The Chipmunk By Joe Kosack Jacob Dingel T Sentinel and Hustler HERE'S A CLOSENESS we all associate with chipmunks. We see them hustling around our yards and in parks, even competing for seeds at our birdfeeders. They hound us while we bowhunt deer. They even take up residence alongside - sometimes even in - our homes. So it's hardly unfair to say our feelings about chipmunks depend on what they're doing, or what we see them doing. Many an October deer hunt I've been serenaded by the incessant "chuck" of a chipmunk that caught me moving in my tree stand. Some have yelled for 10 APRIL 2017 to 15 minutes, unwilling to accept my presence, or go somewhere else. And when they're badgering, chipmunks tend to disagree with me. No one likes a rat. But then there are those other times. I've enjoyed watching chipmunks skirmish with songbirds for everything from thrown sunflower seeds to corn kernels on a spiked corncob. It's hard to ignore their commitment to hoard for winter sustenance, or the pace at which they conduct business. Once they confirm the coast is clear, chipmunks move in high gear, filling their cheek pouches with whatever they're gather39