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Offline JEB

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Skunk smell?
« 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

Offline Pat B

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Re: Skunk smell?
« Reply #1 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.
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Offline paulsemp

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Re: Skunk smell?
« Reply #2 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.

Offline PEARL DRUMS

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Re: Skunk smell?
« Reply #3 on: September 03, 2012, 09:41:21 am »
Tomatoe juice works on live fur, why not dead fur to?
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Offline JW_Halverson

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Re: Skunk smell?
« Reply #4 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.
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Offline YosemiteBen

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Re: Skunk smell?
« Reply #5 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.

Offline Tom Leemans

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Re: Skunk smell?
« Reply #6 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.

Offline Kpete

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Re: Skunk smell?
« Reply #7 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

Offline agd68

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Re: Skunk smell?
« Reply #8 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.
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