Pesting Skunks with semi auto

[MountainSportAirguns]

I received a call from a friend of mine who owns a large poultry farm, he asked if I could help him with his Skunk problem. The problem is these Skunks get into the 100k SQ ft buildings that house upwards of 60,000 chickens. The Skunks attack chickens, steal eggs, spray and in the free range pens can even kill them. For this trip I used the Western Airguns Sidewinder in .22 caliber that I turned down to 20 fpe using the 15gr JSB Hades pellets. Enclosed is the full video that shows the action along with more details of my kit setup. Cheers

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[Eric Brewer]

This is a job I couldn't do. More power to you bud.

 

[Madeintheuk]

You need a strong stomach for sure. Anything other than decent head shots, and they spray! It’s definitely no fun! Especially indoors!

 

[MountainSportAirguns]

You need a strong stomach for sure. Anything other than decent head shots, and they spray! It’s definitely no fun! Especially indoors!

Only had one spray and it happened to be a headshot

 

[Madeintheuk]

Only had one spray and it happened to be a headshot

maybe I got that backwards.

 

[IAMzehTOASTY1]

Awesome job! Done my share of skunk pestingthe smell doesn't bother me for some reason we do what we gotta do

 

[HubenK1Sniper92]

Only had one spray and it happened to be a headshot

I agree I never head shot skunks, I just shot 3 the last 2 nights and always try for heart shot, seems like they don’t spray then.. I shot them with my .25 cal huben at around 70fpe, let’s just say that they didn’t go very far before they expired

 

[Nealgl1985]

Headshot=spray

 

[Danman]

100% true, shoot em in the heart. they won't realize what happened and then they collapse dead. Head shot mostly results in sprays, I speak from experience....used .177 with 18fpe. Wasn't sure if it was enough gun till I hit the first one. rolled into ditch, no spray no follow up req. They get a little crazy around here mid autumn, otherwise not a problem.