What species do you consider vermin?

[Curmudgeon]

The Too Many Yotes discussion got me thinking about attitudes. Please tell me what bird and mammal species you consider vermin. I promise not to argue with anyone. I just want a sense of what you all think.

[Mr VJP]

How about rats for starters?

 

[Mr VJP]

Also, any species that NY State allows to be hunted without a closed season or bag limit.

 

[thphm]

Google it and you will see how many definitions come up.

[Culvercreek hunt club]

Is "politician" to general of a category?...lol.

 

Depends on the setting for some of my answers.

 

mice and rats, always.

 

Squirrels and chipmunks if they decide that barns, garage, house and especially flowers beds are theirs and not mine.

 

Woodchucks in most cases, but especially when they tunnel under my vegetable garden fence or under the back deck.

 

The neighbors rooster....did I say that out loud?

 

 

[jjb4900]

I don't really have a problem with any animal or bird as long as it stays out of my home and doesn't get to the point of being a destructive, disease spreading, overpopulated nuisance......

[NFA-ADK]

Humans!  We wipe out, decimate and pollute more on this planet than any animal.  Then comes rats and mice. 

[Mr VJP]

ver·min

ˈvərmən/

noun

 

1. Wild mammals and birds that are harmful to people, crops, farm animals, or game, or that carry disease.

    

    

 

[Mr VJP]

Humans!  We wipe out, decimate and pollute more on this planet than any animal.  Then comes rats and mice. 

 

Speak for yourself NFA.  Maybe we need to organize an intervention.

;D

[Four Season Whitetail's]

Vermin for me would be something, anything that the population grows over its means and needs.  Whitetails are vermin in a couple areas in Syracuse.

[First-light]

rats, mice, crows. Opossums and snakes  walk a fine line with me.

[Mr VJP]

Canada geese are pushing the envelope in some people's minds as well.

 

[Fantail]

Mice/rats. Lamprey. Mosquitoes/biting flies (if insects are on the list). Tent cats. Welfare addicts tbat breed & vote.

[Curmudgeon]

Mice/rats. Lamprey. Mosquitoes/biting flies (if insects are on the list). Tent cats. Welfare addicts tbat breed & vote.

 

Help me out. What is a "tent cat"?

[jjb4900]

Help me out. What is a "tent cat"?

[Fantail]

Sorry - catipillars.

[G-Man]

Coons,opossum, skunk. Fisher are,starting to creep up on the,list... violent little killer's

[philoshop]

Other than the mice that occasionally take up residence in my tractor and mower I don't have any complaints with the wildlife around me.

 

[Curmudgeon]

Other than the mice that occasionally take up residence in my tractor and mower I don't have any complaints with the wildlife around me.

 

Yeah. A big problem. A rubber plug came out of my MF65 tranny and the mice packed the clutch with fuzz. Some very expensive mice.

 

[Mr VJP]

Porcupine

[dbHunterNY]

raccoons, woodchuck, coyotes, crows, and pigeons.  those are the ones that come to mind for this area.

[Elmo]

All invasive species. Specifically rats, European sparrows, rock pigeons, mute swans, and non-migrating canada geese.

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[growalot]

raccoon,skunk(that said...I do enjoy the grub eating they do) VOLES,moles, chipmunks, red squirrel STARLINGS, crow(but they are the cleaning crews),possum, ground hogs,Yotes...yellow bellied sap suckers( but they are protected)

[Dom]

My sister inlaw

[Two Track]

My sister would say chipmunks and squirrels.  They took out the wiring in her hybrid car. No, that is not covered under warranty for repair if you want to know.

 

If include insects, add ticks, chiggers, noseeums, black flies, horse flies, mosquitoes, stink bugs, and hornets/wasps.  I can deal with honey bees, but not those aggressive hornet/wasps/yellow jackets.

 

For me:  rats, mice, moles, chipmunks, ground hog/Woodchuck, starlings, blue jays (never liked their calls), feral cats.

 

Anyone releasing non-natives like snakeheads, pacu, etc. that upset the balance of nature and mess up the ecosystem could be on my list.