Chipmunks! How to get rid of them?

[Allan Speers]

thanks guys.

Good to know about sunflower seeds as bait.

I'm gonna' do the traps, and maybe also a sligshot. (Imagine the satisfaction!)

[Larry Frank]

If you can hit them with a slingshot, you are better than me. Mine are so fast it is amazing.

I have squirrels also but never had one in a trap. I have tried other baits but unless the bait is stuck to the trigger, they can get it without springing the trap. Just have to find what works for you.

[roger wiegand]

Perhaps a nice condo on the fifth floor of some building in the city where you won't have to interact with nature?

I find myself surrounded with folks who move out into the county and then are shocked, shocked to find that they might have to share a bit of it with other occupants. I, for one, will simply enjoy living is an area replete with pesky deer, groundhogs, mice, voles, chipmunks, squirrels, and many other creatures despite the occasional inconvenience.

[Malcolm McLeod]

... despite the occasional inconvenience.

My father-in-law's squirrels chewed $5800 worth of occasionally inconvenient holes in his gables.

[Al Launier]

I've had the same red squirrel/chipmunk problems for years & have tried a number of traps & bait to rid them. By far the best bait I've used is black oil sunflower seeds in a rat trap like this http://www.domyownpestcontrol.com/tr...Fcgfhgod_RsFgA that I picked up at either HD or Lowes (don't remember which) or https://www.amazon.com/Trapper-T-Rex...words=rat+trap. I also use another trap that has the wire bent at a 90° https://www.amazon.com/Aspectek-Reus...words=rat+trap.

I like the latter better, seems to be more reliable - fewer escapes, but both work very well. I tie off the trap to a railroad spike to prevent the squirrel from dragging it off. What I like about each trap is that I can release the squirrel by holding the trap at the end opposite the trapped squirrel without having to touch the squirrel. Trust me this is a big feature for my wife.

Above all else is how well the black oil sunflower seeds works. This is a fail-safe bait! If you don't catch them with this bait there simply aren't any squirrels around. The squirrels go "nuts" over it. I average 30 squirrels each year with only (2) traps - there seems to be no end to them.

If you have that many squirrels to get rid of, then I would suggest more than (2) traps. A half dozen traps will keep you busy "unloading" them. I'm not going to wish you good luck because you'll be amazed at how well these work. I would use no more than a level teaspoon of these seeds at first for each trap, then ffter the first couple of trappings you won't need many seeds to draw them in to the trap, half a teaspon is plenty, you'll see for yourself & the seeds are very inexpensive.

[Larry Frank]

This is what I caught today with peanut butter and bird seed. I actually got the two that have been in my flower pots on the back porch...

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[Allan Speers]

This is what I caught today with peanut butter and bird seed. I actually got the two that have been in my flower pots on the back porch...

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^ Now that's a GOOD chipmunk !

[Allan Speers]

Now, if only I could figure out a way to kill chipmunks with a shiny new Felder combination machine!


"But HONEY, it also kills rodents !!!! " Think she'd say yes?




(Maybe if it was also on sale. And came with a free pair of shoes..... )

[Matt Day]

My chipmunks were so fast it was hard to hit them with a burst of spray paint from an inch away. Good luck with the slingshot!

[Tony Zona]

When we had mice, we had run out of cheese for the trap. We put in a picture of cheese. Yep, next day we had caught a picture of a mouse.

[Allan Speers]

My chipmunks were so fast it was hard to hit them with a burst of spray paint from an inch away. Good luck with the slingshot!

Ah, but I have a secret weapon !

[Jim Reffner]

I use a Victor rat trap, no bait. Just kick dirt into to the burrow to cover the entrance and place the trap by the "covered" entrance.

[bill kaminski]

Lots of ideas, and ways. I use the 'water bucket' method. It works, silent, can be placed anywhere, and does not harm pets,etc. ....bill

[Al Launier]

Lots of ideas, and ways. I use the 'water bucket' method. It works, silent, can be placed anywhere, and does not harm pets,etc. ....bill

Interesting & clever!
Has this happened? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fvjmtfeBicc
Once you do catch them, do you partially fill the bucket with water?

[Mike Berrevoets]

Lots of ideas, and ways. I use the 'water bucket' method. It works, silent, can be placed anywhere, and does not harm pets,etc. ....bill

+1 this method works surprisingly well.