What could these piles of dirt be in my lawn? Voles? Ants?

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Sep 14, 2023
1:42:23pm

rojo fire Playmaker

What could these piles of dirt be in my lawn? Voles? Ants?

I noticed them yesterday, shoveled the dirt away and new piles appeared today.

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rojo fire

Previous username: redlemmons
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What could these piles of dirt be in my lawn? Voles? Ants?

rojo fire Playmaker

9/14/23 1:42pm

Gophers. I had them in SoCal the last two years. Hate those punks.

9/14/23 1:43pm

I picked up some of these. You need to find a fresh mound and put it right in

9/14/23 1:44pm

Read with interest the answers to the question (in the Q&A): how do you get the gopher out of the trap after you trap it

hamaca

9/14/23 2:47pm

When I use my gopher trap (with metal spikes) I attach a line to the trap.

85fan

9/14/23 9:48pm

RE: Gophers. I had them in SoCal the last two years. Hate those punks.

barnacle

9/14/23 1:44pm

This. If you don't want to get your hands dirty/waste time, then use a hose to

Penske Material

9/14/23 1:47pm

Never heard of using a hose. Good to know.

BleedCougarBlue2

9/14/23 1:57pm

Agreed: gophers. And kill them quick or you'll have an underground freeway in

BleedCougarBlue2

9/14/23 1:56pm

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materialized

9/14/23 1:44pm

RE: Find the actual hole and throw some m80's down there!

WJCougar

9/14/23 1:44pm

RE: Find the actual hole and throw some m80's down there!

CrashMcLarson

9/14/23 1:49pm

Holy Moley

Mikey

9/14/23 1:52pm

haha my favorite part is him looking around the corner to see if anyone noticed

CrashMcLarson

9/14/23 1:53pm

Haha!, he's a YT star now. You gotta know his friends will never, ever let him

BleedCougarBlue2

9/14/23 2:00pm

He might be checking if there is anyone with sod available…

ochobeeguy

9/14/23 2:11pm

He should definitely do this and take a video.

ochobeeguy

9/14/23 2:08pm

put your garden hose down it and let it run for a couple of hours

BYU Grounds

9/15/23 11:16am

RE: What could these piles of dirt be in my lawn? Voles? Ants?

WJCougar

9/14/23 1:44pm

In my neck of the woods, those are moles, but they could be gophers. Gophers

Acorn

9/14/23 1:51pm

Pocket Gophers (edit: forgot to add link)

CougarTail

9/14/23 1:53pm

To kill, you must know your enemy, and in this case my enemy is a varmint. And

Skeptical Optimist

9/14/23 1:54pm

You're a disgrace. You're varmints. You're one of the lowest members of the food

Skeptical Optimist

9/14/23 1:56pm

Licensed to kill gophers by the government of the United Nations. Man, free to

Skeptical Optimist

9/14/23 1:56pm

I have to laugh because I've often asked myself my foe, my enemy, is an animal.

Skeptical Optimist

9/14/23 1:57pm

Hello? Anybody home? Hello, Mr. Gopher! It's me, Mr. Squirrel. Just a harmless

Skeptical Optimist

9/14/23 1:58pm

Herriman?

BYUNITED

9/14/23 1:55pm

Milcreek-ish area

rojo fire

9/14/23 2:56pm

Pocket gophers

9/14/23 1:56pm

Have you seen the move Tremors?

Benfica1

9/14/23 2:01pm

So all I need is homemade pipe bombs and a cliff, noted.

rojo fire

9/14/23 3:00pm

Not voles. They make little maze trails on the surface

ochobeeguy

9/14/23 2:05pm

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