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Did mice do this to my dirt hole set ? #6376328 11/18/18 08:17 AM 11/18/18 08:17 AM
Joined: Jun 2013 Posts: 1,311 Indiana K kyron4 OP trapper
kyron4 OP trapper K Joined: Jun 2013 Posts: 1,311 Indiana	Checking sets and one of my dirt hole sets had fresh soil mounded up in a pile just over the hole, the trap bed area was undisturbed . It looked like someone dumped a half gallon of potting soil over the hole, very neat and uniform. No signs of digging around, it's like the dirt was brought from under ground. Would this be the work of mice ? I cleared the dirt, re bored the hole and re baited. Never seen this before. -Thanks

Re: Did mice do this to my dirt hole set ? [Re: kyron4] #6376337 11/18/18 08:40 AM 11/18/18 08:40 AM
Joined: Aug 2013 Posts: 8,346 Firth, Nebraska jabNE trapper
jabNE trapper Joined: Aug 2013 Posts: 8,346 Firth, Nebraska	Gophers or moles? Money cannot buy you happiness, but it can buy you a trapping license and that's pretty close.

Re: Did mice do this to my dirt hole set ? [Re: kyron4] #6376424 11/18/18 10:54 AM 11/18/18 10:54 AM
Joined: Sep 2011 Posts: 33 Sandusky, MI USA D dwalker trapper
dwalker trapper D Joined: Sep 2011 Posts: 33 Sandusky, MI USA	Always makes me wonder how people see these kind of things!

Re: Did mice do this to my dirt hole set ? [Re: kyron4] #6376458 11/18/18 11:55 AM 11/18/18 11:55 AM
Joined: Dec 2014 Posts: 1,222 MN Y yukonal trapper
yukonal trapper Y Joined: Dec 2014 Posts: 1,222 MN	Gopher.

Re: Did mice do this to my dirt hole set ? [Re: kyron4] #6376641 11/18/18 05:12 PM 11/18/18 05:12 PM
Joined: Jun 2010 Posts: 500 Bryant, IN D Dennis W trapper
Dennis W trapper D Joined: Jun 2010 Posts: 500 Bryant, IN	moles

Re: Did mice do this to my dirt hole set ? [Re: yukonal] #6376778 11/18/18 08:59 PM 11/18/18 08:59 PM
Joined: Dec 2014 Posts: 1,222 MN Y yukonal trapper
yukonal trapper Y Joined: Dec 2014 Posts: 1,222 MN	Originally Posted by yukonal Gopher. This is what pocket gophers do to me when I dig too close to their mounds/tunnels.

Re: Did mice do this to my dirt hole set ? [Re: yukonal] #6376808 11/18/18 09:29 PM 11/18/18 09:29 PM
Joined: May 2015 Posts: 533 MN S SkyeDancer trapper
SkyeDancer trapper S Joined: May 2015 Posts: 533 MN	Yup! Gopher. Had it happen

Re: Did mice do this to my dirt hole set ? [Re: SkyeDancer] #6376857 11/18/18 10:57 PM 11/18/18 10:57 PM
Joined: Nov 2017 Posts: 5,509 West Central MN 20scout trapper
20scout trapper Joined: Nov 2017 Posts: 5,509 West Central MN	Originally Posted by SkyeDancer Yup! Gopher. Had it happen Same here! Common sense is a not a vegetable that does well in everyone's garden.

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