Skunk Removal & Skunk Control

Skunk Removal services in Berrien, Van Buren and Cass Counties is a call that most wildlife control operators receive during the late winter and very early spring times of the year. Skunks often referred to as pole cats are for the most part is black to brown with a white to cream stripes running down the backside of its entire body from its nose tip to the tip of its tail. They are essentially the very same size of a house cat and are very shy in nature. If a skunk is frightened they will emit a pungent foul odor. This spraying is their defense mechanism which makes them a nuisance animal that most people do not want to have around. Skunks will often times big holes underneath the front of the step of a home or building or they will dig a burrow under a deck or an outside shed they are digging these holes in an effort to find a secure place to live and have babies. Hayman Wildlife Management provide complete skunk removal, skunk trapping and skunk control services throughout Berrien Springs, Benton Harbor, St Joseph, Stevensville and surrounding Michigan areas.

Skunks will start their breeding process in late February and it will extend through the end of March often times you will know that this process is happening because of the amount of skunks seen ran over on the road this is a sure indication that skunks are in their breeding cycle. Female skunks will have their babies in approximately four weeks and raise their young throughout the spring, this process is totally unassisted by the male skunk. Skunks within the Michigan area are often controlled by doing what’s called a wildlife exclusion or by performing skunk trapping. Setting a trap for a skunk is the most common way for a wildlife control technician to resolve a skunk problem. After the skunk has been caught the skunk holes which they have dug should be checked and filled in with concrete to assure that no other skunks in the area will use these open dens.

If you have seen a skunk on your property, or if you are experiencing an unpleasant odor in your home or office building please give Hayman Wildlife Management a call and arrange the set up a complete no obligation skunk inspection today.