Freakin' Chipmunks

[Lake Girl]

While Max may chase them off short term, he likely won't kill them. The lab we had used to walk around with chicks and ducklings in his mouth and put them back down unscathed. When my friend first saw him picking them up, she thought they were done. Turns out soft-mouth is an inbred trait

 

[Beer Belly]

While Max may chase them off short term, he likely won't kill them. The lab we had used to walk around with chicks and ducklings in his mouth and put them back down unscathed. When my friend first saw him picking them up, she thought they were done. Turns out soft-mouth is an inbred trait

Yeah, when Max was at the Lake House, he caught one and didn't know what to do, so he dropped it.....maybe he can scare 'em a bit. On the plus side...caught one of the suckas today....relocated to a nice park a few miles away

 

[Utilitrack]

A buddy of mine had gray squirrels nesting in a cottage on his property, he caught several of them in Have-A-Heart traps and drove them a few miles away, they always made their way back until an old timer told him to make sure to release them on the opposite side of a lake or river. He released them on the opposite side of the lake, so far so good.

 

[Beer Belly]

A buddy of mine had gray squirrels nesting in a cottage on his property, he caught several of them in Have-A-Heart traps and drove them a few miles away, they always made their way back until an old timer told him to make sure to release them on the opposite side of a lake or river. He released them on the opposite side of the lake, so far so good.

No, no, no, no, no.....pleas don't tell me they will find their way back !.....another capture, but still looking to get that one big sucka that stares at me thru the deck slider

 

[jeanw]

I do have an agenda against one specific chipmunk, and if I ever find him, he's had it, but that's another story.

Moles are my ankle twisting, kidney flattening nemeses. There's a particular trap that's effective when NOT used per instructions.

I'm not responsible enough to have a firearm, but I did have to get an airgun to dispatch frogs that had taken over the decorative pond. They jammed the pump, slimy eggs on everything, and a racket you couldn't believe. I removed 50 frogs in two weeks.

Anyway, the wife was opposed to an air gun until it was her stuff getting messed up. I don't broadcast dispatching things and she's accepting that neither of us like it, but coexistence didn't work. It's no fun but I try and be as quick and humane as possible.

PLEASE TELL ABOUT THE TRAP PLEASE. IM SICK OF THE CREEPS. LAZY cat doent mes with them. Feather babies dont seemed to be fazed.
LA Kitty Kat other day did show me a mouse and left a dead but not hartmed looking chipmunk for me to see.
I have been fussing ay him and telling hime "to get busy". and to stay out of my garden beds.etc and only get CREEPS entering or exiting the "beds"....
I squirt him with the hose etc or flick water from watering can ON his lazy butt.... when Im am in the fenced in area and he gets in my WAY..... all he wants is to be petted and rubbed.....I told him he picked the wrong household... He is lucky to even get a quick" pet"

 

[Beer Belly]

PLEASE TELL ABOUT THE TRAP PLEASE. IM SICK OF THE CREEPS. LAZY cat doent mes with them. Feather babies dont seemed to be fazed.
LA Kitty Kat other day did show me a mouse and left a dead but not hartmed looking chipmunk for me to see.
I have been fussing ay him and telling hime "to get busy". and to stay out of my garden beds.etc and only get CREEPS entering or exiting the "beds"....
I squirt him with the hose etc or flick water from watering can ON his lazy butt.... when Im am in the fenced in area and he gets in my WAY..... all he wants is to be petted and rubbed.....I told him he picked the wrong household... He is lucky to even get a quick" pet"

I have been using a single door trap by Hava Hart ( http://www.havahart.com/x-small-1-door-trap ) and are catching them at a pretty good rate....using Apple slices as bait. I set the trap at 5:30 am as I leave for work, by 2 pm the Wife reports we have a critter....drop him off in a nice little park, and reset the trap till 7;30 pm or so.....yesterday, caught two

 

[Soundchasm]

PLEASE TELL ABOUT THE TRAP PLEASE. IM SICK OF THE CREEPS. LAZY cat doent mes with them. Feather babies dont seemed to be fazed.
LA Kitty Kat other day did show me a mouse and left a dead but not hartmed looking chipmunk for me to see.
I have been fussing ay him and telling hime "to get busy". and to stay out of my garden beds.etc and only get CREEPS entering or exiting the "beds"....
I squirt him with the hose etc or flick water from watering can ON his lazy butt.... when Im am in the fenced in area and he gets in my WAY..... all he wants is to be petted and rubbed.....I told him he picked the wrong household... He is lucky to even get a quick" pet"

Jean,
Here is the trap I use
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00004RAMY/?tag=hearthamazon-20

This trap will take your finger in a New York second, so I can't stress safety enough. Do not ever take the safety off unless the trap in placed correctly in the soil.

Set the trap using the supplied pry bars. It's a little confusing but you'll get it. PUT THE SAFETY ON.

Find a straight mole run, hopefully 3-5' long. The curved, meandering ones were used for hunting and won't be used again. The straight ones are used repeatedly for commuting to the hunting area.

Use your foot to crush a tunnel even with the surface.

Gently work the four prongs into the ground so the trip rests gently on the soil.

TAKE THE SAFETY OFF.


If it's an active run you can have results by the next morning. One mole can tear up an auto-sized patch overnight, so there's fewer than you think. Moles do travel, and another mole will move into vacant territory. Moles' primary food is earthworms, and everything else is second place. You can trap 365 days a year if you see activity. Moles follow the food (worms) so if it rains they're up high and if it's dry they're probably lower. The tunnel network is extensive and probably as deep as 2-3'.

If you get one or two, they'll be back! Maintenance is the only option. I have a bunch of traps but it's best to set 2-3 because you have to cut your grass and fewer is easier to keep track of.

And with a little skill and a lot of luck...

 

[Beer Belly]

I have been using a single door trap by Hava Hart ( http://www.havahart.com/x-small-1-door-trap ) and are catching them at a pretty good rate....using Apple slices as bait. I set the trap at 5:30 am as I leave for work, by 2 pm the Wife reports we have a critter....drop him off in a nice little park, and reset the trap till 7;30 pm or so.....yesterday, caught two

As a matter of fact, after writing this last night, found another critter in the trap....that makes two for the day

 

[jeanw]

I have been using a single door trap by Hava Hart ( http://www.havahart.com/x-small-1-door-trap ) and are catching them at a pretty good rate....using Apple slices as bait. I set the trap at 5:30 am as I leave for work, by 2 pm the Wife reports we have a critter....drop him off in a nice little park, and reset the trap till 7;30 pm or so.....yesterday, caught two

Beer Belly what are you catching? chipmunks? Im more concerned about the DA moles right now
besides countless "worms I mean caterplllar type. I can smell the creepos. sinc I have picked off countless "caterpillars, stink bug , an rah, and squash bugs"
they have already destroyed bush cucumbers that I HAD covered in tulle tents.... >
I dont understand why Nature mde such destructive creatures...
thanks for listening

 

[Beer Belly]

I've been going after Chipmunks. We do have some "Stink Bugs", but it seems to come in waves, and not such a big issue for us

 

[Lake Girl]

Dog and cats keep our chipmunks and squirrels at bay. Forest tent caterpillars, aka army worms, have a cycle as I am sure most pests do... 1990s had some bad outbreaks here. The overpopulation eventually dies off as it is unsustainable. Just have to do the best you can to control in your yard and wait it out.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forest_tent_caterpillar_moth
Forest tent caterpillar outbreaks tend to recur at reasonably regular intervals every decade or so, with the precise interval varying somewhat in time and space. Outbreaks usually last two to four years.

 

[begreen]

I'm sure the labs at Monsanto are working on a frankensquirrel that eats tent caterpillars.

 

[blades]

What? Stashing acorns was the whole premise of every episode of Chip n Dale!


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Got them two last weekend.

 

[jeanw]

NOw Hubby saw a GOPHER outside yesterday. I asked him why he didnt kill it. RAh.
He said he was worried about the mess under the shed it would make. He will keep a hearing from me about this ...RAH....RAH RAH and MORE
I told him"this was your chanceboo hoo

 

[Don2222]

The old classic - 5 gallon pail about 1/3 full of water , ramp up to top edge of pail some thing to attract them floating on water. once they fall in can't get out............. goggle it lots of various designs of basic system and tips for use.

Also some sun flower seeds in the water makes it irrestable

 

[Village Idiot]

Does anyone know if they leave a scent on their burrows/holes? They keep digging holes around my garage and I will pour cement in and seal it up. When a new one shows up they seem to burrow in the exact same spots or try and reuse old burrows? There seems to be about a 2 week span before I dispatch one and new one shows up. I know they are just going to keep showing up but is there some type of scent deterrent I can use to keep them from reusing the same burrows?

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Just read the whole thread. I have had great success with the water in the bucket method. As a deterrent, I have dumped mothballs down the burrows. That seems to keep them away. I also use mothballs in an old sock tucked next to the engine on my splitter to keep the mice from taking up residence under the cover.

 

[Brian26]

I bought a new zapper from Amazon last month. I got this one because of the power cord but it also runs on batteries.

This thing is amazing on chipmunks. Since they love to go into tunnels I practically don't even have to put bait in it. I once forgot to bait it and still got one. I have also watched one go in and get zapped. Its instant and they don't even make a sound. I then go and dump them at the field across the street and some predator gets a free lunch. Saw a red tailed hawk grab one the other day..

One thing to keep in mind is they are just going to keep coming. These things breed like crazy. I average one about every other day but there is no more destruction around my yard. With this trap its simple. I just walk across the street and dump it. Reset it and throw some bait in.
Way better than the previous plastic rat snap traps I was using. Half the times those dont make a clean kill and then your stuck with a wounded chip to deal with.

Also works amazing on mice in the garage as well.

I highly recommend this one. The Hoont.

 

[velvetfoot]

I haven't had luck with my similar electric zapper.

 

[Dr.Faustus]

I'm getting really tired of yard varmints this year. chipmunks, rabbits, groundhogs. I have this family of small groundhogs that can slip through my garden fence. I've been deterring them with my co2 pistol but it isnt large enough/powerful enough to take them.
I'm on the verge of picking up one of those .22 air rifles. at 950 fps that should take them down easily.

I dont think i would shoot the rabbits tho. They are already too fat to slip through the garden fence. besides they dont destroy the yard like groundhogs too.

 

[blades]

Hogs are tough and spook easy might want to think about the .25 cal units- more smak down at a bit longer range. spent a whole summer taking out a family using what ever was handy air/ bow and .22rf. If I went out a door they would spook but didn't if I would crank a window open. So I left the screen off the one with the best coverage ( 75 yards to the back of the property which went up hill from the house) bonus that way with firing from inside most of the noise was contained from the .22. - standard velocity rounds not the high velocity item ( under 1075 fps)

 

[Ashful]

In my experience .22 cal only takes down groundhogs at point blank range, and that's a real .22 LR, not air. If you want a humane kill, think 30-30 or larger, at any distance.


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[semipro]

I bought a new zapper from Amazon last month. I got this one because of the power cord but it also runs on batteries.

This thing is amazing on chipmunks. Since they love to go into tunnels I practically don't even have to put bait in it. I once forgot to bait it and still got one. I have also watched one go in and get zapped. Its instant and they don't even make a sound. I then go and dump them at the field across the street and some predator gets a free lunch. Saw a red tailed hawk grab one the other day..

One thing to keep in mind is they are just going to keep coming. These things breed like crazy. I average one about every other day but there is no more destruction around my yard. With this trap its simple. I just walk across the street and dump it. Reset it and throw some bait in.
Way better than the previous plastic rat snap traps I was using. Half the times those dont make a clean kill and then your stuck with a wounded chip to deal with.

Also works amazing on mice in the garage as well.

I highly recommend this one. The Hoont.

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I've used something similar with good results though mine use only batteries.
I like that they provide an instant kill.
I'll kill if I have too but really hate unnecessary torture.

 

[mass_burner]

I was walking up the steps of our stone wall where chipmunks usually are around and I was stopped by a pretty good size brownish/tan snake. He looked at me, then disappeared into a hole in the wall. Can I assume he's working for me on chipmunk control?

 

[Brian26]

This explains why there are so many around here.

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Connecticut’s Chipmunk Population Has Gotten Insane
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Thanks to that unseasonably warm winter, we’re dealing with an unintended invasion and our gardens are paying the price.

The dreaded chipmunk population explosion, alternatively known as Chip-mania, has begun.

The Hartford Courant says that thanks to a relatively mild fall and winter, paired with a very productive maple seed season, the state is experiencing a spike in chipmunks this year.

The state Department of Energy and Environmental Protection Wildlife Biologist Jenny Dickson told the Courant that, thanks to these factors, it’s a near-perfect paradise for the critters this year and their survival rating is at an all-time high. Meaning, they celebrated with a very active breeding season.

lthough these guys pale in comparison to (broken link removed to http://ctboom.com/fisher-cat-invasion-warning-issued-in-connecticut/), DEEP says chipmunks are capable of posing a threat to humans if we’re not careful. They have been known to “cause structural damage by digging under patios, porch stairs, walls, or foundations.”

So, if you’re dealing with an exceptionally large chipmunk population and the native predators aren’t doing their job to keep their numbers under control, you can do what my father does: Set up Have-a-heart traps around the property and relocate all those you manage to capture.

 

[blades]

This explains why there are so many around here.

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Connecticut’s Chipmunk Population Has Gotten Insane
(broken link removed to http://ctboom.com/author/meg/)July 8, 2016

Thanks to that unseasonably warm winter, we’re dealing with an unintended invasion and our gardens are paying the price.

The dreaded chipmunk population explosion, alternatively known as Chip-mania, has begun.

The Hartford Courant says that thanks to a relatively mild fall and winter, paired with a very productive maple seed season, the state is experiencing a spike in chipmunks this year.

The state Department of Energy and Environmental Protection Wildlife Biologist Jenny Dickson told the Courant that, thanks to these factors, it’s a near-perfect paradise for the critters this year and their survival rating is at an all-time high. Meaning, they celebrated with a very active breeding season.

lthough these guys pale in comparison to (broken link removed to http://ctboom.com/fisher-cat-invasion-warning-issued-in-connecticut/), DEEP says chipmunks are capable of posing a threat to humans if we’re not careful. They have been known to “cause structural damage by digging under patios, porch stairs, walls, or foundations.”

So, if you’re dealing with an exceptionally large chipmunk population and the native predators aren’t doing their job to keep their numbers under control, you can do what my father does: Set up Have-a-heart traps around the property and relocate all those you manage to capture.

I relocate them right into the compost pile.