Hi everyone,
I`am new to this fourm,but have been reading
it for sometime now....SCRAPHUNTER,in responce to your question. I am a nuisance
wildlife control operator and I have to deal
with skunks almost on a daily basis. we use a
lot of cage traps and when one of these gets
sprayed we use a ozone machine to take the
odor off. It sounds like your using a foot
hold trap, if so, try using a commercial
odor remover such as Natures Remedy. you can
find it at most feed or hardware stores.
After you treat your trap you should then boil it in clean water. Dipping your trap in
tomato juice will give you nothing but a pink
trap that smells like a skunk! If the skunk
sprays at the catch site thats not a really
bad thing, just remake your set in the same
catch circle, bedding and covering the trap
with clean dirt. Canids actually find skunk
essance something to check out and will help
keep them at your set a little longer then it`s up to your lure to do the rest.