Problem

How do get rid of him without having him stink up the place?

I know that I can shoot him from far enough away that he won't get me but he will stink up the area.

Thanks,

Dusty

I think a few people missed the detail:

Skunk is caught in leg trap, which is anchored under the shed.

The inhumane circumstance, is that he's trapped, and will die slowly of starvation and thirst.

Getting a clean shot through his spine at C1/C2 will be difficult, regardless of what you use.

Enclosing the base of the shed somehow (hay bales and tarps) without skunk seeing you is probably the most doable approach, and then carbon monoxide would be most gentle.

Problem remains, skunks will spray even when dead, as muscles contract in rigor.

What's chances you can snag onto the trap's anchor stake with a cable or chain with a long hook, then use a long, long, long rope, pull it out, and drag the trap and skunk out into the timber, take a right turn around the far side of a tree trunk, and head off in that direction far enough so you won't be seen, and you'd stay out of 'range'?

Once there, an optically-enhanced projectile from a considerable distance, spray or not, would be quick...

Starting fluid is called ether and ether is used to put you to sleep. So I slipped up on him, holding a large towel in front of me, and sprayed him with some of that, didn't work.

He went under the shed and faced out, so I shot him in the head with my .22. 

The place stinks a little.

Dusty

Mmmmmm,,,, Yeah, Tom,,,sometimes them city slickers just do not understand what them country boys gots to do to get things done,,,,, They prolly think you are a "meannie" cause you put the trap out there to start with,,,,,

Important thing is, you're the WINNER!

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As far as skunk stories go, a long lost friend from college, I usedta work for or with, occasionally, told one about a legendary indian drywall hanger, would do 7 days of work, in about 3 or 4, get his check, then binge drink it up, for the remainder of the week.  Now, back in those days they had these things known as drive-up liquor stores, and the one down the street, in Berwyn heights, was the subject.  They cut him off, told him to go home and sleep it off, and man that was one P.O'ed 7' tall indian!  Anyway, having a knowledge of all things natural, he knew that if a skunk is lifted by his tail, off the ground, quickly, and sneakily enough, he won't spray, cause he can't set and brace his back feet! (I being a prudent man, with nothing against skunks of a 4 legged variety have never tested this maxim...)  Anyway, the large PO'ed indian, then walks up to the drive through window, after dark, raps on it, they open it, he flings in said skunk, and the place is closed for cleaning, for the next coupla days...  I'll let all draw their own moral to the story..