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A skunk passes through our back yard in its nightly rounds. It was out there again tonight. I'm waiting for one of our dogs to get sprayed.
I was just musing about the range of these odiferous critters. For instance, do you guys in Arizona have 'em? How about Florida? Anywhere else? Speak now or forever hold your nose.

OMG YES and YES and YES again.........we've got them little boogers like you wouldn't believe, they have become VERY active around here at night, in about another 2 months, the little boogers will be looking for a nesting spot for the winter, nothing is safe, your storage shed, under the house, under a stored vehicle, best remedy to rid your property of them, ammonia, they HATES ammonia, also, they HATES moth balls too!

Dennis

oh yes we have them here!...... they mainly are found along the roadside! Its a 'smelly' situation!

I am sure there are some around here in the wooded areas. But I have never had the opportunity to come across one. lol.

Some people have them as pets, but they have something removed(?) so they will not spray.

Heck, the pogy plants here are enough to gag you, who needs a skunk? LOL!!

When I was a teenager, my deck at my parent's house had a nest of possums. They used to come for a nightly visit and eat the stray cat's food. Well, not too long after, skunks came along also and did the same thing. Fortunately, nothing ever happened to the stray - he would just keep out of their way! :o

I've come across several skunks over the years in Massachusetts, in my yard... not sure why there haven't been any where I live in Florida. This area has grown extremely quickly in the last decade, not sure why wild animals aren't being seen.

In southeastern Massachusetts, where development has been rapid, there have been foxes, rabbits and even deer being seen more often than in years past.

ColdFront77 wrote:I've come across several skunks over the years in Massachusetts, in my yeard... not sure why there haven't been any where I live in Florida. This area has grown extremely quickly in the last decade, not sure why wild animals aren't being seen.

In southeastern Massachusetts, where development has been rapid, there have been foxes, rabbits and even deer being seen more often than in years past.

Perhaps the Alligators eat them all

I've never seen one in this area of suburbia, but have seen (and smelled) them in the wilderness areas of Douglas County....toward Mirror Lake and Villa Rica; as well as south toward Carrollton and Newnan.

I've never seen one in Florida either. But when I lived in New York, I remember a few smelly encounters with skunks. So glad I haven't crossed the path of one in a long time. Hope I didn't just jinks myself. LOL

Never seen one in my Life, and thats just fine by me

LOL, Chad, you're quite lucky!

Like Shannon stated for her region, here, we see
(and smell) them, mainly, as ROADKILL! I have had
the misfortune, once or twice, of being the road KILLER...

Eeeeeewww - run for the hills, Granny!

Dennis may have skunks in the high country of Arizona, but down here in the scorching desert...I haven't seen a dead skunk (or a live one) in the middle of the road in the entire 6 years I have been here.

Rabbits, coyotes, ground squirrels, and javelinas are a bit more noticed and none of them smell too bad (unless of course they are indeed left in the middle of the road!)

This is weird... Could've swore I saw this same thread weeks ago... Deja Vu...

We don't have many skunks around here, but occasionally you can smell 'em.