Whoever said that has obviously never tried it.

I' ve read that too, somewhere, so I tried it the other day. I live trapped a skunk for my neighbor. I sneaked in to throw a tarp over (which, by the way, didn' t work either). Then I put it in the back of my dad' s truck and we took it down to the creek. We carried it to the bank and unrolled the tarp. The trap went in, the skunk swam around, and a second later these little oily bubbles come to the surface and start popping. Then came the smell. I didn' t think they could spray under water, but I guess I was wrong.[&:] I' m gonna try the shot through the lungs trick. I' ll write back if that works.
-Spike Buck