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Offline MDCAT

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Skunk smell, need help again
« on: November 30, 2009, 03:44:26 AM »
Got a skunk this morning in a duke 1 1/2 cs.  How in the world do I get the smell off this trap?  Will try anything!!!!
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Re: Skunk smell, need help again
« Reply #1 on: November 30, 2009, 03:48:47 AM »
Lay it in the creek a few days.
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Re: Skunk smell, need help again
« Reply #2 on: November 30, 2009, 12:48:29 PM »
Pint of  peroxide, tablespoon dish soap, 1/2 cup baking soda . soak trap in awhile... works great
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Re: Skunk smell, need help again
« Reply #3 on: November 30, 2009, 01:06:03 PM »
How do you get the dish soap smell off?
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Re: Skunk smell, need help again
« Reply #4 on: November 30, 2009, 01:11:39 PM »
Seriously,
A guy I worked with in our machine shop told me Simple Green cleaner worked great.
Worth a try.
Good for cleaning black powder guns too.
They have various products, but this is what we used in the shop, plain old simplegreen cleaner.
http://industrial.simplegreen.com/ind_products_all_purpose.php

I've heard tomato paste/sauce works too - don't know for sure.
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Re: Skunk smell, need help again
« Reply #5 on: November 30, 2009, 01:28:34 PM »
In the world of trapping I have not done that much, but I have done enough to know that one has to be careful, and not replace a wild smell such as skunk, with a human smell such as soap, or chemical. Am I right or wrong here trapper professionals. I'm a novice.
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Re: Skunk smell, need help again
« Reply #6 on: November 30, 2009, 01:58:26 PM »
 Soap is no big deal, and the recipe lee gave is the ultimate in skunk stink removal.Just don't enclose the concoction in a closed container.
 Soap washes off very easily and it is not a major concern in the skunk removal concoction.
 Tom
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Re: Skunk smell, need help again
« Reply #7 on: November 30, 2009, 02:13:37 PM »
Now I know something I didn't know.
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Re: Skunk smell, need help again
« Reply #8 on: November 30, 2009, 09:46:57 PM »
If you are going to re-set the same spot, I wouldn't worry about the skunk smell.  It smells the same as all the dirt within the catch circle.  Around here some skunk oder will attract after it mellows out a little.  Fox and coyotes seem to like to check it out.

If you are finished with that spot and want to clean up the trap, then the peroxide/baking soda/soap is the way to go.
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Re: Skunk smell, need help again
« Reply #9 on: December 01, 2009, 12:58:25 PM »
Quote from: RdFx on November 30, 2009, 12:48:29 PM
Pint of  peroxide, tablespoon dish soap, 1/2 cup baking soda . soak trap in awhile... works great

Rdfx, I mixed this up today and am giving it a try.  Thanks to everyone for their help.
Mike
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Re: Skunk smell, need help again
« Reply #10 on: December 01, 2009, 02:46:41 PM »
RdFx and Bog are correct with the mix they speak of. I've been skunked more than my share and I do use the mix they mention to clean up. Baking soda alone goes a long way in keeping odors down. I go to the feed mill and buy a 100lb bag, last one was under $20.00. They call it sodium bicarbonate and it is the same thing far as I know. I sprinkle the stuff on the floor where I skin/scrap and use it and dish soap when I hose out the truck bed. I throw a cup full in when the washing machine with my trapping clothes. When you buy it cheap enough you can be pretty liberal with it.

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Re: Skunk smell, need help again
« Reply #11 on: December 01, 2009, 02:57:26 PM »
skunk essence is a oiley type substance, any solvent will cut it.gasoline was i always what i used when trapping. then just just use a soap to get rid of the solvent smell. as far as it is on a trap. i never worried about it, predators love it.
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