picked up a beautiful road kill skunk but can't get close enough to skin it, is there anything to soak it in whole to knock the smell out so i can skin it? tomatoe juice?
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Mix 1 qt Hydrogen peroxide (1%), 1 cup baking soda, 1 tsp liquid dish soap. Soak briefly or spray on. This mixture will oxidize the pertinent ingredients in skunk juice and render it non-odiferous. If your skunk is visibly smeared with the gland contents (which is yellow) , soak in gasoline first, hang to dry then soak in the peroxide mixture. Works for me every time.
Dip the skunk in a can of gasoline...then wash in laundry detergent...this will leave a clean smell...skin as usual.
Since petrol is expensive per gallon these days...not to waste the gasoline...pour it in the gas tank of your vehicle.
To get rid of 'that' smell?...trade it in.
~ ETCC
If you have access to moveing water ie:river ,brook,stream throw it in for a day smell will wash away make sure it stays on the bottom weight it down i use to do this when i trapped worked fine good luck