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Mole2017
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A Trio of Chippers--numbers 18, 19, and 20...
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Well, I'm still cleaning up on the chipmunks out there. I won't begin to speculate if I have them in hand yet--they do seem to keep pouring in. Here's the scoop on this week's work:
But first some background. I have grass in front of my house facing east, probably almost 120 feet wide and extending to the road, about 60 feet. That includes a driveway, a big dogwood, and an isolated jungle area around a pine at the edge of the road. Everything else in my yard is trees, saplings, thorns and ivy. That includes the whole back yard (west), the whole north side of the lot, and the south area between me and a neighbor, right up the side of my carport to the edge of the grass in front. Lots of places for chipmunks.
I've seen them everywhere and sniped them from most areas, but these days efforts are concentrated on three or four areas, depending how you differentiate.
Number 18
This one is from that west area way off my back patio. Out there I have a feeder on the ground that has netted its share of chippers and squirrels, as has the rotted log pile next to and slightly behind it. On the other side and closer to the house by only a few feet is the new this year "Woodpile of Death". This corner is mostly trees, but it butts up to a thicket shared by four neighbors behind me and is a major entry point for chipmunks and squirrels. And the neighbor's cats...
Well, number 18 got to roll the dice four times before he lost. He was spotted scampering for the front of the Woodpile of Death as I approached to tend to the feeder. I retreated, fetched the R10 and stepped out on the back stoop to look for him. He had stopped "half climb" up the front, like he was thinking about going up further, but wanting to see what I was up to as well.
Naturally, I was excited for the opportunity and proceeded to miss twice, planting a JSB heavy to his right and then his left. All he did was flinch and hold his ground. Ok, I was rushing things, so I backed up half a step to plant my rear against the door and lined up a much more stable shot. Pfft! Empty mag! For crying out loud...
I slip into the house and scrounge a nearly empty tin of regular 8.44 gr JSB, load two pellets and return to the stoop. Our gambling chipper is still there, now seated somewhat. I line up the shot and manage a 29 yard shot through the top of his right shoulder and out the other side. The pass through added a third ding to the log behind him. You can see his last meal laying where he was sitting.
Number 19
This was a routine shot at the north side of the house. Here I have a small pile of "spent" two by fours--leftovers and badly weathered stuff from projects. The chippers have been in the habit of using it for cover and reconnaissance. If I come around the back corner of the house too quickly, I can spook one here and lose a chance at a shot. So I've taken to approaching carefully and armed! This one took the shot at about 12 yards into the right shoulder and out the left backside. Pretty simple.
Number 20
I'd say this was my favorite. There is a power line that runs between me and the south neighbor, stopping at a pole about halfway along the shared property line. Well, the area under this and nearby is little saplings, ivy, and lots of leaves. It is almost impossible to find the chippers in this area unless they move first. I hear them chirping away in there and can't see them for all my efforts. Yet they can see me plain as day it seems, since they react to me stepping off the patio about 50 or 60 feet away. Other times, I'll startle one out there and, well, then he's gone.
But this one was spotted bolting towards a tree, jumping on the side of it to survey and going around behind it. I was actually unarmed, but thought just maybe I might get a chance at this guy. I grab the binoculars, the R10 and the shooing stick (1/2" EMT) and move slowly towards the feeder in the back yard, watching things south of me. I'm not seeing him move, but a scan with the binoculars turns up a chipper looking directly at me from among the dead leaves and ground cover!
I need only move another half step for a clear line of fire and manage to give him one almost up the left nostril and out the back of the neck at 18 yards. He flops and flips a bit before expiring. When I get to him I figure it out: he had stopped right at his burrow into the ground. It is that dark area near the blood in the lower right of the picture. Thinking he was as good as safe, he had surveyed the situation one last time, emphasis on last
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Actually, I've suspected this burrow to be there as I've had other chipmunks disappear in this area. For that matter, I saw the neighbor's cat grab a chipmunk in the area two weeks ago. It's clear though that he doesn't get many of them.
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Re: A Trio of Chippers--numbers 18, 19, and 20...
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Nice shooting David!
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May 19, 2019, 07:02:45 PM »
David, great patience and excellent shooting on those 3!
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Re: A Trio of Chippers--numbers 18, 19, and 20...
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Great shooting David !!!
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Re: A Trio of Chippers--numbers 18, 19, and 20...
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May 19, 2019, 07:39:11 PM »
Good shooting David, and I like the close-up's
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May 19, 2019, 08:51:02 PM »
David you are deadly with that R10, and you have lots of obliging chippers... good shooting.
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Nice shooting with that tack driver David.
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