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Originally Posted by rick35
Fill a 5 gallon bucket half full with water. Cover the water with sunflower seeds. Put the bucket next to your steps and use a piece of wood to create a bridge from the steps to the bucket. The chipmunks smell the seeds, cross over the board and jump into the bucket to get the seeds and drown. I've been pulling one out every couple of days. I've had to reset my walkway pavers twice this spring as the chipmunks built a nest and the pavers started to droop into the cavity.
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I've had some pretty good success using the bucket o'death method over the last couple of weeks. Just don't fill the bucket with too much water (6" or so is plenty), as squirrels are big enough to reach in and steal the seeds. Found that one out myself.
Since I dropped the water level, I have caught 2 squirrels, multiple chipmunks, and 1 mouse.