Here in AZ several species of "kangaroo rats" are protected. Not that I'd shoot them anyway - they're pretty benign, and you'd need night vision as their nocturnal.
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Chipmunks - pest or protected?
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NC puts chipmunks in a "non-game" category with no hunting season, but I can't find them listed as protected, so I'm not sure what that means. We have them around the yard, but I can't see that they do any damage, so I leave them alone.
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I let the Chippers live in a metal shed out back. I enjoy watching them come eat peanuts and stuff on the back porch.
As long as they stay outside the house? I've no urge to shoot them. Same with the Squirrels. Hope to get them use to me so I can hand feed them.
As long as they stay outside the house? I've no urge to shoot them. Same with the Squirrels. Hope to get them use to me so I can hand feed them.
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Our chipmunks dug out an underground tunnel system during drought years. It turned out they did that in the flow path of rain water, which we get plenty now. Their construction work was washing out and recently collapsed, and we need to level it using a lot of soil. They also leave dozens of holes that trap my kids. They are very sassy, if not downright aggressive, too.
Heck, they keep finding ways into my basement, where they eat poisoned mice bite and die. I can help them to die in a more humane way.
It's actually even worse than that. Because of the safe no dog haven we get a lot of rabbits, which attract coyotes, who leave the chewed off rabbit heads and intestines behind on the flower beds. Not talking about the deers terrorizing the neighborhood and occasional black bears.
Heck, they keep finding ways into my basement, where they eat poisoned mice bite and die. I can help them to die in a more humane way.
It's actually even worse than that. Because of the safe no dog haven we get a lot of rabbits, which attract coyotes, who leave the chewed off rabbit heads and intestines behind on the flower beds. Not talking about the deers terrorizing the neighborhood and occasional black bears.
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You live in a good place. My wife gets mad when the bears run off with the feeds and poles. One pole we never did find. Neighbor down the road said he saw the bear run up in the woods with the pole in his both and the feeder swaying on the end. Neighbor found the feeder 2 years later but pole has never been found. I tell her the bears were her first.
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Those rats in drag get blasted here. Aside from tunneling and messing up water flow as the previous poster mentioned, any building here that is up on blocks is constantly in danger of having the foundation compromised, same as with moles. I've taken them with airguns, a smoothbore .22 with rat shot, slingshot and even a blowgun.
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Yea, protected here in PA. PA is full of nonsense game laws! But when they are on my property destroying things I take care of the issue!
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I'm on the coast of BC, so we don't see any chipmunks around here.
Pests around here tend to be squirrels, raccoons, rats, mice, lots of birds of prey (owls, eagles, hawks, falcons, ravens) then on the more rare side there's ocean otters, mink, pine martens, weasels, woodpeckers (although I've never had a problem with them but they have burrowed into my neighbourh's house), rabbits, etc.
Pests around here tend to be squirrels, raccoons, rats, mice, lots of birds of prey (owls, eagles, hawks, falcons, ravens) then on the more rare side there's ocean otters, mink, pine martens, weasels, woodpeckers (although I've never had a problem with them but they have burrowed into my neighbourh's house), rabbits, etc.
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Same here. I enjoyed watching them until they dug too many holes in my yard. I shoot them in my backyard with airguns. They are mostly close to the house in the front and they are very alert. I have no opportunity to shoot in the front yard. A big mouse trap is used. The most I got was 10 in a week with the trap! Shooting is not as productive but more fun. They are very hard to shoot for their agility.
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My yard has 13 100 ft tall hickory trees and 300 ft of stone walls you can’t look out my back window and not see half a dozen chipmunks plus squirrels, chipmunks will run full speed at each other and jump in the air and smash into each other I’ve seen 3 die from doing this their a very territorial and mean little critter
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