ShadowsPapa
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But you can't always be there, in all places, all the time. The water bucket trick works in as many places as you have buckets, and it's 24/8 and one can capture multiple critters in a single day while you are out doing other stuff.
With 3 acres, house, garage, shop, etc. it's hard to be all places at once. Chipmunks are typically early morning or evening critters, mice are mostly at night or outside of high noon hours, and 'coons are late evening although some have sauntered up to the house in the afternoon as well.
When chipmunks cause a shop floor to sink, costing you a whole lot of money to fix, you stop caring about how they feel and just deal with them. Sometimes the damage can't be easily reversed. One lady had those cute little furry critters cause 10 grand of damage to her basement wall. We've had them collapse retaining walls and had to pay about that much to have 'em replaced.
Savage 64f works well enough for me for dispatching the larger critters, the smaller ones, it's the bucket or the old, worn out, cheapy .17 pellet gun.
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