My younger brother made this impressive kill on a rather large skunk and I thought it might be cool/funny to tan the pelt and give it to him. Can see him in his golden years regaling the grandkids with his tails of mad "bail spearing" skills and life & death battles versus vicious skunks.

So here's the question. How nasty is it to skin one of these suckers out? Is there a trick to it like freezing it? If so will it stink up the freezer? Should I be asking this in the Taxi section??

You gonna mount it

Skin it underwater. Wearing gloves to your shoulders. And clothes you planned on burning anyway. Do it when the wife will be gone for a week or 10 days. (otherwise, YOU will be gone for a week or 10 days)

Just have the picture printed and framed for him. You can thank me later!

Go buy one that someone else skinned.

Trust me there is no way to skin it without getting stinky.
My cousin tried it about 30 years ago and still get nauseous when he smells a skunk.

Have to agree with cross hare on this one.

That gives new meaning to the name "Pole Cat".

DONT DO IT !

You'll need to carefully remove the scent gland. Get some gasoline and soak the skunk in it for 30 minutes and remove. Place it in a clearing in complete sunlight and light the skunk on fire. I like the picture idea.

If you do skin it you're a better man than a lot of us.
Jam a bunch of Vicks up your nose wear a hazmat suit, full respirator and go to the woods.

Im not sure there is a good way. There is an old man up here that does it all the time. When he is in town, you can smell him before you see hjm.

Skin it like a coon. I have skinned many of them just don't squeeze the scent gland on both sides of anus. I fact if you just want to tube it , cut below tail and leave a patch of hair about 2 inches and cut across to both insides of legs. Once that is done it should skin like any other critter. Just don't squeeze the glands

I implore you to proceed with your plan with the caveat that you start a new thread and post ongoing play-by-play action similar to the "Great Greyhound Bus Adventure of 2016"....I'll chip in $50 towards the mount if you do it..... I'm sure others here will likewise contribute....this skunk mount adventure thread could easily surpass Cody's Llama!

There was some guy on here a few years ago that was asking how to get the skunk smell out of his freezer. He had to have been single. I'm sure putting a skunk in the freezer would be a serious strain on a marriage.

Save yourself the punishment and just buy a fake skunk fur. He will understand and prob never know the difference

Dave ...

Next time I see you and you have a very Luxurious Dark Hair Piece...


I'm calling BS

I'm out!

PePe Le Pew bit the dust

Don't!