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Yard digging - natural dirt hole #7358038
09/17/21 06:45 PM
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Found this in the yard today. Hole is only a couple inches deep. I am thinking skunk or raccoon.

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Re: Yard digging - natural dirt hole [Re: k snow] #7358055
09/17/21 06:54 PM
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Skunks or Armadillos grubbing is my guess


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Re: Yard digging - natural dirt hole [Re: k snow] #7358057
09/17/21 06:56 PM
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Pretty sure there's no armadillos for a couple hundred miles.

Re: Yard digging - natural dirt hole [Re: k snow] #7358061
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The stink cat at work.

Re: Yard digging - natural dirt hole [Re: k snow] #7358075
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Originally Posted by k snow
Pretty sure there's no armadillos for a couple hundred miles.



Then you can narrow down the list (your welcome) grin


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Re: Yard digging - natural dirt hole [Re: k snow] #7358077
09/17/21 07:25 PM
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Skunks, the same is going on in my folks yard. Looks like someone turned a tiller loose.

Re: Yard digging - natural dirt hole [Re: k snow] #7358115
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maybe a rabbit digging a hole to have little ones. If only one hole.

Re: Yard digging - natural dirt hole [Re: Jim Bethell] #7358125
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Originally Posted by Jim Bethell
maybe a rabbit digging a hole to have little ones. If only one hole.


That did cross my mind. Why they dig in the wide open is beyond me. There is minor damage in other parts of the yard and a scattering of scat. My hunch is that it's skunk.

Re: Yard digging - natural dirt hole [Re: k snow] #7358286
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Skunks dig up yellow jacket nests ...

Re: Yard digging - natural dirt hole [Re: slowpoke] #7358455
09/18/21 07:34 AM
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Originally Posted by slowpoke
Skunks dig up yellow jacket nests ...


Didn't know that. We have had a few yellow jacket nests this year, more than normal.

Re: Yard digging - natural dirt hole [Re: k snow] #7358552
09/18/21 10:10 AM
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Kill the grubs the problem will end. They sell Diazamein (spelling) crystals to spread on the lawn to get rid of grubs. Look for brown patches of loose sod, if its wet there they could be digging crawlers maybe if no grubs.


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