Moles

[DoggyDaddy]

Hey now. Those things are vicious! Cant take your eyes off 'em!

The moles or the blue hairs?

 

[Cameramonkey]

The moles or the blue hairs?

Yes.

 

[Nazgul]

Hey now. Those things are vicious! Cant take your eyes off 'em!

Did she steal your wallet??

Don

 

[Bugzilla]

 

[04FXSTS]

Looks like I am not the only one with moles, lot of good ideas to sort through. Jim.

 

[flyingsquirrel]

I stomp the runs down and wait a bit and go back out to see if they have popped back up. If so, watch to see the direction they are traveling and stomp fore and aft. A pitchfork will work but I use my Cold Steel spike cane with good results. You can tell when you have got it by the feel. Stab around to make sure and give it a burial by stomping the run down.

 

[Hkindiana]

Multiple smoke bombs in the tunnels will gas them all at once

 

[cosermann]

Savage™ Mole Trap

Savage™ Mole Trap from Wildlife Control Supplies

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I’ve had great success with traps of this style. The EasySet Mole Eliminator is another of the same type, and there are Chicom knockoffs as well.

Assuming you have a decent trap that works, your technique is key. As with most things, if the tool is good, it’s the tool-user that’s the more important factor.

I walk the yard and when I find a tunnel I flatten a 4 to 6 inch section crossways with my boot and mark it with a survey flag. Check the flags at half a day later, and set traps on any that are pushed back up.

Leave the traps for 24 hours, and if they’re not tripped move them to another tunnel section that has been pushed up.

Works great. I can trap virtually all the moles out of an area the size of a typical yard in a week tops (normally run 2-3 traps).

This way you’re only trapping active tunnels. Trapping unused tunnels is a waste of time.

Don’t buy the conventional wisdom/nonsense there are only 5-6 moles in an acre. Depending on your soil conditions there can be many, many more. When we moved into our current house, the lot of which is maybe half an acre, I think I initially trapped about 50 moles out of the yard. Completely eradicated them for a couple of years, and then as with most vacuums in nature, moles from adjacent areas eventually found the way back in, and I had to do another round of trapping. Rinse and repeat.

 

[GodFearinGunTotin]

The moles I have build mounds in the yard. Sometimes they’re huge. I finally figured out how to control them: find a mound that’s fresh, so you know they’re in the area. Dig down until you find the tunnel and clear as much as you can with your fingers. Stick a poison worm in there and cover the hole with a piece of cardboard. I spread the dirt back over to keep it dark. Those worms are kind of expensive. Some people I know cut them in half and say they have good results still.

 

[04FXSTS]

I’ve had great success with traps of this style. The EasySet Mole Eliminator is another of the same type, and there are Chicom knockoffs as well.

Assuming you have a decent trap that works, your technique is key. As with most things, if the tool is good, it’s the tool-user that’s the more important factor.

I walk the yard and when I find a tunnel I flatten a 4 to 6 inch section crossways with my boot and mark it with a survey flag. Check the flags at half a day later, and set traps on any that are pushed back up.

Leave the traps for 24 hours, and if they’re not tripped move them to another tunnel section that has been pushed up.

Works great. I can trap virtually all the moles out of an area the size of a typical yard in a week tops (normally run 2-3 traps).

This way you’re only trapping active tunnels. Trapping unused tunnels is a waste of time.

Don’t buy the conventional wisdom/nonsense there are only 5-6 moles in an acre. Depending on your soil conditions there can be many, many more. When we moved into our current house, the lot of which is maybe half an acre, I think I initially trapped about 50 moles out of the yard. Completely eradicated them for a couple of years, and then as with most vacuums in nature, moles from adjacent areas eventually found the way back in, and I had to do another round of trapping. Rinse and repeat.

I just have one trap and it is like that one, I need to do better at placement in the tunnel, will be working on that. I will probably buy a couple more traps, maybe a different kind to try the others suggested. Jim.

 

[stocknup]

Don’t buy the conventional wisdom/nonsense there are only 5-6 moles in an acre. Depending on your soil conditions there can be many, many more. When we moved into our current house, the lot of which is maybe half an acre, I think I initially trapped about 50 moles out of the yard. Completely eradicated them for a couple of years, and then as with most vacuums in nature, moles from adjacent areas eventually found the way back in, and I had to do another round of trapping. Rinse and repeat.

I had always heard maybe 2 to 3 per acre .............................Definitely nonsense .
I think I stopped counting last year at around at least a dozen caught with the traditional spring trap in about a 2 acre area.
From the looks of my yards this year , I should be busier than last year .

 

[yetti462]

on a fresh mound, you can flood them out with a garden hose. their little nose will pop out for air and you can pluck them right out of your yard.

 

[Gibsmedat]

Get some St Gabriel’s Milky Spore. It keeps building up year after year after applying. It poisons the grubs and kills their food source.

Also the best trap I’ve found is the GopherHawk. That trap coupled with milky spore at least keeps them at bay.

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Milky spore. Don’t get the granules get the powder instead. Also don’t forget the application tube. It’s cheap and one time use.

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[Mgderf]

Wrigley's spearmint gum.
Seriously.
As long as you can find an active hole, or run.

Moles are almost blind, but have a very good sense of smell.
Roll up a stick of spearmint gum long wise, to resemble a worm.
Insert the gum "worm" into the hole or poke it into the active run.

Moles love spearmint, and will ingest the gum worm.
That is more or less the end of the mole.
They cannot digest gum, and they cannot regurgitate.
They end up dying of bowel impaction.

Cheap, easy, and not dangerous to kids or household pets.

 

[gregr]

Wrigley's spearmint gum.
Seriously.
As long as you can find an active hole, or run.

Moles are almost blind, but have a very good sense of smell.
Roll up a stick of spearmint gum long wise, to resemble a worm.
Insert the gum "worm" into the hole or poke it into the active run.

Moles love spearmint, and will ingest the gum worm.
That is more or less the end of the mole.
They cannot digest gum, and they cannot regurgitate.
They end up dying of bowel impaction.

Cheap, easy, and not dangerous to kids or household pets.

The not being a threat to kids or pets is HUGE.

 

[Jaybird1980]

Got another one today.

 

[canebreaker]

Years ago Jerry Baker had a show on Public Education channel, WKNO-TV Memphis, TN is where I watched it. He made tonics for the lawn.
Mole control:
When pruning roses and blackberries stick the stake in the mole run. Press down and cut at ground level every 2 to 4 feet. Use all of the stake you can. They get stuck by the thrones.
Chew up some sweat gum, bubble gum, Juicy Fruit. Place half of it in a tunnel, other half a few feet away. Every 2 to 4 feet. It gets stuck in their fur.
Hair trimmings from a barber/beauty shops. Small amount in the tunnels every 2 to 4 feet. It gets stuck in their fur.
Collect male pee, pour a cup in the tunnel every 2 to 4 feet. They don't like it on their fur. Don't use female pee, it can kill the grass.
The bad thing about these is the mole will make a new tunnel around that area.
I had a 75X150 foot garden and didn't want moles or voles in it. These are good for about a 60 foot circle. I had 10 down both sides and 1 at center at both ends. No mole problems. Helps keep deer and rabbits out too. Best product for the money. https://www.harborfreight.com/solar-mole-chaser-94661.html?_br_psugg_q=mole+chaser

 

[NHT3]

Had one of these for over 15 years and it seldom misses. Usually if I miss it's because of faulty installation (my mistake when setting the trap)

My spotter alerting me to another victim.



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