I live on a farm and have skunks around quite often. Since they are excellent mousers, and also eat yellow jackets, I give them a pass. Ymmv.
People don't realize they mouse better than any cat ever could. We trap them for a living, and might have one out of 100 spray. Not a direct shot, just a little warning sign when you cover them. If you're going to dispatch with a firearm, never shoot them in the head. First they will just about always spray, and second if they do happen to have the rabies virus you will be exposing it to the air for a possible exposure. We euthanize with a CO2 chamber, they go lights out quickly. Others will use chloroform, and some use a lethal injection from a syringe pole. Be careful about using drowning as a euthanization method,(or at least talking about it) as you may be exposing yourself to a felony animal cruelty charge unknowingly. Just a heads up.
