o yea one more thing, charlie p, none of my neighbors care. besides we are more than 500 feet apart. yesterday i shot this chipmunk. it was a female. it had a short tail. males have longer tails. i have shot at its mate twice today and missed. o yea just to clarify this, the eat my garden apart in the summer. so if i get rid of them now, i will have ripe and beautiful tomatoes this summer.