Mice~ ugh!

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So finally broke down and fired up my lawn tractor as I couldn't see my pup's ball way out back as we /he plays "chuck-it" every evening,g--damn mice chewed up the  power drive belt to engauge the blades and made a nest on the mower deck with dryer sheets I had stuck everywhere,so lucky me I have a power equipment shop/store just down the road to get my belt replaced,i have numerous rodent bait station's setup around the barn and house yet still have mice issues,then wilst mowing the yard I  had this critter I thought was a leopard frog jump out of the long grass near my creek,the some beech was fast making long jumps as I motored on it kept jumping faster and faster heading for the creek then I noticed this critter had a long tail,small body but boy was it fast,looked it up ,never herd of the "woodland jumping" mouse,anyone here ever seen them before?must be a chinese plant....j/k