A slightly bit odorous
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Topic: A slightly bit odorous
Posted By: DMiller
Subject: A slightly bit odorous
Date Posted: 27 Nov 2024 at 2:40am
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Early morning haul at work, sand to a concrete plant near Wentzville as they open gates at 5. Had preloaded so sand started freezing to be walls and had to ‘shave that away, but not the issue. On to New Melle stone for Ag Lime load back to Rhineland MO, followed a group of rock haulers across scale at ticket office where one turned to the route I would be following. A little cb chatter as followed Femme Osage RD from quarry then the call out, ‘fella behind me, try to avoid the piles on the road!’ Thinking WTH? He is still reasonably close but hit Hi Beams anyway, then the spot showed up. Lane and a half wide blood guts and hides all wadded and scattered and seeming to be multiple critters, no way to avoid much of it, then second call out ‘gonna be nasty, was a family of skunks’ then the aroma hit. Fella expanded was at least two larger animals and a few smaller ones, was no way to avoid and hit them all. His truck was making him feel ill from the smell then he turned off. I dealt with the remnant odor of splatter and small pieces until finished the day, washed the grime out of wheel wells and off the chassis best as could in 40 degree weather, just NASTY!! |
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Posted By: DiyDave
Date Posted: 27 Nov 2024 at 4:14am
Did I hear a request? https://youtu.be/Uu5hzc2Mei4?si=E2xn-Wa3BD3T5AZx" rel="nofollow - https://youtu.be/Uu5hzc2Mei4?si=E2xn-Wa3BD3T5AZx ------------- Source: Babylon Bee. Sponsored by BRAWNDO, its got what you need! |
Posted By: Thad in AR.
Date Posted: 27 Nov 2024 at 5:58am
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It’s definitely skunk season. My mom fell and broke her hip. I spent the weekend with her last weekend in Fort Smith. Came home Monday morning at 4:00 am. Saw and smelled plenty on the way home. |
Posted By: JoeM(GA)
Date Posted: 27 Nov 2024 at 9:16am
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I hit one growing up, was bush hogging an old farm place, ended up dropping the cutter there for several weeks if I recall right, nasty, nasty smell! I can't imagine hitting one with a car! ------------- Allis Express North Georgia 41 WC,48 UC Cane,7-G's, Ford 345C TLB |
Posted By: Hubert (Ga)engine7
Date Posted: 27 Nov 2024 at 10:18am
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That is a nasty smell. It works better than tear gas for breaking up a crowd. Got a few at the farm, one is solid white. ------------- Just an old country boy saved by the grace of God. |
Posted By: Dirt Farmer
Date Posted: 28 Nov 2024 at 12:31am
| Several years ago ran one of them stinkers through the combine cutting soybeans late at night. Loaded the hopper and dumped it in its own wagon and warned the elevator not to put it in a bin but rather load a semi, top off with good beans and get rid of it. Seemed to take forever to get rid of the smell in the cab and no one else would drive the combine for a couple days but me, had to keep harvesting. |
Posted By: Pat the Plumber CIL
Date Posted: 28 Nov 2024 at 1:21pm
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Caught one in a coon trap a few weeks ago. My friend and I watched some you tube videos on how to dispatch without getting sprayed. One video showed you could walk up to one in a trap slowly. Make sure you keep it facing you, talk to it softly and try to calm it down. Then get 6 to 8 feet away and shoot it in the lungs. Maker of video claims they die and do not spray . My friend Chuck tried it as I said no way . Worked just like the video claimed. Never would have believed it if I didn't see it. I have been sprayed when I was younger and never want that to happen again. ------------- You only need to know 3 things to be a plumber;Crap rolls down hill,Hot is on the left and Don't bite your fingernails 1964 D-17 SIV 3 Pt.WF,1964 D-15 Ser II 3pt.WF ,1960 D-17 SI NF,1956 WD 45 WF. |
Posted By: DiyDave
Date Posted: 28 Nov 2024 at 6:03pm
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Never had the nerve to try this, but I've heard the story often. A skunk can't spray iffn'yer quick enough to grab it by the tail and get it legs offa the ground. A friend I went to college with said they had a huge American Indian working hanging drywall with them, he would do a week's work in 3 days, and go on a 3-4 day drunken bender. One time the local liquor store cut him off, wouldn't sell him anymore. He was pissed, went out into the woods, catched him a skunk, walked up to the drive through window, rapped on the glass, and when they opened it up, he whipped the skunk he was holding behind his back, right through said window. Said that place looked like a Chinese fire drill! ------------- Source: Babylon Bee. Sponsored by BRAWNDO, its got what you need! |
Posted By: Ray54
Date Posted: 28 Nov 2024 at 7:23pm
| About 10 years ago live ground squirrel traps were the thing to do. The neighbor has driveway on the fence line had several traps out. One got run over pushed it off into the fence, on my side. My son picks it up and figures he can still make it work. These were a foot square and 4 inches high. Yes it worked, had it by a feed manger. I went to feed the horses one morning. I see something in it as I put hay in. I looked again and it is a skunk. So I retreat in hast. A very hot summer day. By noon I figured nothing to do but use the hay fork and put it in the water trough 20 feet away. I get closer and a buzzard is sitting on the trap. Still no stink, get closer and buzzard is pecking it inside the wire. By some miracle it is dead, and buzzard is eating it. But I think fact the trap was so low it could not get the tail up enough to spray saved the day. The sun did the rest, and then the buzzard cleaned up the rest. I was very thankful. |
Posted By: Greg (Hillsboro, OH)
Date Posted: 29 Nov 2024 at 7:03am
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Dave, as soon as I saw your post, I knew exactly what it would be. My brother used to play/sing that on the guitar in the biology class he taught. |