Pictures of Skunks in positive and trail sets today, without bait.

The pictures show 3 of 4 double door 9x11x18 Comstock Cage Traps set for skunks during the late winter breeding season, each one of them with a skunk.  Skunks were living under the house and had sprayed.  Two traps were set side by side in baitless positive sets where the skunks were going under the house.  There is a "dirty" path in the snow where the male skunks were traveling in and out of the den site.  A second small building, perhaps 50 yards away, also had an area the skunks were frequenting with a beaten down path between the two dens.  Two more traps were set in between the two den sites, again no bait was used.

First check of the 4 traps yielded the 3 skunks, which is very common.  The reason for multiple sets is because many times there are 5 to 9 or more skunks at a location.  Multiple traps just makes the job go faster.  Because the urge to mate is so strong, skunks don't usually wise up to the traps, but keep coming until they are all captured.  Skunks don't always respond to bait well, but using a combination of positive and trail sets will usually take them all quickly.