Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Around the Campfire => Topic started by: wolleybugger on June 24, 2012, 01:14:30 pm
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>:D The chipmunk population has exploded by my house. The last straw was when three of them were playing on the back porch with me sitting there. The lack of respect has made me decide to establish my role as alpha preditor and I have declared war. As in any war you have to prepare so not to get caught without supplies. Of course I will be using a Osage self bow pulling 50 pounds and cedar arrows tipped with zwickey practice points, pellet gun and chemical warfare. I haven't ruled out small explosives, up to a 1/4 stick of dynomite. I love a good battle.
Any of you fighting a battle of the varmits. I can use any secret munk killing tips.
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An outside cat! ;) 8)
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No munks in my part of Ga. but squirrels grrrr little bit of peanuts in the shell and a pellet rifle. Yepp. Ron
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Yep, a good cat, Jack Russel, or other terrier, or bull, rat, or Indigo snake. ;) or just a good rat trap, with sunflower seeds on it. They do make pets too.
My Buddy in NC solved his problem with the Chipmunks eating his Dahlias, by putting out sunflower seeds. He puts them in several rows, and watches the chippies gorge themselves on them. They leave the Dahlias alone. He calls the Chipmunks "Hoover". When, I asked why, he said watch them. I did, and the little Chipmunk was just like a vacuum cleaner, going from one end of seeds to the other, and his cheeks getting bigger, and bigger, just like the vacuum cleaner bags in the cartoons. ;D
Wayne
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wonder how many chipmunks pelts it would take to make a california native style robe?
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I got ground squirrels - toxics where they can be safely applied and a .22 with short rifle rounds. They are quiet so the neighbors don't mind.
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We don't have them around the house, but I love to watch them play in the creek bed under one of my deerstands.
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Do you have any Golf Clubs?
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-gus
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Ah yes, the mighty Saber toothed chipmunk! My daughters cat keeps them thinned out around the house. On many 3d range outings years ago, I had been known to lose several hand crafted cedars in pursuit of the wiley beast. Good luck
Seriously, i do like them, but if they go unchecked they can cause some serious damage to landscaping areas and wiring in houses.
Tracy
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You need Josiah Huston! He shoots them with his bow. In Wyo. there are several species and some are protected. Takes an expert to tell which ones. I really don't think it matters to him! A/Ho Joe
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The problem with using poison baits is that very few of them are quick at their job. The animal literally staggers around suffering for days from the Warfarin in their body. The internal organs are rupturing and blood vessels leaking until the animal expires. Cruel as all hell.
But worse, when these animals are first poisoned they often become prey for raptors and you have a secondary poisoning. Vets hate getting cats and dogs with Warfarin poisoning because now they gotta tell the family that they poisoned their own pet.
That being said, you were looking for a reason to buying one of those new Gamo air rifles with the built in silence., right? With their PBA ammo you can get some serious velocity from those .177's these days!!! After all, this IS personal. They dissed you on YOUR porch right in front of your family. You got no cred in your 'hood until you serve it back to 'em!
I am entertaining visions of Bill Murray's character in Caddyshack about now.
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Rat traps baited with peanut butter will thin them out in a hurry. Personally I would rather put up with them a little longer and shoot them all. They make great target practice, aim small miss small. When you learn to shoot those little buggers with your bow you will be ready for deer season. I wish I had some around my house. :'(
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Chipmunks are actually quick enough to spot your arrow in flight and dodge it at the last minute. It is maddening. Hard enough to make a good enough shot, but then they dodge the arrow. Air guns work much better than bows.
George
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Our Jack Russell has been at war with them for a while....he had one trapped in a downspout the other day. He was determined!!! >:D
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Our Jack Russell has been at war with them for a while....he had one trapped in a downspout the other day. He was determined!!! >:D
Keeping a Jack Russell is like popping popcorn with the lid off the pan.
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LOL!!!!
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Well J.W. You certainly hit on a perfect description on raising a Jack Russel! ;)
I have Friends who used to raise them, and now have just one. My neighbor had one also. Neat dog, but it is like trying to catch one of those super balls, once they start bouncing..... :o
Wayne
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i have some Aguila superbcolibri long rifle shells.they have no powder in the case.they only use the priming mix to launch the bullet.only 550 feet per second.they are as quiet as a pop gun.i have killed racoons in my gradmothers attic,and she never heared the report.i don't know if i can send them in the mail,but if you need a box i will try and send you some.let me know.
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I like this kind of war.. Pellet gun with a decent scope, sling shoot can be fun and a bow for sure..
I know it's common to use toxins, but I would not. Just my way.. BUT if you insist, corn soaked in antifreeze ( etheline glycol) is extremely toxic, sweet to the taste and cheep..
I would not recommend any pyrotechnics.. Bad idea after Oklahoma City..
Have success and post pics ;)
Cipriano
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I don't like using toxins either. Too indiscriminate and the dead chipmone could poison other critters that might eat them. With chipmonk holes around the house I dump used cat litter in them and/or pee in them. ;D It doesn't take long for them to abandon that hole.
A friend got a hose that attaches to his car exhaust pipe. He cranks the car and lets it run for about 15 minutes with the hose in the hole.
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>:D The war started out with three confirmed munk kills. Used a new crossman 177 cal. pellet gun. Didn't put on the scope and used open sights.The gun shoots a pellet 1000 fps. Sat on my back porch with a good Rockey Patel cigar, loaded pellet gun and plenty of targets. Don't get much better than that. Might have to see if I can get a couple on the run.lol
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Looking forward to seeing the monk backed bow >:D
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Aim small, miss small! ;)
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I had a similar conflict with the squirrels, killed three in two days, came out the next day and found four of them in the front yard. Decided it was a truce :D. Latter I got up on the roof with my bow, and while I'm sitting up on the roof contemplating their death, one of them deccides to come up and challeng me with his friends sitting at the bottom of the tree( I could of knocked him out of the tree with my hand) decided I couldn't kill him they are like pets :'(
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I declared war on mice once in a house that I had rented. They mice would come around the corner in the living room and sit, so I got the bright idea to shoot at them with a bow. After 3 arrows into the wall, I decided to try a blowgun. Found out I am less accurate with the blowgun than the bow (good news was the holes in the wall were smaller). Even though I did probablly more damage to the house than the mice did, I had fun shooting at them. By the time i moved out of the house I had killed over 100 mice, several rats, and a bunch of armadillos that were bound and determined to undermine my propane tank and make it fall over. Critters make life interesting!
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A couple walnuts scattered around their hole, a window cracked open just enough to get the barrel of my airgun out of, and a cold lemonade.. one comes up to eat the nuts... POP!, and no more chipmunk. Repeat as necessary. ;D ;D
Jon