Is anyone else on here at TOO plagued by these annoying squirrel-wannabe's?
Place I live is absolutely loaded with them. They've got holes all around the front walk and landscaping. They stash seeds and nuts in random spots throughout my garage. We even hear them sometimes in the walls of the house (thankfully, we rent lol).
I'm a legitimate hater of feral cats. I've eliminated my fair share from the face of this Earth. In the last month or so, one started hanging around and I was determined to give it a dose of lead poisoning the first chance I got. But one day my wife made an excellent point... She said, "You know, since that cat came around, I don't see near as many chipmunks." I kind of laughed it off... Yea, ok. Then 2 hours later, I'll be damned if that fuggin cat didn't walk past the window with a chipmunk hanging out of its mouth!
So ok... I hate cats... But I also hate chipmunks. I guess until I see a drastic drop in the chipmunk population, Silvester is going to get a free pass. Lol
This morning, however, I watched a chipmunk hanging out under our vehicles like they often do. No cat in sight. My wife was sitting on the couch next to me, breastfeeding our baby boy. She asked if we should set some rat traps. My response was, "I bet I could just shoot that little sumbitch." Naturally my wife thought that was a bad idea, given the close proximity to the vehicles. To me, it was simply more of a challenge!
Up the stairs I went and grabbed my trusty Ruger 10/22 out of the cabinet. Back down the stairs to the sliding glass door. Lucky me... Mr. Chipmunk hadn't moved. I slid the door open ever so slightly, stuck the barrel out the door, settled the red dot on chipmunk center-mass... about 8" behind my front truck tire and 6" in front of the wife's car tire... I squeezed the trigger and the .22 cracked. Mr. Chipmunk flopped as the empty casing rattled across the hardwood floor. [emoji41]
"We don't need no fuggin traps," I smiled and said.
Place I live is absolutely loaded with them. They've got holes all around the front walk and landscaping. They stash seeds and nuts in random spots throughout my garage. We even hear them sometimes in the walls of the house (thankfully, we rent lol).
I'm a legitimate hater of feral cats. I've eliminated my fair share from the face of this Earth. In the last month or so, one started hanging around and I was determined to give it a dose of lead poisoning the first chance I got. But one day my wife made an excellent point... She said, "You know, since that cat came around, I don't see near as many chipmunks." I kind of laughed it off... Yea, ok. Then 2 hours later, I'll be damned if that fuggin cat didn't walk past the window with a chipmunk hanging out of its mouth!
So ok... I hate cats... But I also hate chipmunks. I guess until I see a drastic drop in the chipmunk population, Silvester is going to get a free pass. Lol
This morning, however, I watched a chipmunk hanging out under our vehicles like they often do. No cat in sight. My wife was sitting on the couch next to me, breastfeeding our baby boy. She asked if we should set some rat traps. My response was, "I bet I could just shoot that little sumbitch." Naturally my wife thought that was a bad idea, given the close proximity to the vehicles. To me, it was simply more of a challenge!
Up the stairs I went and grabbed my trusty Ruger 10/22 out of the cabinet. Back down the stairs to the sliding glass door. Lucky me... Mr. Chipmunk hadn't moved. I slid the door open ever so slightly, stuck the barrel out the door, settled the red dot on chipmunk center-mass... about 8" behind my front truck tire and 6" in front of the wife's car tire... I squeezed the trigger and the .22 cracked. Mr. Chipmunk flopped as the empty casing rattled across the hardwood floor. [emoji41]
"We don't need no fuggin traps," I smiled and said.
