Yard Holes? What critter is doing it?

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I have continual silver dollar size holes about an inch or two deep all over the softer front yard. What critter is doing it. Many, many chimp monks and squirrels I see during the day. What they looking for?

Thanks, Ken
 
Charlie laid land mines?
 
I have continual silver dollar size holes about an inch or two deep all over the softer front yard. What critter is doing it. Many, many chimp monks and squirrels I see during the day. What they looking for?

Thanks, Ken
Probably voles.
 
Tree squirrels will bury and dig up nuts in the lawn. Holes are typically 2 inches in diameter, shallow and there is no mound of soil around them. Entrances to chipmunk tunnels are usually found in less conspicuous places such as near stumps, buildings, brush piles or log piles.
 
Voles, get some grub killer and the voles will not have anything to eat and will move to your neighbors yard ;)
 
Moles eat grubs.

Voles eat roots.
Bastards.
I stand corrected, I have something in my yard making holes and tunnels and was going to get grub killer hoping to get rid of them.
 
I stand corrected, I have something in my yard making holes and tunnels and was going to get grub killer hoping to get rid of them.
The moles will push up burrows in your turf, chasing critters. Voles, those little forkers, will take out very small tress and shrubs due to eating the roots. They leave those holes, discussed above, and are damn near unpossible to eradicate.
 
The moles will push up burrows in your turf, chasing critters. Voles, those little forkers, will take out very small tress and shrubs due to eating the roots. They leave those holes, discussed above, and are damn near unpossible to eradicate.
What is it that people use propane and light it for?
 
What is it that people use propane and light it for?
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I have 5 outdoor cats. People ask if I'm the crazy cat lady.
Yeah pretty much.
What I don't have... voles, mice, chewed wires in cars, squirrels, snakes, moles that dare come out(=instant death), pita birds like Cardinals, rats, rabbits, chipmunks...
If it's on the ground even temporarily, it's doomed.
About the only thing they don't mess with is the skunks. They even seem to be like, buddies with them and show 'em where the chow bowl is.
Can't blame them for that I guess.
 
For mole holes...…… insert garden hose...… turn on water...…… stand by with weapon of choice. They will pop up somewhere as the holes get flooded.
 
Big Tabby named One Eyed Jack on patrol here. No moles, fewer squirrels, 0 mice. Watching him stalk right now out the window.
 
Looks like voles to me. Like a mole on steroids. Had them all over the place on the property I got in Virginia. Got some electronic stakes that you space around the yard off of Amazon. The problem seems to be solved -doesn't kill them but they relocate.
 
I have 5 outdoor cats. People ask if I'm the crazy cat lady.
Yeah pretty much.
What I don't have... voles, mice, chewed wires in cars, squirrels, snakes, moles that dare come out(=instant death), pita birds like Cardinals, rats, rabbits, chipmunks...
If it's on the ground even temporarily, it's doomed.
About the only thing they don't mess with is the skunks. They even seem to be like, buddies with them and show 'em where the chow bowl is.
Can't blame them for that I guess.
And this is why I hate cats.
 
And this is why I hate cats.
1) They are an excellent tool for a job that is necessary.
2) You will never see my cats in your yard.
3) I would venture to guess that you have taken far more life than my cats ever will.
4) Some people just love to hate because..,they love to hate.
 
1) They are an excellent tool for a job that is necessary.
2) You will never see my cats in your yard.
3) I would venture to guess that you have taken far more life than my cats ever will.
4) Some people just love to hate because..,they love to hate.

Thank you for your opinion on the subject.

Cats are killers of animals that don’t need killing.
And you’re right, you will never see any cats in my yard.
 
Sorry @Tailhunter I was feeling crabby yesterday and lookin to bark at any stupid thing.
Not usually my style but apparently it was yesterday.
Mea Culpa.
 
Bunch of moles are going into the hole...know what the last one in line sees?

Molasses.

hahahahahahaha

A picnic was laid out near a mole hill. The family of moles could smell it.

The father mole stuck his head out the hole and said, "I smell fried chicken."
The mama mole stuck her head out the hole and said, "I smell biscuits."
With the hole being blocked by the parents, the baby mole said, "All I smell is molasses."
 
Take a section of flat new chewing gum and leave it in the hole. The thing eats it and dies because it can not shit.
 
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