Never been that many around here, mostly mice, shrus, moles n squirrels BUT this year I've got 6! I thought the 2 this last year was a lot, gone many years w/o any. Actually saw one run across the street in front of my truck just down the road and some over at my neighbors.
But that is not the worst of it. Recently was carrying some junk n walking into my kitchen. Herd what sound like plastic dropped and started to look around tah see what dropped. But then i saw a chipmunk run when i started to poke around by the trash can
Noise was him dropping him nut as i startled him. After that i was in another room on my PC and dude comes in carrying a nut like we roommates. Yelled at him, he dropped that nut n chased him out. If i was faster I'd of stomped him as he ran by feet. Still the mice around here have come up to me laying under a car in my garage LOL
Now i do set traps year round and live by several farm fields(corn atm), normally it's just mice n an occasional shru in my laundry/furnace/water-heater room.
I discovered these covered traps, since even rat-traps will not stop a chipmunk all the time(triggered n empty but sometimes i find them dead away from the trap). Also we got clever mice, that i need to use faster rat traps for. BUT peanut butter don't last long and yah gotta keep putting fresh in the trap.
Until i accidentally put a bait-block on the other side of one of the covered traps. Got 6 in that sucker so far and other garage trap nada. Those outside traps are nasty cause i may have been slow to get a few of the past chipmunks LOL So i bought a new pair n set one by the trash with peanut butter and the other with a bait-block, in one end(too large) with that side taped off. Even if it chews thru the tape 💀
Just figured I'd share my recent success and yes I'm well aware of smelly water/coolant bucket pop-can traps. I like the low maintenance bait-blocks and put it into a dead-end, we'll see if the tape one works.
But that is not the worst of it. Recently was carrying some junk n walking into my kitchen. Herd what sound like plastic dropped and started to look around tah see what dropped. But then i saw a chipmunk run when i started to poke around by the trash can
Now i do set traps year round and live by several farm fields(corn atm), normally it's just mice n an occasional shru in my laundry/furnace/water-heater room.
I discovered these covered traps, since even rat-traps will not stop a chipmunk all the time(triggered n empty but sometimes i find them dead away from the trap). Also we got clever mice, that i need to use faster rat traps for. BUT peanut butter don't last long and yah gotta keep putting fresh in the trap.
Until i accidentally put a bait-block on the other side of one of the covered traps. Got 6 in that sucker so far and other garage trap nada. Those outside traps are nasty cause i may have been slow to get a few of the past chipmunks LOL So i bought a new pair n set one by the trash with peanut butter and the other with a bait-block, in one end(too large) with that side taped off. Even if it chews thru the tape 💀
Just figured I'd share my recent success and yes I'm well aware of smelly water/coolant bucket pop-can traps. I like the low maintenance bait-blocks and put it into a dead-end, we'll see if the tape one works.