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Posted: 9/19/2009 6:56:57 PM EDT

Any one got a guess? It's confined to an area of appx. 100sqft, but there are hundreds of these holes. looks to me like something is digging for worms or grubs or something, as the holes are only about 2-3" deep. but the only things is see in the area are rabbits, squirrels and chipmunks.

looks like the perp left a calling card.

Posted: 9/19/2009 6:59:18 PM EDT

[#1]

mole crickets

Posted: 9/19/2009 7:00:36 PM EDT

[#2]

VERY strange. Because I am having the exact same problem. Central AL.

Also, had an armadillo or something digging a BIG hole under my front porch. Coincidence?

Posted: 9/19/2009 7:01:18 PM EDT

[#3]

Maybe.....

?

On a lighter note... It might be a skunk. Few years back I had some holes like that in my front yard, came to find out it was a skunk.

Posted: 9/19/2009 7:02:56 PM EDT

[#4]

Quoted:

mole crickets

Gaah! Fuck i hope not, i don't want to have to kill my entire lawn and house with fire!

Posted: 9/19/2009 7:03:46 PM EDT

[#5]

Skunks.

No dillos in NY.

Posted: 9/19/2009 7:03:57 PM EDT

[#6]

Squirrels.

Posted: 9/19/2009 7:04:33 PM EDT

[#7]

Quoted:

Quoted:
mole crickets

Gaah! Fuck i hope not, i don't want to have to kill my entire lawn and house with fire!

Well I don't want to be too forward but.... your lawn could use some de-weeding anyway.

Posted: 9/19/2009 7:05:13 PM EDT

[#8]

Quoted:
Squirrels.

+1

Look for small nuts in the holes. If you find them, your trouble is squirrels.

Posted: 9/19/2009 7:06:25 PM EDT

[#9]

Quoted:

Quoted:

mole crickets

Gaah! Fuck i hope not, i don't want to have to kill my entire lawn and house with fire!

Well I don't want to be too forward but.... your lawn could use some de-weeding anyway.

Fuck that noise. 5 acres. so long as it's not taller than my kid, that's all the care i'm giving it.

Posted: 9/19/2009 7:07:37 PM EDT

[#10]

Quoted:

Quoted:

Squirrels.

+1

Look for small nuts in the holes. If you find them, your trouble is squirrels.

Those motherfuckers. time to break out the "rodent death pool" again i guess.

Posted: 9/19/2009 7:08:11 PM EDT

[#11]

You need one of those tools that release propane into the tunnels and then ignites it.

Posted: 9/19/2009 7:08:51 PM EDT

[#12]

Quoted:

Quoted:
Squirrels.

+1

Look for small nuts in the holes. If you find them, your trouble is squirrels.

+ another one

I have those in my yard, and I have actually seen the squirrels digging them.

Posted: 9/19/2009 7:08:57 PM EDT

[#13]

Quoted:
Skunks.

No dillos in NY.

+100000

Posted: 9/19/2009 7:09:43 PM EDT

[#14]

Stop shooting your back yard.

Posted: 9/19/2009 7:09:49 PM EDT

[#15]

Raccoons digging for grubs at night.

Get rid of the grubs and you get rid of the coons.

Get a sack of grub killer and spread it on the lawn––try to do it shortly before a rain.

Posted: 9/19/2009 7:11:40 PM EDT

[#16]

Quoted:
Any one got a guess? It's confined to an area of appx. 100sqft, but there are hundreds of these holes. looks to me like something is digging for worms or grubs or something, as the holes are only about 2-3" deep. but the only things is see in the area are rabbits, squirrels and chipmunks.

Dude, they're making a peace offering of firearms. You should encourage them to bring the rest of their kin.

Posted: 9/19/2009 7:12:07 PM EDT

[#17]

Chupacabra. Definitely chupacabra.

Posted: 9/19/2009 7:12:45 PM EDT

[#18]

Damn shame something tearing up all those weeds like that.

Posted: 9/19/2009 7:13:06 PM EDT

[#19]

Quoted:
Squirrels.

Yes, the little bastard tree rats.

Posted: 9/19/2009 7:13:12 PM EDT

[#20]

Crawdads will make holes about that size.....but that doesn't explain the steaming turd left there...

Posted: 9/19/2009 7:13:21 PM EDT

[#21]

Raccoons... They dig for grubs in the dirt at night.

Get some coyote piss or .22 LR.

Posted: 9/19/2009 7:14:10 PM EDT

[#22]

Quoted:
Raccoons digging for grubs at night.

Get rid of the grubs and you get rid of the coons.

Get a sack of grub killer and spread it on the lawn––try to do it shortly before a rain.

Be careful using granular grub killer, I killed a shitload of birds using it a few years ago. I didn't water it in good enough and apparently the birds thought it was tasty. My wife wasn't the least bit pleased over that stunt.

Posted: 9/19/2009 7:14:29 PM EDT

[#23]

Quoted:
Chupacabra. Definitely chupacabra.

I knew a guy in Dallas that got those in his yard- three weeks later he was dead.

Posted: 9/19/2009 7:14:57 PM EDT

[#24]

Pour alittle dawn dishwashing soap down a few of the holes and spray the area with a garden hose to confirm if this is mole crickets they'll crawl out of the holes very quickly.We had the same thing happen in our yard we had a shit load of grubs come out of the ground in the morning after treating the lawn with ortho and i believe an armadillo was digging them up still after we had treated the lawn with an Ortho lawn product.

Posted: 9/19/2009 7:15:17 PM EDT

[#25]

Opposum?

Posted: 9/19/2009 7:16:05 PM EDT

[#26]

Quoted:

Quoted:
Chupacabra. Definitely chupacabra.

I knew a guy in Dallas that got those in his yard- three weeks later he was dead.

LIAR!

Posted: 9/19/2009 7:18:38 PM EDT

[#27]

Quoted:

Damn shame something tearing up all those weeds like that.

hey, they're green(ish) ain't they?

Posted: 9/19/2009 7:21:55 PM EDT

[#28]

Looks like coon shit to me. They will fuck up a yard.

Sure you don't have a bunch of moles?

Posted: 9/19/2009 7:22:15 PM EDT

[#29]

Seen these guys in the neighborhood?

http://img36.imageshack.us/img36/4752/grantorino06.jpg

Posted: 9/19/2009 7:22:28 PM EDT

[#30]

Quoted:

.....but that doesn't explain the steaming turd left there...

This

Or this

Posted: 9/19/2009 7:23:52 PM EDT

[#31]

Quoted:

Looks like coon shit to me. They will fuck up a yard.

Sure you don't have a bunch of moles?

I don't think its moles, as the holes dont go anywhere. just 2-3 inches down then stop. but i've been wrong before. once.

Posted: 9/19/2009 7:25:44 PM EDT

[#32]

Baby Graboids?

Posted: 9/19/2009 7:27:06 PM EDT

[#33]

Quoted:

Quoted:

.....but that doesn't explain the steaming turd left there...

This

Well, I'm fucked.

Posted: 9/19/2009 7:32:52 PM EDT

[#34]

Quoted:

Quoted:

Looks like coon shit to me. They will fuck up a yard.

Sure you don't have a bunch of moles?

I don't think its moles, as the holes dont go anywhere. just 2-3 inches down then stop. but i've been wrong before. once.

If you had moles, there would be runs , and not just holes. Your feet would sink in them as you walked around the yard. It's hard to tell, from the picture because the grass is pretty high.

But the shit does look like Racoon.

I have no idea what a mole cricket is.

Posted: 9/19/2009 7:35:31 PM EDT

[#35]

"Nuke it from orbit, it's the only way to be sure."

Posted: 9/19/2009 7:36:12 PM EDT

[#36]

varmit cong

Posted: 9/19/2009 7:36:33 PM EDT

[#37]

I think it might be crawdads/mugbugs.

Are there little mounds of mud near the holes?

Some hornets make holes in the ground - but I think you would know about that.

I highly doubt regular squirrels. Ground squirrels usually make their holes hidden - not in the open.

eta - I thought that poop was mud... might be moles then.

Posted: 9/19/2009 7:39:35 PM EDT

[#38]

from your description, it sounds like skunks, or raccoons. Both leave holes in ground like in pics while digging for worms, grubs, crickets, beetles, etc....

Either way, you are going to have to set up a night ambush.

Posted: 9/19/2009 7:41:40 PM EDT

[#39]

Quoted:
I think it might be crawdads/mugbugs.

Are there little mounds of mud near the holes?

Some hornets make holes in the ground - but I think you would know about that.

I highly doubt regular squirrels. Ground squirrels usually make their holes hidden - not in the open.

eta - I thought that poop was mud... might be moles then.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CTI9Q2MTVm8

Posted: 9/19/2009 7:48:47 PM EDT

[#40]

Its a mole, the make tunnels just under the surface, the holes you see are from the tunnels collapsing.

I've got the same thing, they are driving me crazy!

Posted: 9/19/2009 7:53:40 PM EDT

[#41]

Quoted:

Its a mole, the make tunnels just under the surface, the holes you see are from the tunnels collapsing.

I've got the same thing, they are driving me crazy!

There are no tunnels, and the holes are dug, that much is obvious.

Posted: 9/19/2009 7:55:54 PM EDT

[#42]

It was this guy humping your lawn.

Posted: 9/19/2009 7:57:14 PM EDT

[#43]

What is this lawn you speak of? I see in your pics a good start on a pasture.

Posted: 9/19/2009 7:58:48 PM EDT

[#44]

Quoted:

Quoted:
mole crickets

Gaah! Fuck i hope not, i don't want to have to kill my entire lawn and house with fire!

Well I don't want to be too forward but.... your lawn could use some de-weeding anyway.

Posted: 9/19/2009 8:06:57 PM EDT

[#45]

I dunno, but whatever it is it's leaving P99's laying all over the place, I'd let it carry on!

Posted: 9/19/2009 8:07:45 PM EDT

[#46]

We had some skunks tearing up our lawn like that, once.

Antelope will do a number on it, too, the bastards.

Posted: 9/19/2009 8:10:56 PM EDT

[#47]

I have the same thing, it's skunks digging for grubs.

Can't really shoot them even though I have a suppressor, I don't have a 100% clear backstop. Don't want to trap them because I don't want to catch one. They ebb and flow with the owl population.

-JTP

ETA FUCK Post 4000, at least it wasn't a total waste like some stupid meme reply.