Chipmunk Contest Update & Consolation Prize Announcement

The deadline for guesses for the Chipmunk Relocation Contest has come and gone. Thank you to all who have entered and good luck!

Just a reminder, I will continue to trap and relocate chipmunks the rest of the summer until my first day of school on August 15th. It's been 10 days since I started the relocation program and I've had some moderate success. Each release has been recorded with my iPhone in one hand, while I attempted to release the little bastards chipmunks with the other.

Here are links to the videos on youtube . . . if you're going to watch just one, I would say the one I embedded is my best production job!  Most of them are 10 to 15 seconds in length except for one which I forgot to hit the stop button.

Chipmunks #1 and #2

Chipmunks #3 and #4
Chipmunks #5 and #6
Chipmunk #7
Chipmunk #8
Chipmunk #9
Chipmunks #10 and #11
Chipmunk #12
Chipmunks #13 and #14
Chipmunks #15 and #16
Chipmunks #17 and #18:

Chipmunks #19 and #20

Oh, and I caught a squirrel Tuesday morning! Squirrel #1:

Chipmunk #21
Chipmunk #22

Things have slowed down lately as I've only trapped one chipmunk each of the last two days. They've taken to setting off the trap, eating the bait while inside, and then squeezing through some of the larger spaces between the metal bars of the trap. I don't have this problem with the bigger adult chipmunks and I've added some more wire to the trap to hopefully increase my success rate with the smaller youngsters. If that fails, then at least I can look forward to catching them once I fatten them up!  Ha!

A few notes:

1. The most chipmunks relocated in a day is six, which was the first day.
2. The fewest chipmunks relocated in a day is one, which has been achieved multiple times.
3. Chipmunks have been relocated 9 out of 10 days. (We had to go out of town one day and I wasn't around to set the trap that day.)  But they don't count days of rest against batters during hitting streaks, so I can still say I HAVE A 9 DAY CHIPMUNK STREAK!

List of ALL 33 Entries:    (chipmunks, others, Cubs Wins, blogger)
5             3             69           irondequoit36

8             13           74           Tony L.

10           5             77           Stealing Home

12           7             79           JediJeff

13           3             81           Adam Kaningher

13           8             82           The Angels in Order

18           6             75           Mark Hoyle

22           2             79           Matthew Scott

22           1             44           CURRENT NUMBERS (80 win pace)

26           6             76           Play at the Plate

27           4             75           Al Kawamoto

28           5             76           Nick

31           1             69           The Lost Collector

34           7             81           Daniel Wilson

35           4             85           John Hazen

36           8             77           Jupiterhill

36           9             74           Swing And a Pop-up

37           3             77           Jane

37           8             107         B Man

38           3             71           jaybarkerfan

39           6             70           gcrl

42           5             78           Nachos Grande

42           6             83           CaptKirk42

44           4             74           KO Rob

47           3             76           Captain Canuck

49           4             80           Sport Card Collectors

49           9             78           Once A Cub

50           4             70           Fuji

52           4             79           RAZ

52           5             75           Adam Sanders

53           4             75           Wilson

55           3             81           Corky

61           12           79           defgav

74           3             74           Jeff

CONSOLATION PRIZE!

 It appears that guessing low was an easy way to get eliminated. Sorry, guys! But, I've decided to run a bit of a secondary contest: If your guess (above) for the amount of Cubs victories is exactly correct on the morning of 8/15/2016, then I'll send you a consolation prize. That way you still have a vested interest in the contest. Every number between 69 and 85 was guessed at leas once except for 72, 73, and 84.  Plus, B Man guessed 107!  I love his confidence in my Cubs!  If multiple people are correct, then I'll send out multiple prizes. How's that sound?

Stay tuned for more updates down the road and thanks for reading!