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Main Discussion Area => Around the Campfire => Topic started by: JEB on September 03, 2012, 12:16:13 am

Title: Skunk smell?
Post by: JEB on September 03, 2012, 12:16:13 am
Picked up a tanned skunk pelt at Fintridge today and it has a slight odor to it.  anyone know of anything that may help tame the smell a bit.  want to make my grnadson a back quiver out of it.  thanks
Title: Re: Skunk smell?
Post by: Pat B on September 03, 2012, 12:35:42 am
I had a vet tell me to use Massengil douche if I ever got hit by a skunk. You could try that. I had a set of skunk string silencers that reeked when they got wet but didn't necessarily have a bad smell dry.
Title: Re: Skunk smell?
Post by: paulsemp on September 03, 2012, 01:26:16 am
My dog seams to get hit once a month and we use a dawn dish soap with hydrogen peroxide mix.
The spray is a oil and you need to cut that oil.
Title: Re: Skunk smell?
Post by: PEARL DRUMS on September 03, 2012, 09:41:21 am
Tomatoe juice works on live fur, why not dead fur to?
Title: Re: Skunk smell?
Post by: JW_Halverson on September 06, 2012, 01:27:20 am
Think of it as cover scent!

As long as it ain't strong, I kinda like it.
Title: Re: Skunk smell?
Post by: YosemiteBen on September 07, 2012, 01:14:59 pm
Lemon Juic before tomato juice - It has more citric acid to cut the oil - dawn works well or sneak it into the washing machine with some Ivory soap and the re-stretch it over a rail to loosen it up.
Title: Re: Skunk smell?
Post by: Tom Leemans on September 19, 2012, 11:50:17 am
The massengil was probably recommended because of the vinegar. I know if a gun dog got sprayed, we'd saturate him with vinegar and when the vinegar smell was gone, the skunk smell usually was too.
Title: Re: Skunk smell?
Post by: Kpete on September 19, 2012, 01:57:52 pm
be sure to turn the truck heater on high as you transport the wet quiver back from the field.  \
I remember when two dumb kids put cover scent on their boots and then fired up the heater in the Ford Fairlane.  Woof!   We both survived.   Did I say WE?  I mean, I think those two dumb kids lived to adulthood. :P
Title: Re: Skunk smell?
Post by: agd68 on September 20, 2012, 08:29:14 am
Check your local vet or pet supply. We have stuff up here called Skunk-Away. It's a shampoo that take the smell away . Works great.