Chipmunks

[MossRoad]

Get a scope on your BB gun and hunt over a bait pile of sunflower seeds. Highly un-ethical except in pest control, where all is fair /w3tcompact/icons/wink.gif

 

[MDNY]

Come on now guys, be fair to the wildlife. Even though it is pest control you should at least give them a chance to outsmart you (or maybe they already are).

Don't get me wrong having lived in aparments for years I have enjoyed the chipmunks, squirels, birds etc and now that I will be moving into our new house I will still enjoy them. We set out the food and keep them happy. On our land the only thing like to be shot (at) is the one who doesn't belong. That would be a two legged trespasser who can't seem to read "Posted". Just love wildlife and I have no issue with those who hunt, I just don't.

 

[MossRoad]

I don't hunt either. I perform pest control /w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif

Really, the only animals that I have trouble with are moles, and that is only because they undermine my pool. I've never intentionally killed any animal other than fish until 2 years ago. There just wasn't any other way that was remotely economical. 88 moles on 1 acre in 2.5 years!

We had chipmunks at my parents house that the cats couldn't keep up with. They undermined a 12x24 concrete patio until it colapsed and filled the attic over the garage with nuts, leaves and other stuff. My dad used rat traps with peanut butter and sunflower seeds. That got the ones that were smarter than the cats.

 

[wasabi]

Re: Hunting Chipmunks

Assuming you shoot them and don't poison the meat, it sure would take a bunch of 'em to make a meal. What is the best cooking method....line 'em all up on a spit?

I can see it now....today's version of the mighty hunter emerging from the forest with their pellet gun over one shoulder and a string of chipmunks over the other..../w3tcompact/icons/laugh.gif

 

[MossRoad]

Re: Hunting Chipmunks

Chipmunk mc nuggets? They probably have more meat on them than any of the fish that I catch /w3tcompact/icons/laugh.gif

I have considered skinning the moles and making them into coin purses. They are incredibly soft, short furred and extremely clean. However, there just aren't too many people that use coin purses anymore.