDon Posted November 15, 2020 Share Posted November 15, 2020 19 minutes ago, boydeste said: Ahh, an 8 wheeled boat, that’s clever. 🤣 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Yessongs Posted November 16, 2020 Share Posted November 16, 2020 So a few weeks back, Rachanee wakes me up in the middle of the night and asks me what this terrible smell is? I knew right away it was a Skunk. Even with the windows closed, it was bad. Week later the same, so we got one roaming the backyard in the neighborhood in the middle of the night, next door neighbor told me the same, they smell it too. So called this company called " Critter Control" in San Jose. What a joke, $400 for them to come out and leave 2 cages baited etc. Told them no thanks. Got on You Tube, checked a bunch of things and Home Depot has these cages. Bought it there and baited it with "Sardines" Did the trick as Sat night about 3:00am I hear the cage slam and this dude was alot bigger then I thought. He let out a ton of spray as Rachanee got about 10 feet from him and ran back in the house, it was bad. So all the You Tube guys say throw a towel over the cage, let it calm down and then pick it up and move it to where you want to let it go in the mountains etc. Dave next door neighbor let me use his Ford Pick up truck, took it out to Bear Creek Road on HWY17 and lifted up the door and of course he would not come out! Waited 2 minutes and he finally walked out slowly to enjoy his new life in the Mountains. 2 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lazarus Posted November 16, 2020 Share Posted November 16, 2020 ^ Nice work. Maybe a good part time retirement gig? Kind ❤️ Skunk Relocation Services. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lazarus Posted November 16, 2020 Share Posted November 16, 2020 Sharp-shinned Hawk - https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Sharp-shinned_Hawk/overview 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john luke Posted November 16, 2020 Author Share Posted November 16, 2020 1 hour ago, Yessongs said: So a few weeks back, Rachanee wakes me up in the middle of the night and asks me what this terrible smell is? I knew right away it was a Skunk. Even with the windows closed, it was bad. Week later the same, so we got one roaming the backyard in the neighborhood in the middle of the night, next door neighbor told me the same, they smell it too. So called this company called " Critter Control" in San Jose. What a joke, $400 for them to come out and leave 2 cages baited etc. Told them no thanks. Got on You Tube, checked a bunch of things and Home Depot has these cages. Bought it there and baited it with "Sardines" Did the trick as Sat night about 3:00am I hear the cage slam and this dude was alot bigger then I thought. He let out a ton of spray as Rachanee got about 10 feet from him and ran back in the house, it was bad. So all the You Tube guys say throw a towel over the cage, let it calm down and then pick it up and move it to where you want to let it go in the mountains etc. Dave next door neighbor let me use his Ford Pick up truck, took it out to Bear Creek Road on HWY17 and lifted up the door and of course he would not come out! Waited 2 minutes and he finally walked out slowly to enjoy his new life in the Mountains. A nice story with a happy ending.🙂 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maipenrai Posted November 16, 2020 Share Posted November 16, 2020 (edited) 1 hour ago, Yessongs said: So a few weeks back, Rachanee wakes me up in the middle of the night and asks me what this terrible smell is? I knew right away it was a Skunk. Even with the windows closed, it was bad. Week later the same, so we got one roaming the backyard in the neighborhood in the middle of the night, next door neighbor told me the same, they smell it too. So called this company called " Critter Control" in San Jose. What a joke, $400 for them to come out and leave 2 cages baited etc. Told them no thanks. Got on You Tube, checked a bunch of things and Home Depot has these cages. Bought it there and baited it with "Sardines" Did the trick as Sat night about 3:00am I hear the cage slam and this dude was alot bigger then I thought. He let out a ton of spray as Rachanee got about 10 feet from him and ran back in the house, it was bad. So all the You Tube guys say throw a towel over the cage, let it calm down and then pick it up and move it to where you want to let it go in the mountains etc. Dave next door neighbor let me use his Ford Pick up truck, took it out to Bear Creek Road on HWY17 and lifted up the door and of course he would not come out! Waited 2 minutes and he finally walked out slowly to enjoy his new life in the Mountains. Good story and good on you for giving the little guy another lease on life away from humankind, hopefully. We don't have skunks this far north so I had never smelled one in my life until I went out to Alberta to work the summer I got out of high school - we were driving back in from the jobsite one day and suddenly there was this awful smell and I asked the guys what it was, whereupon they told me it was a skunk that had been run over on the road; we must have run the corpse over as well because ten miles later when we pulled into camp, you could still smell it on the truck's tires! Now that winter is here and the snow is on the ground, every morning I can keep track of last night's visitors to my yard, especially after a light snow like last night's. I had a mouse hanging around that was worrying me a little - he was in and out of the unheated crawl spaces under my additions and I didn't really care about that but if he had gotten into the house it would have been bye-bye mouse - however a fox took care of him the other night, I could see the tracks clearly the next morning where the fox had pounced on him and got him! Edited November 16, 2020 by maipenrai 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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boydeste Posted November 16, 2020 Share Posted November 16, 2020 (edited) 2 hours ago, Yessongs said: So a few weeks back, Rachanee wakes me up in the middle of the night and asks me what this terrible smell is? I knew right away it was a Skunk. Even with the windows closed, it was bad. Week later the same, so we got one roaming the backyard in the neighborhood in the middle of the night, next door neighbor told me the same, they smell it too. So called this company called " Critter Control" in San Jose. What a joke, $400 for them to come out and leave 2 cages baited etc. Told them no thanks. Got on You Tube, checked a bunch of things and Home Depot has these cages. Bought it there and baited it with "Sardines" Did the trick as Sat night about 3:00am I hear the cage slam and this dude was alot bigger then I thought. He let out a ton of spray as Rachanee got about 10 feet from him and ran back in the house, it was bad. So all the You Tube guys say throw a towel over the cage, let it calm down and then pick it up and move it to where you want to let it go in the mountains etc. Dave next door neighbor let me use his Ford Pick up truck, took it out to Bear Creek Road on HWY17 and lifted up the door and of course he would not come out! Waited 2 minutes and he finally walked out slowly to enjoy his new life in the Mountains. Nice of you to relocate him, some would have dropped that cage into the river. They sure do stink, I have come across a few dead ones in Canada that have been run over! It used to be said that if you got sprayed, the only way to get rid of the smell was to take a bath in tomato juice. Edited November 16, 2020 by boydeste 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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forcebwithu Posted November 17, 2020 Share Posted November 17, 2020 9 hours ago, Yessongs said: So a few weeks back, Rachanee wakes me up in the middle of the night and asks me what this terrible smell is? I knew right away it was a Skunk. Even with the windows closed, it was bad. Week later the same, so we got one roaming the backyard in the neighborhood in the middle of the night, next door neighbor told me the same, they smell it too. So called this company called " Critter Control" in San Jose. What a joke, $400 for them to come out and leave 2 cages baited etc. Told them no thanks. Got on You Tube, checked a bunch of things and Home Depot has these cages. Bought it there and baited it with "Sardines" Did the trick as Sat night about 3:00am I hear the cage slam and this dude was alot bigger then I thought. He let out a ton of spray as Rachanee got about 10 feet from him and ran back in the house, it was bad. So all the You Tube guys say throw a towel over the cage, let it calm down and then pick it up and move it to where you want to let it go in the mountains etc. Dave next door neighbor let me use his Ford Pick up truck, took it out to Bear Creek Road on HWY17 and lifted up the door and of course he would not come out! Waited 2 minutes and he finally walked out slowly to enjoy his new life in the Mountains. So who did you gift the towel to? 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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boydeste Posted November 17, 2020 Share Posted November 17, 2020 An old plane flew over today, no idea what it is, phone on full zoom so not so clear. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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boydeste Posted November 17, 2020 Share Posted November 17, 2020 (edited) It's the time of year where the mice move into sheds and cause havoc, my traps have been active today. Edited November 17, 2020 by boydeste 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Lantern Posted November 18, 2020 Share Posted November 18, 2020 Back in 2009 I did a two month trip. Stayed in this girls room the whole time, it's off Pattaya Klang. She finally gets a win. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Shaksey Posted November 18, 2020 Share Posted November 18, 2020 3 hours ago, boydeste said: An old plane flew over today, no idea what it is, phone on full zoom so not so clear. Not old, very new, A400M.😎 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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