Chipmunks

ronwoodcraft · Jun 13, 2015

Have an infestation of these, They're not much bigger than a mouse.

OldJerseyGirl · Jun 13, 2015

I wish we have some. We do not have them here where I live. cute.

rginn · Jun 13, 2015

Haha, rascals! In reality they're more of a nuisance to my camp sites than bears or mountain lions have ever been. You really have to secure your food. One time one stole a fish that was cooking on the fire. Worse, Maria will feed one, and he calls up his buddies, and pretty soon you have a whole herd in camp. Along with the ground squirrels.

packerbacker · Jun 13, 2015

I have had them run across my legs while I was deer hunting. They ARE cute but , like rg says, they'll eat up your camp food.

Meadow · Jun 13, 2015

I'll trade you a few squirrels for one of those.

Bullet:Mich. · Jun 13, 2015

They are also able to find a way into your house so they have a nice place to stay in cold weather.

austin · Jun 13, 2015

Simon, Theodore and Alvin. Cute little critters. Be nice if you have kids that love and worship chipmunks. Or at least don't shoot them while the kid's around.

BosnMate · Jun 15, 2015

The loggers around here call them "timber tigers." I guess because of the stripes. Long long ago, and far far away I had a job packing mules with peoples camp gear and delivering
the goods into the mountains. We had quite a bunch of horses and mules, and in the morning we'd catch up the ones going to be used for the day, and tie them to a hitch rail which
also had a feed trough, and we'd feed grain to the stock while they were being brushed and saddled. Horses seem to chew with their mouths open, and they would slobber grain out
of their mouth and it would end on the ground, and the chipmunks would hustle in there and and get that grain. To a chipmunk my legs were no different than a horse, so they would
be right at my feet eating grain. They don't seem to look up, and I could lean over the hitch rail, reach straight down and take my finger and thump him on top of the head. The chipmunk would
scrunch his head down and start cussing in the chipmunk language. Pretty soon he'd start eating again, and I'd thump him again, with the same results. After two or three thumps he'd
would move over. They never did seem to catch on and look up. Some might think I was being mean, but I thought then, and still do think it was funny. Really ticked those little buggers
off though.

tamrock · Jun 15, 2015

I wonder how many beats per minute they're heart rate is?. Those little guys can sure move around quickly.

Bullet:Mich. · Jun 16, 2015

That was a great Timber Tiger story.

ronwoodcraft · Jun 16, 2015

BosnMate said:
The loggers around here call them "timber tigers." I guess because of the stripes. Long long ago, and far far away I had a job packing mules with peoples camp gear and delivering
the goods into the mountains. We had quite a bunch of horses and mules, and in the morning we'd catch up the ones going to be used for the day, and tie them to a hitch rail which
also had a feed trough, and we'd feed grain to the stock while they were being brushed and saddled. Horses seem to chew with their mouths open, and they would slobber grain out
of their mouth and it would end on the ground, and the chipmunks would hustle in there and and get that grain. To a chipmunk my legs were no different than a horse, so they would
be right at my feet eating grain. They don't seem to look up, and I could lean over the hitch rail, reach straight down and take my finger and thump him on top of the head. The chipmunk would
scrunch his head down and start cussing in the chipmunk language. Pretty soon he'd start eating again, and I'd thump him again, with the same results. After two or three thumps he'd
would move over. They never did seem to catch on and look up. Some might think I was being mean, but I thought then, and still do think it was funny. Really ticked those little buggers
off though.

Thanks for the story. Enjoyed it.