How do you get rid of Moles?

[Furu]

I assume this bucket would prevent your cats or dogs from sticking their tongue in the trap? I just wouldnt trust it with my nosey dogs. The kick stuff over all the time if they smeel something good hahah

The bucket is to keep the mole/gopher from seeing the light coming in the tunnel and shoving dirt back up to block the hole before they smell the peanut butter and go looking. Dogs are an issue and a heavy rock on top of the bucket can help or just keeping the dog out of the area for a day or two until he is trapped.

 

[Pete Judd]

I built my own version of the "rodentator" and have some success. Only cost me 10 bucks for the propane regulator, as I already had the Oxy/Acet tanks. Gophers Pest Control | Moles Burrowing Rodents @ Rodenator

 

[podagrower]

Not an effective long term solution, but some of my imported wildlife took out last years mole population (2), we typically have 2 or 3 moles per year, and I manage to get 1 or 2 of them with poison, or garden hose.

However, last year, they tunneled into a fire ant mound (that had to suck), I was walking thru the yard, and found an odd looking fire ant mound, with 2 almost completly cleaned mole skeletons partially sticking out.

 

[MossRoad]

One thing I would like to see.... evidence that old wives tales really work. "I put gum in my mole hills and that killed them" just doesn't cut it. I want to see autopsied mole corpse with gum in its stomach. Same thing goes for poisons and grain baits. I wanna see the dead body.

Moles are carnivores. They eat meat. Worm meat primarily, and insect grubs, etc...
They don't eat flower bulbs either. If you have mole tunnels around damaged flower bulbs you probably have voles in your mole tunnels. Voles are very destructive. If you find nickle-sized holes in mole tunnels, you probably have voles.

 

[sdkubota]

Ranchers use bubble gum to eradicate prairie dogs or so I have heard.

 

[The kid]

Ranchers use bubble gum to eradicate prairie dogs or so I have heard.

I tried the poison gummy worms. (pricey) and they didn't touch em.

 

[Raspy]

One thing I would like to see.... evidence that old wives tales really work. "I put gum in my mole hills and that killed them" just doesn't cut it. I want to see autopsied mole corpse with gum in its stomach. Same thing goes for poisons and grain baits. I wanna see the dead body.

Moles are carnivores. They eat meat. Worm meat primarily, and insect grubs, etc...
They don't eat flower bulbs either. If you have mole tunnels around damaged flower bulbs you probably have voles in your mole tunnels. Voles are very destructive. If you find nickle-sized holes in mole tunnels, you probably have voles.

I've had excellent success with injecting bait into the tunnels. But I didn't dig up the whole yard looking for the bodies and then autopsy them to confirm the cause of death. All I know is they stopped every time I baited them. I wonder how you'd autopsy for a propane blast?

 

[George2615]

I'm surprised nobody has posted the correct answer to get rid of moles.
See a Doctor.

 

[MossRoad]

I'm surprised nobody has posted the correct answer to get rid of moles.
See a Doctor.

I guess you could turn a bottle of Compound W upside down, too.

:confused3:

 

[The kid]

well I put out a trap for the little pest who where getting very close to the pool. BAITED with peanut butter. Hope to have some success.

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I angled the traps toward each hole. I did test the run by opening a few screwdriver holes about the size of your thumb yesterday and they where filled back in this morning. Crossing fingers

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[sseelhoff]

Get a Jack Russell. It wi dig a few holes in your yard but it will eradicate the moles

You beat me to it. My JRT is **** on moles. When we lived on a golf course, the maintenance crews had a competition to see which one could catch more moles. One of the crews borrowed our JRT. They won. By a lot.

 

[sdkubota]

You beat me to it. My JRT is **** on moles. When we lived on a golf course, the maintenance crews had a competition to see which one could catch more moles. One of the crews borrowed our JRT. They won. By a lot.

As the person with three terriors in their house including a Jack Russel...I would rather have moles.

 

[REOClinton]

for groundhogs We had a diesel tractor. borrowed a piece of garage flex tubing for exhaust, blocked the exits and gassed em.

 

[The kid]

As the person with three terriors in their house including a Jack Russel...I would rather have moles.

I have seen first hand what a bored Jack Russel can do to a Sofa couch while your at work. It looked like a dragnet looking for hidden drugs. :laughing:

 

[MossRoad]

well I put out a trap for the little pest who where getting very close to the pool. BAITED with peanut butter. Hope to have some success.

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I angled the traps toward each hole. I did test the run by opening a few screwdriver holes about the size of your thumb yesterday and they where filled back in this morning. Crossing fingers

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My guess is the with traps set like that, even if they weren't baited with anything, you would have a good chance of getting a mole. Do me a favor... if you do catch a mole, see if it has peanut butter on its lips.

 

[Willl]

Hope to have some success.

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Not quite what I was expecting, I'd truly be surprised if you caught a mole. Never knew a mole to 'surface', for anything.

Why not a regular mole trap ?

 

[sdkubota]

My guess is the with traps set like that, even if they weren't baited with anything, you would have a good chance of getting a mole. Do me a favor... if you do catch a mole, see if it has peanut butter on its lips.

You can't tell that way...it already ate it...

You have to taste its poo and see if it tastes peanut buttery.

 

[MossRoad]

Not quite what I was expecting, I'd truly be surprised if you caught a mole. Never knew a mole to 'surface', for anything.

Why not a regular mole trap ?

If you look at the picture you can see the open tunnel on each side. With the dark tub over it, the mole will pop in the area from whichever end of the hole and go to investigate the light leaking around the tub edges. It will most likely have to touch one of the traps. Or, if the O.P. handled the traps too much and they still have store smell, the mole will just leave.

As for why not using a mole trap, that's just what I am thinking too.

 

[ch47dpilot]

Get one of these and it will get all of these you want it too. :laughing:

 

[The kid]

Not quite what I was expecting, I'd truly be surprised if you caught a mole. Never knew a mole to 'surface', for anything.

Why not a regular mole trap ?

The trap where not left as you see them. The picture was for placement at each hole, then covered with a dark container. I've killed two this weekend this way. one can use a simple mouse trap too.