A friend just said about the same thing, he has 2 juvenile ones in his small back yard, under the landlords wood pile, they come out and squeak, or whistle.
For many years I would shoot them on sight, horses and holes don't mix, and maybe I was just as heartless then, because it never really bothered me. I've always preferred a firearm, as a quick, humane method of killing them, same as when I hunt.
That is until this guy showed up:
Soon after my rhodesian ridge back died, I met this guy in a tree, face to face, the tree where that dog, whom to me was the best, is buried. We met eye to eye, he knew I could get him, and I just let it be, sometimes you just get sick of having to kill every darned pest or potential pest around your home or barns, maybe more so if you try and be fair to them, just as you would want to be treated, well maybe if you have a conscience.
In more recent times, they really have to tick me off, and I go back to dispatching them without hesitation. In reality from what I have seen, and aside from holes in pastures, dirt and rock mounds in hay fields, they mostly are not a problem and around here, they prefer natural forage, but will explore and test some things you may have planted, flowers, maybe young vegetable plants, but ironically, I watch them in my corn, and in the garden in the past, they really seem to avoid most plants, unless you have supple greens or something. Now its been dry too, so anything you nurture, will be on the menu, get enough rain, plenty of lush natural green for em. I had one in the cross hairs the other day, touch that corn = dispatch, he did not, he was eating that reddish stem weed that we can actually eat, then another one came out, they were playing, funny to watch.
The one above was something, he acted like my dog came back as him, never any real trouble, climb up on your lap, he liked a certain bread, he was here for 8 years and was as faithful as my dog was, you could literally set your watch by him as to when he would show up, standing and looking at the front door. There is a lot more to them, shame that they can be pests though.
Yesterday I noticed some signs of them, testing a couple of potted vegetables which I like to do so I can bring em in late season. I am overrun with them currently, which has never really been the case, each hole got a dose of high test and a lid, kind of bothers me, kinda wish they would just live a little further away, darned things LOL !!!! One or 2 of them are under the porch at different time, they actually use several holes and or an old network in the middle of the old field next to the house, I've had them there on off under the porch for years, like the one above, 'cept they been doing some mining, gravel and rock piles, darned things sure can move some dirt, so I'll have to reduce the population, funny how they just show up in numbers one year.
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