I left the chipmunks alone for about 4 years because of Covid, and I regret it very much. They are causing a lot of problems now. My shed is an absolute mess, and I have tunnels down the side of my foundation.
I've got a friend who catches mice like this in his hunting camp.....which is loaded with mice. Instead of water......he uses ethylene glycol anti-freeze.....and he says the anti-freeze prevents the stink. He had dozens of dead mice in his pail when I was there.....and they did not stink.
My record for the cabin is 17 in a week of deer hunting.
This spring I caught 7 in under 45 minutes. First thing I did when I got there was set the spring traps. While I was moving my gear in from the car they were going off. Reset them, went out in the woods for a half hour, all of them had dead mice in them when I came back. Makes you think... "maybe I don't want to sleep here".