Chipmunks are pissing me off

[Gramps]

This year we have a huge crop of chipmunks. The little bastards are doing a good job of eating all of the fruit on my trees and now they have started on my small veggie garden.....they are wiping out my cuke plants. This morning I found them on my boat. Anyone have a good way of getting rid of the bastards? I have a .22 revolver loaded with shotshells sitting next to the backdoor but damn they little assholes are fast. I sprayed rodent repellent (peppermint based crap) but it doesn't stop them,

 

[wallnutz]

Couple of shelter cats, problem with that then you get the yotes.

 

[4Waters]

10/22 with a 4x16 30mm scope

 

[DaytonaBabe]

They are cute and I used to give them snacks, but when they decided that my succulents and the roots to my Madagascar palms were also treats, it became war Now I hate those little jerks. I've had good success with this stuff. Good luck!

 

[Gramps]

Couple of shelter cats, problem with that then you get the yotes.

they are too fast for the feral cats outside that are here now

 

[500bbc]

ALLLVIN!!!!

 

[Dunerking]

Diana pellet gun does the trick for me.

 

[Taboma]

I've eliminated close to 30 ground squirrels over the past year using a "Squirrelinator" from Rugged Ranch (Bought on Amazon)
I see they've also got this -----

Chip 'Munk' inator​

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They sell the so called transport basin for the Squirrelinator, allows you to give them an underwater experience, but I don't see one offered for the munks, guess they figure folks would relocate the cute bastards instead of whacking them ??
I don't have the basin, if any survive the stress of a night of captivity, I just Pellitize them.

 

[Romans9]

Yard rats.

I have two German Shepherds. If you are not invited they take care of business.

My Shepherd/lab mix is the most precision killer I have ever seen. She knows exactly where to bite any thing under 30 pounds for a fatal strike.
I will try to get a video of her killing an armadillo. One bite behind the front leg and they instantly expire.

 

[Xring01]

Invite me over…

 

[ChumpChange]

Gamo 22 air rifle. Doesn’t even make a sound. The 177 is a little louder as it shots faster than the speed of sound.

 

[rivrrts429]

If you get a cat from the shelter that hasn’t been fed typical cat food and it has to fend for itself to eat there isn’t a squirrel that will survive.

Go to the shelter and ask for the most unadoptable feline. Bring welding gloves to handle that beast. It’s first meal feed it one of the squirrels you actually were able to shoot.

Then ….

Watch the squirrel holocaust commence

 

[Caydens Cat]

Jamo Silent Cat.

 

[2Driver]

Those guys are smart at my house. I never get one in the have-a-heart trap and they don't eat the rat poison. I only have a few so Im more focused on the rodents.

 

[SoCalDave]

Was fishing at the lake one afternoon and an elderly man pulls up in his car, opens the trunk and removes a small trap cage. Proceeds to walk out on the dock and tells me it's swim lesson time for his little friend (chipmunk). He drops the cage in the water for about 2-3 minutes then pulls it back out via a rope he had tied to it. Walks over to the trash can and dumps the withered guy in. Starts walking away and says "see ya tomorrow".

 

[regor]

 

[dave29]

We had a similar problem quite a few years ago. Google owl platform. We made ours out of black pipe for the post and wood for the platform. It attracts raptors too. Within 2 weeks..........no more chip's.

 

[Gramps]

We had a similar problem quite a few years ago. Google owl platform. We made ours out of black pipe for the post and wood for the platform. It attracts raptors too. Within 2 weeks..........no more chip's.

nesting box or just a perch type thing? how high off the ground??

 

[Taboma]

We had a similar problem quite a few years ago. Google owl platform. We made ours out of black pipe for the post and wood for the platform. It attracts raptors too. Within 2 weeks..........no more chip's.

Interesting, you must have some different acting Chipmunks, as I've read that like squirrels, they're active during daylight hours.
Around here, the Great Horn owls come out at night, you'll never see a squirrel on any of my numerous game cams after dark. They're active in the morning and early to late afternoon, but you won't seen an owl during those hours.
I chuckle when my newer neighbors have gone to a great deal of trouble to build or buy a Barn Owl nest and erect it, because they read some article about.
Not realizing we have year-round Great Horn owls here, and they love to eat Barn Owls.

 

[Taboma]

nesting box or just a perch type thing? how high off the ground??

If you have Great Horn Owls, then forget it, Barn owls won't settle with their much larger cousins who'll eat them. We enjoy the frequent back and forth of our Great Owls, they keep the bunny population in check.

 

[500bbc]

I can't tell you how traumatized I am by all your heartless, cruel and horrific plans to destroy my childhood memories...

 

[Gramps]

If you have Great Horn Owls, then forget it, Barn owls won't settle with their much larger cousins who'll eat them. We enjoy the frequent back and forth of our Great Owls, they keep the bunny population in check.

not sure what type of owls we have. I've seen two - one flew in my headlights at night (fast) and the other was in my shop - not very big and no idea how it got in there. I do hear them sometimes at night

 

[X Hoser]

We have some type of gray and white squirrels here in Idaho. The little bastards tear up anything to make their nests out of. The bird feeders don’t stand a chance. .22 cal bird shot doesn’t even phase them unless you are within 10’. Load up the bird feeder, grab a chair, the rifle and .22 LR ammo and shoot until your shot gets good! Worse case you get a buzz and they don’t bother you as much as they did I can never get them to go into the traps.

 

[Gramps]

these chipmunks are little bastards about twice the size of a mouse. a .22LR would be great if I didn't have to use my shop as a backstop

 

[Gramps]

this is my view when I walk out the backdoor....the little bastards are on the rail in the circle....not a good place for a 22LR

 

[Romans9]

this is my view when I walk out the backdoor....the little bastards are on the rail in the circle....not a good place for a 22LR
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Aim small, miss small……..

 

[X Hoser]

this is my view when I walk out the backdoor....the little bastards are on the rail in the circle....not a good place for a 22LR
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Yea, I agree! Trapping or bait may be your may be your best bet. Careful with the bait, you don’t want to kill the other animals that will eat the dead chipmunks.

 

[Gramps]

Aim small, miss small……..

yes but at 20ft a good hit will be a pass thru

 

[Taboma]

not sure what type of owls we have. I've seen two - one flew in my headlights at night (fast) and the other was in my shop - not very big and no idea how it got in there. I do hear them sometimes at night

Great Horn Owls are friggin LARGE, in your headlights they'll scare the crap outta ya. --- Their call is typically a "Hoot---- Hoot Hoot" often responded to from a different direction by a 2nd one, a mate perhaps.
If they're not very big, then good change they're Barn Owls and often will utilize a proper nest if located in a suitable place. Barn owls are great for rodent control, Great Horn Owls tend to eat larger rabbits and cats, especially light colored cats. If you get an alley cat for rodent control, make sure they're DARK colored if it's like many cats and hunts at night.

 

[traquer]

Good excuse to tell yourself why you're buying an expensive air gun lol.

These things for example are sick. Silent but will easily take down larger game.

 

[Romans9]

yes but at 20ft a good hit will be a pass thru

Bolt action .22 shorts and your golden.

 

[Gramps]

Bolt action .22 shorts and your golden.

I forgot......I have a Henry Lever 22 carbine that shoots shorts

 

[Romans9]

I forgot......I have a Henry Lever 22 carbine that shoots shorts

Excellent choice!

 

[dave29]

As I said, it's used by raptors too. Hawks, Eagles, Osprey, Our platform was about 30' tall. The platform was 36 X 36". Not a nest or box, just put together 2X4's

 

[spectra3279]

You need some dachshunds or rat terriers

 

[ChumpChange]

this is my view when I walk out the backdoor....the little bastards are on the rail in the circle....not a good place for a 22LR
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I have my scope dialed in on mine. I don’t see a problem with that.

 

[Cray Paper]

This year we have a huge crop of chipmunks. The little bastards are doing a good job of eating all of the fruit on my trees and now they have started on my small veggie garden.....they are wiping out my cuke plants. This morning I found them on my boat. Anyone have a good way of getting rid of the bastards? I have a .22 revolver loaded with shotshells sitting next to the backdoor but damn they little assholes are fast. I sprayed rodent repellent (peppermint based crap) but it doesn't stop them,

Get a cat. One of our cats is a killing machine. She loves killing squirrels, rabbits and shrews and eats their heads. Might need a couple cats, just don't let them drag the carcasses in to the house, it's pretty gross cleaning up the intestines. She wont eat them and if given enough time she will eat most of what she kills. We had a rare to the area native Douglas squirrel, Penny the cat got it within 2 days of being in the neighborhood, brought it in the house and ate it's head and my wife found it's body. Thats usually how it goes in our home, Penny the cat leaves carnage for us almost every morning. She is an inside cat and loving when she wants to be, hangs with me every morning in the bathroom at 4:45AM, wants to be petted when I'm getting ready for work, greats me when I get home, but a savage killer.

 

[Roosky01]

Those little ground squirrel bastards are building bunker fortifications on my place and the two neighbors places and it is out of fuk'n control! Of course the other neighbors feeds them 3 squares a day plus desert so they have no incentive to do anything but breed and overpopulate. These are the same jackass neighbors that "walk" their cat on a leash and are on the Neighborhood app looking for their lost fuk'n cat all the damn time.

Pretty sure it may be easier to eradicate the neighbors than it will be to take out those little varmint bastards!

 

[DaytonaBabe]

Had to post this video of this little fucker taking a dirt swim with my ponytail palm. Ridiculously cute little fuckwit killed that palm when he decided the roots were a tasty snack.

The war began after this.

 

[footer]

Fill a 5 gallon bucket about 2/3 with water, cover the water with a thick layer of sunflower seeds, and lean a 1x2 or 2x2 from the ground up to the lip of the bucket making a ramp for the chipmunks to climb up. Trust me.

 

[arch stanton]

Fill a 5 gallon bucket about 2/3 with water, cover the water with a thick layer of sunflower seeds, and lean a 1x2 or 2x2 from the ground up to the lip of the bucket making a ramp for the chipmunks to climb up. Trust me.

Salted or unsalted? Or like bird seed sunflower seeds or something for human consumption

 

[arch stanton]

I find road flares down the holes of anything usually ends the problem
Instead of using a hole flare I’m going to try cutting my new purchase up into 3 inch pieces and then lite with a small torch push down hole with a stick after lighting and then cover opening with dirt and be careful don’t breathe the smoke

 

[Ziggy]

I've eliminated close to 30 ground squirrels over the past year using a "Squirrelinator" from Rugged Ranch (Bought on Amazon)
I see they've also got this -----

Chip 'Munk' inator​

CATCH MOR TRAPS - RUGGED RANCH

RUGGED RANCH in Vista, CA offers exceptional CatchMor traps for small animals or pests. Get in touch with us today to learn more about what we offer.

ruggedranch.net

They sell the so called transport basin for the Squirrelinator, allows you to give them an underwater experience, but I don't see one offered for the munks, guess they figure folks would relocate the cute bastards instead of whacking them ??
I don't have the basin, if any survive the stress of a night of captivity, I just Pellitize them.

And a Skunknator .
My fkn dog got sprayed last night

 

[footer]

Salted or unsalted? Or like bird seed sunflower seeds or something for human consumption

I use black oil sunflower seeds that are for birds.

 

[Taboma]

And a Skunknator .
My fkn dog got sprayed last night

I've got a larger HavaHeart trap, but I've never used it after my game cam picked up Pepe le Pew strutting around. He's a tiny bad-ass, got a video of him walking between three coyotes who were munching on my fallen avocados.
Would seem they might be more hip to Pepe than your puppy. All three lifted their heads, took one look and chose to ignore him and continue chowing down.
The ones I saw trapped on construction jobsites wouldn't spray if caught in a confined, enclosed, space, like a closed box.

 

[Ziggy]

I've got a larger HavaHeart trap, but I've never used it after my game cam picked up Pepe le Pew strutting around. He's a tiny bad-ass, got a video of him walking between three coyotes who were munching on my fallen avocados.
Would seem they might be more hip to Pepe than your puppy. All three lifted their heads, took one look and chose to ignore him and continue chowing down.
The ones I saw trapped on construction jobsites wouldn't spray if caught in a confined, enclosed, space, like a closed box.

My dog is a dingy blonde. I think she may have even gotten a chunk of Pepe, she had blood around her mouth.
The Skunknator trap says it can't spray because trap is too short for it to lift its tail.

 

[Taboma]

My dog is a dingy blonde. I think she may have even gotten a chunk of Pepe, she had blood around her mouth.
The Skunknator trap says it can't spray because trap is too short for it to lift its tail.

Won't inquire your plans for then what to do with it --- but will remind you, whereas termination for cause is legal, relocation is not.
Neighbor discovered that the hard way when Fish and Game showed up at his home. He'd released a couple of squirrels, somebody saw him, recorded his plate # and ratted him out.
No fine, warning with lecture.
Good Luck

 

[Looking Glass]

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They are cute and I used to give them snacks, but when they decided that my succulents and the roots to my Madagascar palms were also treats, it became war Now I hate those little jerks. I've had good success with this stuff. Good luck!

Will this work for "CATS", also?

 

[DaytonaBabe]

Will this work for "CATS", also?

I would assume that it would

 

[HTMike]

5 gallon bucket of water. Fill it half way and put black bird seed in the water. Put bucket in a place where they easily can get into it.

The bucket will be full of Chipmunks by the time you circle the house.