SteelBunz Posted February 24, 2010 Share Posted February 24, 2010 (edited) Grrrrrrrr......I have a chipmunk behind my front concrete stoop!! He's gotten back there and keeps scratching at the sill plate above the foundation. This has sort of been going on since summer......I've chased him off several times and tried blocking up the little hole he keeps digging. I've looked in the basement at the foundation/sill.....he hasn't come through or anything. I'm sure he/she is just making a nice warm bunker. But I'm kicking him out! Sitting in the living room.....he's loud.......the little bastage!! So.....against my better judgment......lol.....any suggestions from Huddlers? That do NOT involve explosives or blowing up my house? Edited February 24, 2010 by SteelBunz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skylive5 Posted February 24, 2010 Share Posted February 24, 2010 Have you entertained the idea of inviting the poor little creature in for dinner and letting the dogs take care of the problem? Ya know... chipmunks are people too. I'm sure if you had a talk with it you could get 'em to quiet down a bit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Savage Beatings Posted February 24, 2010 Share Posted February 24, 2010 Critters dislike mothballs... you could try dumping some of those down there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeductiveNun Posted February 24, 2010 Share Posted February 24, 2010 Get a live trap, bait it with peanut butter. You'll have the critter in no time. What you decide to do with it then is up to you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T_bone65 Posted February 24, 2010 Share Posted February 24, 2010 Alex the lion: Do you have any dynamite? Marty the Zebra: And to think I just used my last stick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HowboutthemCowboys Posted February 24, 2010 Share Posted February 24, 2010 D Con would probly work. A BB gun definitely would. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaP'N GRuNGe Posted February 24, 2010 Share Posted February 24, 2010 Before you exterminate the little fella, make sure he can't sing. You might have a meal ticket on your hands here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteelBunz Posted February 24, 2010 Author Share Posted February 24, 2010 Have you entertained the idea of inviting the poor little creature in for dinner and letting the dogs take care of the problem? Ya know... chipmunks are people too. I'm sure if you had a talk with it you could get 'em to quiet down a bit. The dogs caught and killed a squirrel during the last snowstorm. And 2 chipmunks last summer. I'm trying to discourage that sort of behavior. Honestly.......I love chipmunks. But this one simply has to pull up stakes and move!! He's mocking me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteelBunz Posted February 24, 2010 Author Share Posted February 24, 2010 Think I'll ask my neighbor if he still has his squirrel traps. Squirrels were eating his tomatoes a few years ago......lol. I didn't know squirrels ate tomatoes. Why do I have this really weird feeling that THIS chipmunk will prove to be clever? Where's that Kenny Loggins tape? Wait......do I even still have a tape player? Maybe Grunge is right. This could be a gold mine! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ursa Majoris Posted February 24, 2010 Share Posted February 24, 2010 We had one who would rush in to the basement from the walk-out, stuff his face full of rabbit food, rush out and drop it off in his hole, then repeat. It was pretty amusing to watch. Brave little bugger. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caveman_Nick Posted February 24, 2010 Share Posted February 24, 2010 you can get a hav-a-hart trap for roughly $50. If you relocate the chipmunk, make sure you move it at least 10 miles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westvirginia Posted February 24, 2010 Share Posted February 24, 2010 you can get a hav-a-hart trap for roughly $50. If you relocate the chipmunk, make sure you move it at least 10 miles. It's a chipmunk for God's sake! Shoot the MF and the problem is solved once and for all for a $0.02 .22 round. I used to kill 20 or more a summer at my Grandparents farm and there were always plenty more for next year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteelBunz Posted February 24, 2010 Author Share Posted February 24, 2010 you can get a hav-a-hart trap for roughly $50. If you relocate the chipmunk, make sure you move it at least 10 miles. $50??? 10 miles?? Oh come on. You saying he's gonna "find his way home" from.....a mile away? If he does that.....I'll call him a pet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimC Posted February 24, 2010 Share Posted February 24, 2010 A gun is so...uncivilized. You gotta sneak up behind it and place the middle finger and thumb around it's little neck. Use your other hand to brush it down it's little striped back which will help ease the nervousness as you choke the life out of it's little body. Usually singing soft lullabies will also calm the beast down. Now, if there is a family down there and you get good at it, the best thing to do is haunt it's dreams, make it scream and beg for a quick death, and it WILL strangle it's own self to end the pain and misery. This is truly the most pleasing way to kill something. Now, I can't tell you how to haunt it's dreams, but there are literally hundreds of ways to do it and most are satisfying to the nth degree. This works with most animals and is much more civilized than simply shooting it's head off with an overblown gun, which any dummy can do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yukon Cornelius Posted February 24, 2010 Share Posted February 24, 2010 finely crushed glass poured into the hole should take care of the critter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Perchoutofwater Posted February 24, 2010 Share Posted February 24, 2010 It's a chipmunk for God's sake! Shoot the MF and the problem is solved once and for all for a $0.02 .22 round. I used to kill 20 or more a summer at my Grandparents farm and there were always plenty more for next year. That was going to be my suggestion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caveman_Nick Posted February 24, 2010 Share Posted February 24, 2010 $50??? 10 miles?? Oh come on. You saying he's gonna "find his way home" from.....a mile away? If he does that.....I'll call him a pet. The trap isn't a use once kind of trap. It's something you buy and can reuse over and over, and it will trap the critter without hurting him. He will find his way back from a mile away. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hat Trick Posted February 24, 2010 Share Posted February 24, 2010 Think I'll ask my neighbor if he still has his squirrel traps. Squirrels were eating his tomatoes a few years ago......lol. I didn't know squirrels ate tomatoes. Yes, and what's worse is the little bastages just take one bite and leave it there to rot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Perchoutofwater Posted February 24, 2010 Share Posted February 24, 2010 you can get a hav-a-hart trap for roughly $50. If you relocate the chipmunk, make sure you move it at least 10 miles. Or if you are not a good shot, they make it that much easier to shoot them. We trap coons all the time because they eat quail and turkey eggs as well as make deer skittish. One we trap them, we will usually just shoot them with a .22 in the brain. Sometimes we will take them to a wide open space, let them go and use them for target practice with our pistols. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocknrobn26 Posted February 24, 2010 Share Posted February 24, 2010 Get a live trap, bait it with peanut butter. You'll have the critter in no time. What you decide to do with it then is sup to you. Fixed $50??? 10 miles?? Oh come on. You saying he's gonna "find his way home" from.....a mile away? If he does that.....I'll call him a pet. A one way trip on Southwest would be cheaper. We had some critter in the garage a few weeks ago. Tried the standard mouse trap baited w/ peanut butter. Dam thing was stealing the peanut butter w/o setting off the trap. We got one of these traps..., problem solved. Not sure if they are too small for chippers though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteelBunz Posted February 24, 2010 Author Share Posted February 24, 2010 Since I don't own a gun the $50 trap would be less expensive......lol. And I don't do well with killing anything. Even if it's already half dead or a goner.....ask Sky. While he was here, a couple bluejays were chasing each other. One accidentally divebombed into my garden. Broke his neck, flapping around. I couldn't kill him even then....I put him in the front garden for a stray cat to finish off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rajncajn Posted February 24, 2010 Share Posted February 24, 2010 Since I don't own a gun the $50 trap would be less expensive......lol. And I don't do well with killing anything. Even if it's already half dead or a goner.....ask Sky. While he was here, a couple bluejays were chasing each other. One accidentally divebombed into my garden. Broke his neck, flapping around. I couldn't kill him even then....I put him in the front garden for a stray cat to finish off. I'll bet little blue jay was very thankful you set him out to be mauled by a cat after he broke his neck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gonkis Posted February 24, 2010 Share Posted February 24, 2010 Wait for that stray cat to come by and help again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yukon Cornelius Posted February 24, 2010 Share Posted February 24, 2010 Wait for that stray cat to come by and help again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hooknladder Posted February 24, 2010 Share Posted February 24, 2010 had a friend with this problem...what worked for him was rat snap-traps baited with apple. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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