I never try to discourage skunks from my yard because they eat yellow jacket nests during their nightly forages. I've never had a problem with yellow jackets as long as skunks have visited my yard. One year, a neighbor poisoned the local skunks, and the yellow jacket population skyrocketed; I don't believe this was a coincidence. Yellow jackets are notoriously aggressive--skunks are not.
I never try to discourage skunks from my yard because they eat yellow jacket nests during their nightly forages. I've never had a problem with yellow jackets as long as skunks have visited my yard. One year, a neighbor poisoned the local skunks, and the yellow jacket population skyrocketed; I don't believe this was a coincidence. Yellow jackets are notoriously aggressive--skunks are not.