I just avoid them. They hang around my yard at night, but they seem preoccupied with snuffling around for grubs. However, one night, I stepped out on my porch and one of them came jettin' into the flower bed 10 feet away. Never saw a skunk move that fast. I assume it was after a mouse, or maybe it caught wind of a predator. I just stood there nice & still for a minute until it left. Never saw a skunk move that fast.