"I never had any trouble with mice until I moved to my "new" house on a very wooded lot a few years ago."
A couple cats and a good dachshund and you won't have mice in those woods any more. We have 2 dachshunds and between the 2 of them and our cat, we find dead narled up moles and have eaten mice laying around the yard, the back porch, and side walks quite often. Haven't had any mice in the house since we got the cat about 10 years go. But sure see them dead outside. We live in the country surrounded by corn and bean fields.