Finally after they have started damaging some of the rock walls and eaten some of our roots of plants she said get rid of them. I got the green light to hunt them !! Whoot! Poison could hurt other critters who eat sick half dead ones,. like our cat, who seems too old now to control the population. :(
Shit hunting chipmunks,.. ok let's dive in,.. Bow ,... them arrows are expensive,.. not a good option gun,.. nope I do not have the distance,..
So I came to the ideal of a scoped BB gun,.. hell it would be fun at least,..
Any advice,.. my guess is I have several dens on the property not sure exactly how many but my thoughts are many dozens of chipmunks. They just hang out now as I walk by like screw you,..
Recommendations for a bb gun and I hope the laws are ok to shoot that on my land right?? Pump gun? Honestly this is a brand new form of critter control for me any advice appreciated.
The Mighty Chipmunk Hunter :)
Otherwise just put out some bird food near their holes and shoot them when they come out.....of course you'll need to be scent free, in your pop up blind, get there and hour before daylight, and sit over your bait pile. Lol
OK now i am not sure if that is it ... could just be the wall settled over 15 years when I built it... but I told the lady it is probably the monks,.. but she okayed the BB gun hunt..
Guys thanks for the 5 gallon bucket ideal,.. honestly there are so many I could probably not shoot them all. Still gonna get the bb gun and have some off season hunting.... anyone cook up a chipmunk? OMG she would kill me!!
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I am Stunned,.. Really? I just went to order a BB gun and they said no.. cannot ship it to my addy?
What do you have to present a LTC to buy a BB gun?
I can only think this state is more messed up than I thought
Hauls out the 5 gallon bucket,.. eyes the old bow and aluminum arrows,.. hmm?
I assume that discharge of a gun when hunting laws are the same even off season? 500 feet of an occupied building..
I need to live in a less populated state
My yard is loaded with them this year. Get a decent air rifle and have fun.
MRW,.. Dicks BB gun thanks, will be there this weekend
Muzzy,.. Stone Wall Tigers,.. Love it!
JD,.. always been a bit of rebel,.. probably gonna (Will) break a law or two shooting chipmunks on my property within 500 feet of another house,.. What a crazy rule,.. a BB gun ? Really? Christ as kids we put on safety glasses and hunted each other !!
Anyways thanks for all the input folks,.. hey as a new guy to these forums you folks are awesome!
Tips hat in all your general directions,.. with Thanks!
Technically this may be illegal. I tend to drive about 5 miles and release them on the far side of a major river and interstate. If they figure out how to get back, good for them...
You were very correct,.. after trying the ladies request of the have a heart traps (they failed) she finally agreed to a mass killing based on the bucket method.
It worked,.. it also taught me a valuable lesson on myself,.. and even on the greater "Humanity".. I do not say this lightly either,..
While nearing a bucket to check it out,.. there was a chipmunk half drowned going under and struggling for a breath,... under it would go,. a last surge to gasp again. It was clear it was exhausted and or hypodermic. It hit my soul heavy and I tipped him out. He could not move and I left him disgusted at myself and the situation. But I left the bucket armed.
What did this teach me: Now pay attention here Bowmen I really mean this,... when I could not see it,.. I was capable of doing it. When faced with it,.. it revolted me. What does this remind me of? What should this remind all of us of?
Nazi Germany,.. the populace could put up with it when not faced with it,.. but when their nose was pushed into it,.. they cried for what they say...
I am not joking when I say I got left with a profound lesson in how this worked out. Are the traps still set,.. yes,.. and I do not want to see it.
There in lies a lesson for all of us.
You were very correct,.. after trying the ladies request of the have a heart traps (they failed) she finally agreed to a mass killing based on the bucket method.
It worked,.. it also taught me a valuable lesson on myself,.. and even on the greater "Humanity".. I do not say this lightly either,..
While nearing a bucket to check it out,.. there was a chipmunk half drowned going under and struggling for a breath,... under it would go,. a last surge to gasp again. It was clear it was exhausted and or hypodermic. It hit my soul heavy and I tipped him out. He could not move and I left him disgusted at myself and the situation. But I left the bucket armed.
What did this teach me: Now pay attention here Bowmen I really mean this,... when I could not see it,.. I was capable of doing it. When faced with it,.. it revolted me. What does this remind me of? What should this remind all of us of?
Nazi Germany,.. the populace could put up with it when not faced with it,.. but when their nose was pushed into it,.. they could not stand what they saw... same happened to me on a tiny scale.
I am not joking when I say I got left with a profound lesson in how this worked out. Are the traps still set,.. yes,.. and I do not want to see it.
There in lies a lesson for all of us.
I have beaten rats to death but would not drown one . shoot em or trap them .
I actually have one that has been coming into my garage and eating the birdseed, I've almost gotten it to feed out of my hand. I'm going to leave the tigers alone for the rest of the year, unless it comes upstairs, then it's gonna get a pellet.
w/ the 'have a heart' traps they recommend drowning the critters caught inside the trap, relocation is illegal. I don't see that method as being humane.
BB/pellet gun would be my method. Will, was gonna recommend a slingshot. I built one for that purpose but haven't used it except to shoot target. yeah the bucket method works but I have little ones and if they saw it I don't think I'd ever hear the end of it. rat snap traps w/ PB work but I only set them up in the garage not outside. Chipmunks ripped up my garden this year. I use some compost that I make and they were going after something in it. I got 3 carrots where I planted a whole row, twice! they also eat the tops off the green beans as soon as they sprout.
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I have seen larger ones what are they rat traps? is that what I should get?
Ya I am done with the buckets,.. effective but too cruel for me,..
I tell ya it is like a war zone over at my place,.. even the cat is scared to go outside!!
