Originally Posted by
WhyFi
A chipmunk has been pissing me off by eating all of the tomatoes in the garden, about a week before they'd be ripe enough to pick. So, I done caught it.
It would scurry to the gutter downspout extensions when threatened, so I just plugged it up inside there. Then I disconnected the extension (taking care to ensure that the chipmunk was in there and not scrabbling up the elbow) and then upended it in to a 5 gal bucket with lid.
Now, I'm undecided on what to do with the annoying little bugger. The kids know about the chipmunk but are unaware that I've trapped it. Do I just off it and give the kids the classic, "well, it must have ran away"? Or do I take it, and the kids, to release it at a nearby (but far enough away) park?
Decisions, decision.
So here in NY, it’s illegal to transport rodents such as chipmunks, squirrels or woodchucks to another location and free them. I’d go the must have run off route.