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enard
Lakeville, MN
57, joined Apr. 2012
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The brown rat? The coyote? The grasshopper? Something else?
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| 5/3/2015 11:54:36 PM |
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irenes_shadow40
Conway, AR
76, joined Nov. 2013
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Ants,, roaches, snakes, rats,moles.
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| 5/11/2015 2:48:37 AM |
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bluecougareyes
Chelan, WA
73, joined Nov. 2008
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The coyote are supper... 
All the Snakes are good too... they eat the mice in the fields and in the fruit orchards.
So mice and gophers are one of the only problem here.
And Flicker Birds too, that pick hole in side of wood houses and out buildings.
So stucco siding is the BEST way to go !
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| 5/15/2015 7:33:36 AM |
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sankie1
Irvine, KY
69, joined Dec. 2011
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Last few years the wood bee (carpenter bee) is reeking havoc on any wood structure around. Then, the woodpeckers come for the lava morsels the bees have in their nest. The woodpeckers leave extensive damage. Since the tobacco crop production is gone from the state there is less and less chemical spraying, thus a come back of the pests.
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| 5/15/2015 2:01:51 PM |
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bluecougareyes
Chelan, WA
73, joined Nov. 2008
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Last few years the wood bee (carpenter bee) is reeking havoc on any wood structure around. Then, the woodpeckers come for the lava morsels the bees have in their nest. The woodpeckers leave extensive damage. Since the tobacco crop production is gone from the state there is less and less chemical spraying, thus a come back of the pests.
" The woodpeckers leave extensive damage. Since the tobacco crop production is gone from the state"
Did the US Government stop $$$ subsidizing the tobacco farmers ?
wood bee (carpenter bee) 
Don't think we have that problem here.. I have never hear about any reports of that.
Nothing ever mention on the daily AG reports ether.
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| 5/15/2015 2:41:30 PM |
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albyak
Parrott, GA
67, joined Apr. 2011
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Florida is full of the carpenter bees, great fun with an airsoft pistol...shoot them out of the air when hoovering. Built a bunch of tree stands out of redwood and it looked like someone had taken a machine gun to them between the bees and the woodpeckers after their larvae. 
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| 5/18/2015 1:42:15 AM |
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artist820
Tehachapi, CA
60, joined Jan. 2013
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Squirrels. They drop pine cones on our heads when we sit out on the deck. They tease the cat and have him running up a tree to chase them. He gets stuck out on a limb and we have to help him land safely. I used to like them until I met this crazy bunch 
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| 5/18/2015 2:41:16 AM |
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bluecougareyes
Chelan, WA
73, joined Nov. 2008
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Squirrels. They drop pine cones on our heads when we sit out on the deck. They tease the cat and have him running up a tree to chase them. He gets stuck out on a limb and we have to help him land safely. I used to like them until I met this crazy bunch
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Squirrels = Tree rats
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| 5/18/2015 11:47:26 AM |
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albyak
Parrott, GA
67, joined Apr. 2011
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Squirrels = Tree rats
Squirrels + pellet gun = supper 
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| 5/18/2015 2:26:27 PM |
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saddestangel7
Santa Clara, CA
55, joined Apr. 2011
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Currently, toss up between the skunks (mating season) and the racoons.
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| 5/18/2015 9:16:07 PM |
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just_zoe1958
Burlington, VT
58, joined Dec. 2011
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Voles! They destroyed the yard, flower garden and they carry deadly diseases.
When walking on my Mom's lawn it is all spongy.
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| 5/18/2015 9:43:02 PM |
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mysterydrifter2
Denton, TX
98, joined Jan. 2012
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Wellllll zoe... I WAS about to poke fun at ya by telling you down here in TX, we have "Moles" instead of "Voles"! HOWEVER, after deciding to "Load My Brain Before I Shot My Mouth", I Googled "Vole" and dang if it isn't real!  (WAS hoping to capitalize on your Misspelling of Mole but I now see you ruined my poke at ya!  Looks to be really close critters.  We also can have issues with those pesky goffers tunneling underground just below the surface.... 
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| 5/19/2015 12:02:03 PM |
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just_zoe1958
Burlington, VT
58, joined Dec. 2011
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Awww, you can still tease me Mysterydrifter.
Where my sister lives, the coyotes, foxes, fisher cats took care of the mice, rabbits and deer. When the coyotes move to another area, the population of rodents explodes.
I'm not really a farmer or rancher but a small town gal living in a big city. Growing up my parents depended on the garden vegetables to make it through the winter. Miss knowing my neighbors, listening to the crickets and watching the fireflies. 
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| 5/20/2015 8:13:44 PM |
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jlk57
Clarkston, MI
58, joined Mar. 2008
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Wellllll zoe... I WAS about to poke fun at ya by telling you down here in TX, we have "Moles" instead of "Voles"! HOWEVER, after deciding to "Load My Brain Before I Shot My Mouth", I Googled "Vole" and dang if it isn't real! (WAS hoping to capitalize on your Misspelling of Mole but I now see you ruined my poke at ya! Looks to be really close critters. We also can have issues with those pesky goffers tunneling underground just below the surface....
Same problem here in Michigan ...Moles - "Voles".... So does anybody
have a solution .... I've had luck by applying grub killer , have to do it when the weather changes to a steady warm- hot temperature
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| 5/21/2015 6:58:23 PM |
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just_zoe1958
Burlington, VT
58, joined Dec. 2011
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Moles are easier to get rid of than voles. Voles are also called meadow mice or field mice.
Voles are scavengers and eat bulbs, seeds, flowers, leaves, roots of shrubs and insects.Voles kill or severely injure trees and shrubs by girdling trunks, stems and sometimes roots when other food is scarce.
Moles are beneficial and eat mostly worms and grubs.
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| 5/21/2015 7:42:48 PM |
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jlk57
Clarkston, MI
58, joined Mar. 2008
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Moles are easier to get rid of than voles. Voles are also called meadow mice or field mice.
Voles are scavengers and eat bulbs, seeds, flowers, leaves, roots of shrubs and insects.Voles kill or severely injure trees and shrubs by girdling trunks, stems and sometimes roots when other food is scarce.
Moles are beneficial and eat mostly worms and grubs.[/quote
Not sure how beneficial moles are when they tear up the yard and tunnel which causes other problems , but I understand what you're saying about nature .....
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| 5/21/2015 8:32:17 PM |
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adelep
Carleton, MI
58, joined Jun. 2008
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Ground moles, they have my yard so tore up, you sink in just about every step you take, ugh!
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| 5/22/2015 8:27:30 AM |
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just_zoe1958
Burlington, VT
58, joined Dec. 2011
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Same with Voles. It's like walking on foam.
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| 5/27/2015 8:56:41 PM |
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pawkey
Temecula, CA
55, joined Apr. 2013
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I'd have to say packrats....leave your vehicle sitting for more than two days and you will have a nest in your air filter not to mention all your wiring chewed.
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| 5/27/2015 9:48:18 PM |
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sureshot40
Drumright, OK
48, joined Apr. 2011
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I have to agree about rats, they have chewed up wires on three trucks.
However today I'm fighting with beavers, they have dammed up the over flow of two ponds and dug dens into the pond dams.
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| 5/28/2015 10:35:43 AM |
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tileman1814
Kalispell, MT
66, joined Nov. 2007
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Here in NW Montana it has to be squirrels.they chew on anything and everything they can get their mouths around.They do make great targets for a .22LR.
Semper Fi !!!
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| 5/28/2015 6:15:06 PM |
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enard
Lakeville, MN
57, joined Apr. 2012
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What kind of squirrel? Red? Gray? Fox...fox squirrel?
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| 5/29/2015 10:03:00 AM |
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tileman1814
Kalispell, MT
66, joined Nov. 2007
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What kind of squirrel? Red? Gray? Fox...fox squirrel?
Gray.
Semper Fi !!!
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| 5/30/2015 10:25:16 AM |
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sureshot40
Drumright, OK
48, joined Apr. 2011
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When I was a kid we never had gray squirrels around here but now they have just about bred out the red squirrels. The red ones are much bigger and better tasting.
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| 5/30/2015 12:56:40 PM |
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enard
Lakeville, MN
57, joined Apr. 2012
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No...sorry...the red ones are little--smaller than the gray squirrels...the fox squirrels are the big ones--many different color variations.
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| 5/30/2015 8:58:42 PM |
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albyak
Parrott, GA
67, joined Apr. 2011
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No...sorry...the red ones are little--smaller than the gray squirrels...the fox squirrels are the big ones--many different color variations.
Like anything else, depends where you are, we have grays and the bigger stupid fox here in Florida, but the fox were to tough unless you pressure cooked them but are protected now. Have pure white ones on my creek property here and a few miles away St Cloud FL has black ones both just mutants of the grey variety. Shot or rat trapped many in other states for camp meat and they all taste different depending on their food source, but the more you take out, the less likely they are to get in you provisions.
Keep a few kernels of corn with a hole drilled in them and a few rat traps for an emergency food source while traveling....most campgrounds are full of fat ones
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| 6/19/2015 5:44:00 PM |
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dances_in_woods
Henderson, TX
50, joined Mar. 2011
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I agree about the rats too, they've got hung up in my squirrel cage in my truck 2x & had a nest built on my ac condenser coils...found where they were getting to ac/squirrel cage and put hardware cloth to block em. Then they chewed spark plug wires 3x...I live waay out in country surrounded by woods so its hard to kill all of em. Have to be vigilant on poison being out. There is no food/grain laying around so that's not whats attracting them.
I have heard a good deterrent is predator urine or poop. They smell it & go Un oh...predator nearby & will avoid that area. I placed one of my cat's turds from the litterbox close to the spark plug wires...so far they haven't chewed anymore. Knock on wood...
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| 8/18/2015 4:20:33 AM |
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bumblebee7
Fort Payne, AL
62, joined Apr. 2011
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Women.......
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| 8/18/2015 8:46:14 AM |
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janet5360
Pittsburgh, PA
64, joined Dec. 2013
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skunks, moles and rabbits.
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| 9/7/2015 9:21:10 PM |
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albyak
Parrott, GA
67, joined Apr. 2011
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What's trash to one is treasure to another
Love those pesky rabbits also
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| 10/1/2015 6:58:04 AM |
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idliketotalk
Punxsutawney, PA
54, joined Oct. 2013
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White-tailed Deer.
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| 10/1/2015 4:01:41 PM |
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stargazzer
Creighton, NE
68, joined Feb. 2007
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The one that has over populated your farm at any one time 
I saw some new rat digings last week
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| 10/2/2015 5:31:12 AM |
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dances_in_woods
Henderson, TX
50, joined Mar. 2011
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& also feral hogs here
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| 10/4/2015 7:59:36 AM |
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olderthandirt20
Waldron, AR
70, joined Jul. 2014
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Skunks,possums & @$#%^&*armadillos.
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| 10/6/2015 10:34:47 PM |
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oldfoxy
Palma de Mallorca
Spain
73, joined Apr. 2013
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rabits most of the time, and rats an mice, its not what they eat but what they distroy
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| 10/7/2015 9:51:31 PM |
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catchmeagain1
Sylacauga, AL
43, joined Dec. 2012
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Rats and mice... or rattlers and copperheads and cottonmouths.. take your pick.. ugh.
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| 12/2/2015 12:49:23 PM |
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albyak
Parrott, GA
67, joined Apr. 2011
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Rats and mice... or rattlers and copperheads and cottonmouths.. take your pick.. ugh.
I'd pick the Rattler...at least they eat well.
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| 12/2/2015 5:42:36 PM |
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sureshot40
Drumright, OK
48, joined Apr. 2011
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A good woman. They're just so damn hard to catch.
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| 1/3/2016 11:35:44 AM |
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stargazzer
Creighton, NE
68, joined Feb. 2007
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cupocheer & shaggyoldog it is only one but many on DH 
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| 1/3/2016 12:02:39 PM |
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cupocheer
Assumption, IL
68, joined May. 2010
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 LIARS,HYPOCRITES, and FAKES
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| 1/5/2016 11:25:09 AM |
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frecklefarmer
Lebanon, MO
45, joined Oct. 2014
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Squirrels burying acorns in my pastures
Damn oak trees sprouting everywhere
Brush hog them
And they just grow anyways
Makes me wanna eat more squirrels!
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| 1/5/2016 5:43:14 PM |
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cupocheer
Assumption, IL
68, joined May. 2010
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Porncupines
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| 2/9/2016 2:21:43 PM |
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enard
Lakeville, MN
57, joined Apr. 2012
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A monument was built to honor the boll weevil in Alabama.
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| 4/23/2016 11:35:43 PM |
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pdforone
Litchfield, OH
65, joined Jul. 2010
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Emerald Ash Borer, all my ash trees are on their way out, and from what I can see from the woods around me they are hurting too!
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| 4/27/2016 1:01:26 AM |
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frograbbittoad
Mount Pleasant, MI
62, joined May. 2008
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City People
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| 7/16/2016 8:15:05 PM |
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daddysbratgirl
Quaker City, OH
42, joined Dec. 2013
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Coons and weasels who have managed to eat about 8 of my chickens, 4 ducks and 3 of my baby turkeys. Most of who where in their pen! But a few good traps and an AR with a night scope helps take care of the problem. A little too late but better late than never
Also mice! Those varmint are everywhere when you live in the country. The manage to get in our cupboards which I am forever cleaning out and have also managed to get into our bug out bags by chewing through the backpacks to eat the dehydrated food.
We empty traps on a regular basis and even have several cats. Me thinks they are winning the battle though.
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| 7/24/2016 11:06:27 PM |
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mizzangeleyezo4
Tujunga, CA
40, joined Jan. 2013
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Bugs
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| 7/25/2016 12:06:57 AM |
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mizzangeleyezo4
Tujunga, CA
40, joined Jan. 2013
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| 8/1/2016 11:37:55 AM |
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stargazzer
Creighton, NE
68, joined Feb. 2007
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My daughter
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