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<blockquote data-quote="Chuckie" data-source="post: 1832771" data-attributes="member: 637"><p>Wow, am I late to this party, but that hole is a Vole hole. Favorite food of the Coyote. Those holes are everywhere here. Voles are destroying soybean fields and lawns and flower beds. They are saying that the "No till" practice in West TN is helping the Vole to hide underneath and take out the crops. No till is on my land so I tell them, no Coyote hunting on the property as they are keeping them in check. A vole used to be called a field mouse as it is larger than a mouse, but smaller than a rat. It has a half tail, with longer hair, and they multiply so fast. These Voles are invading my pastures and the Coyotes are constantly digging them up. A Coyote does not tear the ground up, as he listens to where the vole is and grabs it from where it hears it. So you only find a hole where it was pulled up. The cat brings them inside all the time. This is what the ground looks like in the picture below where there is nothing to hunt these Voles. Then next is what the soybean fields look like where there is no predator to kill them out. Those spots are large enough to park full size vehicles in and larger. For some reason, these voles are increasing with a tremendous population. I see hawks grabbing them all the time. Also, I have sunken areas in my front yard where they have formed colonies. The Zoysia grass just grows down into the sink hole that I cannot get rid of. I keep filling it up, and it keeps sinking back down. There were two King Snakes in one of the sink holes late one afternoon this past summer. I was thankful to see those. I know this sounds extreme, but people keep asking, "What are these holes in my yard?" An extension agent not from my county told my husband when he was alive, that if you start killing off the coyotes, you are going to have a bigger problem on your hands with the voles. Those pictures below show the damage they do if go unchecked if you are seeing a problem. This is not from my soybean field. Voles also destroy your trees. When you see something has chewed on a young tree in the winter and all the bark is gone, voles want what is under the ground and just right at the surface. I have had to collar all young trees that do not have developed bark yet. They will eat the roots off of alfalfa. That center picture is a soybean field in Kentucky. </p><p>Here is an article from Ohio about the Voles in no-till crops. <a href="https://www.no-tillfarmer.com/articles/6256-voles-munching-tips-to-fight-back" target="_blank">https://www.no-tillfarmer.com/articles/6256-voles-munching-tips-to-fight-back</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Chuckie, post: 1832771, member: 637"] Wow, am I late to this party, but that hole is a Vole hole. Favorite food of the Coyote. Those holes are everywhere here. Voles are destroying soybean fields and lawns and flower beds. They are saying that the "No till" practice in West TN is helping the Vole to hide underneath and take out the crops. No till is on my land so I tell them, no Coyote hunting on the property as they are keeping them in check. A vole used to be called a field mouse as it is larger than a mouse, but smaller than a rat. It has a half tail, with longer hair, and they multiply so fast. These Voles are invading my pastures and the Coyotes are constantly digging them up. A Coyote does not tear the ground up, as he listens to where the vole is and grabs it from where it hears it. So you only find a hole where it was pulled up. The cat brings them inside all the time. This is what the ground looks like in the picture below where there is nothing to hunt these Voles. Then next is what the soybean fields look like where there is no predator to kill them out. Those spots are large enough to park full size vehicles in and larger. For some reason, these voles are increasing with a tremendous population. I see hawks grabbing them all the time. Also, I have sunken areas in my front yard where they have formed colonies. The Zoysia grass just grows down into the sink hole that I cannot get rid of. I keep filling it up, and it keeps sinking back down. There were two King Snakes in one of the sink holes late one afternoon this past summer. I was thankful to see those. I know this sounds extreme, but people keep asking, "What are these holes in my yard?" An extension agent not from my county told my husband when he was alive, that if you start killing off the coyotes, you are going to have a bigger problem on your hands with the voles. Those pictures below show the damage they do if go unchecked if you are seeing a problem. This is not from my soybean field. Voles also destroy your trees. When you see something has chewed on a young tree in the winter and all the bark is gone, voles want what is under the ground and just right at the surface. I have had to collar all young trees that do not have developed bark yet. They will eat the roots off of alfalfa. That center picture is a soybean field in Kentucky. Here is an article from Ohio about the Voles in no-till crops. [URL]https://www.no-tillfarmer.com/articles/6256-voles-munching-tips-to-fight-back[/URL] [/QUOTE]
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