So we have had these 3 (maybe more) chipmunks living in our shed for about 3 years now. I have seen them running around the front yard, and have seen the holes they have dug. I have had to run them out of the garage a few times.
Well I don't own a pellet gun, so I asked a friend to borrow his. So I have this Crossman 1000FPS .177 pellet gun at my disposal. Nothing special it has some surface rust and a busted front sight. That's ok though, it has a BSA scope on it.
So I am up today at about 5:30 AM and have no plans for the day, so I cut up an apple and set it out in the rocks around my shed. Now I play the waiting game.
Much to my surprise I did not have to wait long, after about 10 minutes here comes the first one. Surprisingly he walked right by the apple I had left and went to the far corner and sat there. So I took the shot. HEAD SHOT, after about 3 seconds of twitching it lays dead. Upon retrieval of the varmint I see that I had got him just below the eye.
So in anticipation of the others, I suspect that 3 are residing within my shed. I waited, and waited but they never show. So now its about noon, and I decided to take a nap. I was awoke a little while later, maybe around 3:30 ish. The apples are gone, however the second one is sitting in the opposite corner of the rocks the first one was sitting in. So I aim and take the shot. Got this one in the neck, he died a bout 15sec after he was hit.
Now I am not 100% certain there are 3 of them so I figure I will put some more apples out and see if they are gone tommorow. Well about 45min ago I figured I would give a look to see if they had been touched. Sure enough one of the apple slices were gone. So I sit out there and waited about 15min or so when he come crawling out from under the siding on the shed.
This shot was perfect, he was sitting right on top of the cinderblock I had set the apple slices on top of. So I aim and take the shot. I got this one in the neck as well, but I think it hit his spine, as this one did not twitch or anything. It just fell dead on the spot.
Well that's my story for you guys, I went 3 for 3 today. One shot one kill, the way it should be done.
Still on the lookout for these things though. Shooting them was a last resort, as we have been putting trays of DE-CON out for them for the past 2 years. The trays are always empty but the chipmunks still run around and chew on the cardboard and plastics in my shed. Not to mention the massive amounts of poop they leave behind all over and on my lawn mower.
I took some pictures of the last 2, and have a short video of the second one. If anybody is interested I can post them.
Well I don't own a pellet gun, so I asked a friend to borrow his. So I have this Crossman 1000FPS .177 pellet gun at my disposal. Nothing special it has some surface rust and a busted front sight. That's ok though, it has a BSA scope on it.
So I am up today at about 5:30 AM and have no plans for the day, so I cut up an apple and set it out in the rocks around my shed. Now I play the waiting game.
Much to my surprise I did not have to wait long, after about 10 minutes here comes the first one. Surprisingly he walked right by the apple I had left and went to the far corner and sat there. So I took the shot. HEAD SHOT, after about 3 seconds of twitching it lays dead. Upon retrieval of the varmint I see that I had got him just below the eye.
So in anticipation of the others, I suspect that 3 are residing within my shed. I waited, and waited but they never show. So now its about noon, and I decided to take a nap. I was awoke a little while later, maybe around 3:30 ish. The apples are gone, however the second one is sitting in the opposite corner of the rocks the first one was sitting in. So I aim and take the shot. Got this one in the neck, he died a bout 15sec after he was hit.
Now I am not 100% certain there are 3 of them so I figure I will put some more apples out and see if they are gone tommorow. Well about 45min ago I figured I would give a look to see if they had been touched. Sure enough one of the apple slices were gone. So I sit out there and waited about 15min or so when he come crawling out from under the siding on the shed.
This shot was perfect, he was sitting right on top of the cinderblock I had set the apple slices on top of. So I aim and take the shot. I got this one in the neck as well, but I think it hit his spine, as this one did not twitch or anything. It just fell dead on the spot.
Well that's my story for you guys, I went 3 for 3 today. One shot one kill, the way it should be done.
Still on the lookout for these things though. Shooting them was a last resort, as we have been putting trays of DE-CON out for them for the past 2 years. The trays are always empty but the chipmunks still run around and chew on the cardboard and plastics in my shed. Not to mention the massive amounts of poop they leave behind all over and on my lawn mower.
I took some pictures of the last 2, and have a short video of the second one. If anybody is interested I can post them.
but they do respond to fast moving lead
lets see the Vid 
