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[Gene GeRue <genegerue AT ruralize.com>]

On Jun 24, 2008, at 10:41 AM, bob ford wrote:

> I don't know anything about moles, but with armadillos----bane of  
> deerhunters and country folk alike.  If they decide to dig  
> underneath your rocks they will.  I've seen them dig a burrow  
> undeneath the concrete slab of a patio.

We have groundhogs who do that. I think they and dillers share holes.

>  They don't want your garden plants. Probably, you have worms, etc  
> in your garden composted soil.  That's their munchies.

Oh, yeah. Munchies and main course. Did I mention the craters in the  
yard and fields? Looks like an invasion of miniature bombers came in  
the night.
> You've done just about everything you can do except buying a case  
> of .22 short rifle  .  That might help with rabbits also.

Short rifle may or may not do some good, unless a head shot. I shot  
one once with my 20-gauge full choke from about thirty feet. He jumped  
up in the air about five feet and ran about a hundred feet before he  
realized he was dead.

>   The only other option , other than  your roofed cage, is a pair of  
> totally outside dogs.  A big mean one for the armadillos and a  
> beagle for the rabbits...bford

Yeah, dogs are the only sane answer. It might be fun to shoot them at  
night with a night vision scope but it would get old after awhile,  
staying up hoping to spot one.