Pest control in Vermont is mostly what the cold pushes indoors. Mice enter village houses and farmhouses when the first hard nights arrive and then live in the walls all winter. Carpenter ants follow wet sills and damp crawls, especially where a roof dumps at the foundation or an ell stays moist. Cluster flies fill sunny attics. Squirrels use soffits on wooded lots. Say what you heard and which building, because the barn will reinfest the kitchen if you ignore it.
Powderpost dust in an old beam is not a mouse, and a pile of wings needs a description rather than a label you are unsure of. This climate is a poor match for a southern termite script. Bats in a gable need the slot closed. A raccoon in a chimney needs a cap, not a spray down the flue. Describe droppings, dust, or noise at dawn. The entry is usually a gap you can already see if you walk the sill, the bulkhead, and the soffit.
Trapping mice while the dryer vent and the bulkhead stay open brings them back. Spraying ants while the sill stays wet does the same, and the wet sill may be a roof or grading problem. Woodpiles against clapboard, bird seed, and a crawl open to the field are the usual partners. Pets and children change the method. A camp or a barn used only part of the year still needs to be part of the story.
Activity that starts the week the heat comes on is a clue. So is scratching in the eave versus droppings in the pantry. Those are different holes. Winter is when the evidence is indoors and easy to describe. You do not need to catch the animal. You need the room, the sound, and the gap.
Give the town, the house, and when it started. Mention outbuildings. Note wings, dust, or droppings if you have them. Call the number on this page.