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for something a bit different .... What critter made these mounds ?

Either mole or vole. We get them too.

They are hell on an alfalfa swather

vole or mole may well be right but the folks in the area where these pictures were taken have a different name for them

I would guess ground hogs but I don't see any holes.

gophers?

Pocket gophers?

Aliens. They do this when bored.

Moles, by the nature of those mounds with no plugs. Gophers leave a plug of dirt in the mound. Voles leave an open hole.

the local folks call them gopher mounds .... as noted above, these are different from the ones I'm used to seeing in South Dakota .... those have a ring of dirt surrounding an entrance/exit in the center ..... the moles back home tunnel just under the surface of the ground and leave ridge that shows where have been

Sandworms. Beetlejuice said they were a problem.

If it's voles or moles, a country trick around here is to pop open the tunnel, finding the freshest appearances, and drop in unchewed pieces of sticks of juicy fruit gum. Only juicy fruit works for some reason. We usually cut the sticks into thirds. They eat the gum, can't process it, and croak underground.

Can you still buy Juicy Fruit?

Tina buys the five stick packs at dollar general and food lion.