Don't tell PETA

[Magicman]

Good job Jeff.

Predator/Prey balance is essential.  If left to nature when all else fails, disease/epidemic will even things out.  Since man has eliminated many predators, then he must assume that role.  It's not necessarily a bad thing, just necessary.

[Jeff]

I'm not enjoying it. I fear I'll wake up in the middle of the night to a knock on the door, and there will be an angry 6ft tall chipmunk standing there holding one of my pails.

[OntarioAl]

Jeff
.1 of a monk?
Al

[Jeff]

as described in my first post, the .1 is the mouse I caught in the bucket too. 

[sandhills]

Can't say I've ever seen one around here but striped gophers are horrible this year, and then the badgers that dig after them, hard on equipment to say the least.   

[Peter Drouin]

We all do what we haft to do, For me killing is easy out smarting them is where the fun is.  ;D

[Magicman]

Peter, what do you do with them after you "outsmart" them?

[petefrom bearswamp]

Wow 113.1 so far.
not a problem here but they get overpopulated on occasion.
Had to get rid of our cat so maybe they will start becoming a nuisance
I'll have to try the seed trick at my Adirondack camp for the mice.
The Adirondack trap with a beer can suspended on a wire over a few inches of h2o in the bucket and smeared with Peanut butter works but if we are gone a few weeks it stinks to high heaven.
Maybe with the number you have caught of  them a side dish at the pig roast would work for disposal.
chipmunk al a Jeff
Tuff to skin tho.

[beenthere]

pete
Put antifreeze in the bucket, and they won't stink. Otherwise, works great.

[BradMarks]

Is the re-formulated antifreeze toxic to animals like the old stuff?  Just wondering - incidental kill comes to mind.  Had a friend who spent 10 days in jail yrs ago 'cause he found out cats liked the stuff and he didn't like cats.

[Jeff]

You must use RV antifreeze used for water lines and such. Using regular automotive antifreeze would be unconscionable. 

[Peter Drouin]

Peter, what do you do with them after you "outsmart" them?

The easy thing is to take away what they're after and they go to. If you get a bigger animal live trap it and move them to the woods. But I like all of Gods, animals. God gave them instincts God gave man a brain. Just have to manage them . Most pepole kill things because they don't want to figger it out .Or hunt over a food plot/ bait, In NH we have black bears, and they love bee honey, I manage the bears too. I have outdoor gardens and the deer like stuff in there . But there's a soap they don't like. :D :D :D  The wood chucks Like the gardens but not mothballs in there hole. :D

What Jeff has is easy to fix too without killing them. But they might kill each other, Not sure, Never had to get rid of over a 100 of them. :D :D

[Jeff]

I think the biggest crop of acorns we have had in 30 years here is what they were after.  I think I am catching 3 generations, due to 3 distinct sizes.

[doctorb]

This is th only time I'm happy that our cat does what cats do. ;)

[Gary_C]

Relocating your problem to another person's backyard should never be a solution.

Good job in dealing with your own problem Jeff.  8)

[petefrom bearswamp]

Tried the RV antifreeze but they still stank.
Dont want to use automotive.
Jeff whats the latest count?

[Peter Drouin]

Relocating your problem to another person's backyard should never be a solution.

Woods not a back yard.

[Jim_Rogers]

Jeff:
Can you post a picture again of the bucket? I can't seem to find it. I'd like to set one up myself, for the mice here in my shop. No cats here.

Jim Rogers

[thecfarm]

I have not dared to tell anyone that I know a guy in MI that have caught over 100 chipmunks. They would think I was lying to them.
In my little world are grey squirrels. They start to bother the bird feeder in the winter time,5-6 is a little much for this,I don't earn much money country boy. I thin them out and there are still at least one if not 2 that come back.  :

[Jeff]

Current count is 114.1  Slowed down, but mostly because it has been cold and rainy. This morning the DanG furnace kicked on. I can stll hear them chirping around the yard when I am out.


Jim, here was the picture of the 5 gallon mouse trap with the beer can roller at the cabin. I had it set all winter. Got a total of 15 in it. It may have smelled slightly, but not bad at all.

[Jim_Rogers]

Thanks

[gww]

I really like the bucket ideal and had never thought of it.  I am storing chicken feed in my garage and the little buggers are starting to get out of hand.  I am about to imploy the bucket safe method that this thread had taught me. 
Thanks for sharing.
gww

[Magicman]

Relocating your problem to another person's backyard should never be a solution.

Actually Jeff's back yard is everyone else's back yard too.  There is a wooded area in front, but that is where they are coming from, not going to.  Sorta like a "chipmunk bank".   

[Chuck White]

I use about 4" of used motor oil in my mouse bucket in the cellar.

Don't seem to stink, at least I've never noticed and the Mrs hasn't said anything!

[Gary_C]

Woods not a back yard.

Does the owner of "Woods" allow you to dump your problems in his Woods?

When I ran a dairy farm, people (most likely from the local towns) would dump their unwanted cats, kittens, puppies, and dogs out at the end of our driveway expecting us to care and feed their problem animals. Needless to say, we did not appreciate the unwanted dumping of problem animals in rural areas.