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Posted: 5/14/2023 8:15:30 AM EDT
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Cats
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Posted: 5/14/2023 9:40:55 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Cats Yeah, plenty of them around already, doesn't seem to be enough of a deterrent unfortunately. |
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Posted: 5/14/2023 9:51:20 AM EDT
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I had voles in my yard. House construction started in the adjacent empty lot, driving them towards my yard. They excavated a trench system under the snow all winter and when it melted, it looked like the Western Front in WWI.
How I got rid of them. Mothballs in the deeper parts to disincentivize them staying underground. Set mouse traps in the runs, 2 at a time, back to back. I had 8-10 traps total IIRC. You're trying to force them over the traps so I widened the trench so the traps would sit flush with the bottom and place a cardboard tent/tunnel over the top so they couldn't go over/around. First night I got 3 or 4, next night got another 2. By the end of the week they were all deaded. Border Terrier got one as well. Happy hunting. |
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Posted: 5/14/2023 10:00:11 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I had voles in my yard. House construction started in the adjacent empty lot, driving them towards my yard. They excavated a trench system under the snow all winter and when it melted, it looked like the Western Front in WWI. How I got rid of them. Mothballs in the deeper parts to disincentivize them staying underground. Set mouse traps in the runs, 2 at a time, back to back. I had 8-10 traps total IIRC. You're trying to force them over the traps so I widened the trench so the traps would sit flush with the bottom and place a cardboard tent/tunnel over the top so they couldn't go over/around. First night I got 3 or 4, next night got another 2. By the end of the week they were all deaded. Border Terrier got one as well. Happy hunting. Thanks, may have to give that a try. The WWI trench is a good analogy for what my yard is starting to look like! |
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Posted: 5/14/2023 10:07:42 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Thanks, may have to give that a try. The WWI trench is a good analogy for what my yard is starting to look like!  On high alert for vermin  |
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Posted: 5/29/2023 10:14:42 AM EDT
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OP, what luck?
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Posted: 5/29/2023 8:43:27 PM EDT
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The Talprid baits work well, but if your trying to control them over more than an acre or so, you'd be better of with some cats.
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Posted: 5/29/2023 9:35:30 PM EDT
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Making some progress. Two treatments of some Volex poison down their main holes has seemed to slow things down a bit. No luck catching any in mousetraps but I'm literally guessing at probably 30-40 holes in my 2 acre yard. Plenty of farm cats in the neighborhood including quite a few we see each night on our ring cameras, so I think it is just a numbers game right now.
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Posted: 5/29/2023 9:44:24 PM EDT
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My Dutch Shepherd kills 2-3 a day. Stares at the ground and then pounces. Starts digging and then throws one up in the air, lol. Brings the body to me like a trophy.
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Posted: 5/30/2023 8:38:55 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Making some progress. Two treatments of some Volex poison down their main holes has seemed to slow things down a bit. No luck catching any in mousetraps but I'm literally guessing at probably 30-40 holes in my 2 acre yard. Plenty of farm cats in the neighborhood including quite a few we see each night on our ring cameras, so I think it is just a numbers game right now. That's really interesting stuff. And apparently less harmful to the cats, etc who might end up secondary kills with regular poison. Looks like they have a specific solution for each rodent pest...rats, mice, moles, voles. And it's not all the same stuff. @Deere_John_16 did you find this locally? Or did you order it? And how much have you used (meaning, how much does the package actually cover for you? They seem fairly small.) If this is effective, I will definitely try this for my customers. |
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Posted: 6/1/2023 8:59:04 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: That's really interesting stuff. And apparently less harmful to the cats, etc who might end up secondary kills with regular poison. Looks like they have a specific solution for each rodent pest...rats, mice, moles, voles. And it's not all the same stuff. @Deere_John_16 did you find this locally? Or did you order it? And how much have you used (meaning, how much does the package actually cover for you? They seem fairly small.) If this is effective, I will definitely try this for my customers. I ordered it from Amazon. Got 3 pounds and spread it over about an acre total of my 2 acre property. Poured a couple grains in each hole I would see. I rarely actually see live voles so basing my results more on seeing fresh runs in my grass. |
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Posted: 6/2/2023 12:16:17 AM EDT
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Do Voles actually make runs that you can see? I've only ever found them hiding underneath things, and never seen any kind of trail or anything from them.
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Posted: 6/2/2023 2:54:15 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Do Voles actually make runs that you can see? I've only ever found them hiding underneath things, and never seen any kind of trail or anything from them. On a few rare occasions that I've seen them they were using the runs to get to other holes. |
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Posted: 6/2/2023 2:59:53 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: On a few rare occasions that I've seen them they were using the runs to get to other holes. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Do Voles actually make runs that you can see? I've only ever found them hiding underneath things, and never seen any kind of trail or anything from them. On a few rare occasions that I've seen them they were using the runs to get to other holes. |
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Posted: 6/2/2023 3:23:53 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Do Voles actually make runs that you can see? I've only ever found them hiding underneath things, and never seen any kind of trail or anything from them. Yes you can see the runs, they destroyed our pool area grass. I'd even chase the little bastards with the lawn mower and spray them out the chute if I got one. We finally found some good mouser cats and they took care of them. |
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Posted: 6/2/2023 3:34:51 PM EDT
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Voles or Moles? They are often lumped together but they aren't interchangeable.
Voles eat plants Moles eat grubs. Kill the grubs and they will leave.  Attached File |
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Posted: 6/2/2023 4:02:48 PM EDT
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Quoted: See my pic a few posts up. Those trenches where created under snow drifts in my yard. That's what it looked like after the snow melted. Quoted: Yes you can see the runs, they destroyed our pool area grass. I'd even chase the little bastards with the lawn mower and spray them out the chute if I got one. We finally found some good mouser cats and they took care of them. I guess it's a difference in terrain or something. I've never seen that here. |
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Posted: 6/2/2023 4:12:54 PM EDT
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Voles are different than moles. Moles make those mounds in the yard...voles are like miniature mice..Both are vermin.
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Posted: 6/2/2023 4:39:14 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Voles are different than moles. Moles make those mounds in the yard...voles are like miniature mice..Both are vermin. I have some corrugated metal out in my woods, that I put out there hoping to see snakes. Sometimes there is a Vole under there, and occasionally I do get to see a snake or two. Even under those metal sheets, there's rarely what could be seen as a run, but definitely not out in the open.  |
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Posted: 6/4/2023 12:56:51 AM EDT
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Surprised you see any small varmints with your slinky buddies around.
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