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  • From: "Ernest Plutko" <ernestplutko@wiktel.com>
  • To: nafex@lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Pine and meadow voles
  • Date: Mon, 26 Apr 2010 15:48:57 -0500


How do you trap them, Alan?


---- Original Message ----
From: alandhaigh@gmail.com
To: nafex@lists.ibiblio.org
Subject: RE: [NAFEX] Pine and meadow voles
Date: Mon, 26 Apr 2010 15:26:31 -0500

>Here in southeastern NY I have the privilege of hosting both meadow
>and pine
>voles on my property. Meadow voles are more common and easier to
>defend
>against. Pine voles are what we call the subterranean ones and they
>can
>just be terrible tree killers but I find them to be quite easy to
>trap if
>timing is in late fall. This is when they reliably come up to feed.
>One
>nice thing about mechanically trapping voles is you can see what
>you're
>killing.
>
>The pine voles are uglier with dark gray fur and a shorter tail. The
>meadow
>voles have lots of tan and white in their fur and make much nicer
>coats and
>stoles (just kidding).






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