Hunting Safety

Some up and coming New York fashion designer thinks the next big trend in accessories will be old fashion mink fur stoles. The hunters are out in force trying to cash in. The problem is they don’t know a mink from a chipmunk. Seriously, how many chipmunk furs would you need to make a fur stole? Like a gazillion.  Did I mention that these cash crazed humans are hunting with shotguns and bird shot. I think you get the picture, there won’t be anything left after taking a direct hit. What would you do without the weekly adventures of your favorite chipmunk? Read about the adventures of your pet rock?

We chipmunks are in good shape, we can hide in our “underground bunkers” during the bombardment. My friend Bushy the squirrel is having a tougher time. He flattens himself against the tree trunk and tries to blend in. However, we can’t spend all day in our burrows. We still need to harvest the fall seed crops. Mom suggested we get orange vests. Hunters are indoctrinated with the rule that you don’t shoot at anything with an orange vest or hat. Since the Woodpile itself is being used for target practice, we opted to get it a vest it as well. All the shotgun shells littering the area attests to the need for these extreme safety precautions.

Here I am installing an orange on the Woodpile

These shotgun shells are almost as big as me. Yikes!

One of the Woodpile’s residents checks to see if it is safe to come out.

I tried on a hunter’s ball cap but it was way to big. It was completely impractical.

I had to come up with a different solution.

Allow me to present the custom made chipmunk orange safety vest!

The Mayor dropped by and wanted know how it worked.

“Are you sure this is safe Chippy?”

“Here goes nothing”

“Wow, it fits and it is functional!"

UPDATE

Fifteen minutes after this blog entry was posted, it went viral. The safety vest company sold out of its inventory of 5,000 chipmunk vests in minutes. I just got a call from the Fashionable Critter magazine looking for an interview about the latest fashion craze - orange safety vests!