Squashed Skunk

[ppirate]

Took a trip the other day up to Ashe County to have a look around and one thing I saw were dead skunks all over the place. During a couple hour trip I must have see 15 or so dead skunks ranging from been on the road a while to make you eyes water just happened.

Is March 'hot time in the country' for these buggers?

 

[P01135809]

Took a trip the other day up to Ashe County to have a look around and one thing I saw were dead skunks all over the place. During a couple hour trip I must have see 15 or so dead skunks ranging from been on the road a while to make you eyes water just happened.

Is March 'hot time in the country' for these buggers?

I must have seen 50 of them last week in Arkansas! They must be downright suicidal.

RIP 🦨

 

[Frack N Cylons]

I have never seen more roadkill skunks in my life than around Lake Norman. I think I’ve seen more in the past 5 years than my first 35 combined.

 

[Inglis]

We are in the middle of the great skunk invasion. It stinks.

 

[SpecialK]

Took a trip the other day up to Ashe County to have a look around and one thing I saw were dead skunks all over the place. During a couple hour trip I must have see 15 or so dead skunks ranging from been on the road a while to make you eyes water just happened.

Is March 'hot time in the country' for these buggers?

I’ve noticed the same. It’s partly due to it being their breeding season right now.

 

[turkeydance]

quote from The Old Farmer's Almanac
February 26th, 2024:
Skunks mate now (page 127).

 

[Inglis]

quote from The Old Farmer's Almanac
February 26th, 2024:
Skunks mate now (page 127).

Interesting what you find in the Old Farmer's Almanac?

 

[beamernc]

We have been noticing over the last several years, they start getting hit around the last week of January and then continues heavy through mid to late February. Certain areas around here, it's not uncommon to see 3 or 4 hit at a time.

 

[fieldgrade]

 

[fieldgrade]

^^^^ I think that qualifies for @Red Marley ’s thread

 

[DangerRuss]

Same here - I’ve been seeing (and smelling) dead skunks along Hwy 64 in Chatham county in the past few weeks, and never remember seeing so many.

 

[NKD]

I was surprised to hardly ever see or smell a skunk after moving from the west. We had lots.

But lately I've seen quite a few road kills!

 

[Inglis]

Same here - I’ve been seeing (and smelling) dead skunks along Hwy 64 in Chatham county in the past few weeks, and never remember seeing so many.

if you only had a one a year chance for on skunk action you would be going nuts looking for some.

 

[HawgBonz]

@beamernc
Skunk counter! 🤣🤣

 

[turkeydance]

"so you're tellin' me there's chance?"

 

[Average Joe]

Yep it’s their mating season. Like deer during the rut. Guys running around acting stupid and thinking with their….. well parts God gave them. And it’s not the brain 🤣

 

[Charlie]

We once had skunks here on Oak Island, but I have not seen one in years. I suppose they disappeared when the dunes were leveled for houses. I have also never seen a skunk up on the farm in Winnabow. My wife grew up in Greenville, NC, and had never smelled one until I took her over to Tennessee. She was not amused with their delicate aroma.

 

[Chihuahua Floyd]

Mating season and full moon.

 

[RR]

I’ve noticed the same. It’s partly due to it being their breeding season right now.

This. They're on the move. Looking for love in all the wrong places.

 

[fieldgrade]

 

[beavershooter]

Just remember, if you run over one with your car , do the right thing and pullover and bury it and if there is enough room in the hole put the skunk in also

 

[DrScaryGuy]

never did know where this came from, but i heard renditions of it a few times as a kid when we were doing cross country vacations

 

[Big Dave]

Along these lines, I have also noticed a sad number of hawks dead along the roads the last two days. Anyone else seeing this?