Here's , my little skunk story: Many years ago I was down at the river I live by working on the pump. I hear some squeaking and look up and here, parading along is mommy skunk and 4 or 5 little tykes following her. THe little ones saw me and headed right for me. I ran over and jumped up on top of my VW Beetle and sat there. The little ones kept circling the car, squeaking the whole time, round and round they went. I must have sat there a good 2 minutes before mommy got control of them, lined them up and her and her brood marched off. I have no idea why they were so interested in getting to me. Maybe I had been working hard enough that I smelled familiar to them, they thought, here's daddy!
I've caught several skunks in my trap. I throw a small tarp over the trap and hall them off. If they can't see me they don't spray. I've also made the trap small enough that they can't get their tail up, er, I hope.