Thanks for your reply..In2Gardens...
As I said in my previous postings,I lived in this house for over 20 yrs. at peace with the animals but Homeland security comes first..I set up a board with waste sheetrock and a small hole but the squirrels are tearing the hole larger to get to the seeds..haven't checked the 3 traps yet for munks...got the idea from a previous posting but she/he used a wood board with hole too small for squirrel..will use up remainder of peanut butter and won't buy more because some of the most consistent and high count days[5 munks] had no p.b. in the trap area..will get back to all of you with future results..waiting for air pellet gun for squirrels..

Best kept secret is that the best pool of death for my use is NOT the 5 gallon but the 3 gallon ones that you buy in the .99cents stores to wash your cars with...I lean it against the retaining wall and fill it halfway with water,one cup of seeds and that's it!..No ramp/board/peanut butter...caught two today in about 6 hours of my being away from home...I think that the 5 gallon buckets are too intimidating for most munks..total catch since last week of May..[21] munks...stopped using 5 gallon buckets because this smaller one is so much more effective....

dunked my first munk today - what a clever idea! I cannot leave peanut butter outside as it draws several other critters. So the BOD is perfect. While cute they have in just this short of time undermined my NEW retaining wall. My neighbor has them running up the gutter downspouts - I think she is senile.

thank you again so the "invention"

yep, got two of the little buggers myself. great idear and Im even going to try the listerine as mosquito repellant.

I Googled this site because I have what looks like thousands of chipmunks around my house. I couldn't believe what I read about the PoD, but I am desperate. I got my supplies and set up the new recreational site for my friends. Less than an hour later my wife said that the birds had eaten all the sunflower seeds. I went out to rebait, but it wasn't birds!!! I notched my first kill. Not to be particularly blood thirsty but what is the largest death toll recorded using the PoD?

In about 4 weeks,I got 25...25 less to worry about them doing harm to my property

RAT ZAPPER CONTINUES TO WORK

Like many on this thread I too felt guilty about eliminating chipmunks ... but have become increasingly frustrated and desperate when the population exploded and over ran our property and garden areas. Destructive, brazen and invasive is ALL an understatement when I see what these cute little critters have become.

Granted the "pool of death" (the bucket) does work, but I found, at least for me, a cleaner, more convenient way to eliminate the munks ... the RatZapper ... no bucket to maintain/seed to replenish.

I bought my first "zapper" back in May and eliminated 21 munks in approximately 10 days. Since then I bought 2 more and now there are almost 50 critters that no longer make their home in the area around my foundation, sidewalks and retaining walls.

I place a little pile of sunflower seed at the back of the chamber and flip the switch. And location seems to be important. Under shrubs and near visible, active holes seems to be most effective.

While I feel I need to eliminate them I want to do it as humanely as possible, and since it is illegal to relocate them in the state of CT, the Hav-A-Heart trap presents the dilemma of having to "off them" yourself and watch them die. An animal control professional I spoke to (off the record) indicated that "electrocution" is the fastest, most humane and cleanest way to do what has to be done.

Interestingly, an Ohio State University critter/pest management site I visited indicated that 10 chipmunks or more per acre is considered an infestation population. I have caught almost five times that number in two areas, so I assume I am dealing with nature being way out of balance, at least as far as the chipmunk population.

If you're getting more and more desperate, try the Zapper, it has worked for me.

Thanks,[in2gardens] for all of your past and hopefully, your future helpful inputs.I am a simple person and If I catch one monk for one small cup off seeds that are already paid for, then I am a happy camper,I almost don't care if the squirrels eat the rest of the seeds that are left but to my surprise,I once saw a full grown DOE eat the seeds from my bucket...Now I'm thinking up Venison recipes!