Getting rid of Moles/Voles

[shutt40]

I tried those on pocket gophers... got some young ones but the older ones were 'trap smart'.

I normally don't have any problems, maybe I have dump gophers. All I do is find the opening in a fresh mound, dig the trap in at about a 45 deg angle with the back half of the trap sticking up, then add some of the extra dirt around the trap. Make sure you leave the hole in the end of the trap open, they don't like the light so they try to plug the hole and then get trapped.
If I don't get one in 2 days I move the trap, normally I can clean up my hole acre of grass in about a week. There is an open 10 acre field next to my lawn so they always come back need to go trapping about every 6 months
Frank

 

[GreatWhitehunter]

I've waged war on moles for the last few years here in CT. The juciey friut is a wives tale and been around for ages. The traps aren't too successful for me either. The tunnels seen on the surface are feeding tunnels. Moles spend the rest of the time in tunnels almost three feet down. That's why there so hard to get rid of.They're also nocturnal so the feed tunnels are mostly made at night. As for elimiating the grubs,moles eat alot more then that. Earthworms and other insects and will even eat mice. The only real treatment for them is this stuff called tapril. I believe you need to be licsenced to use it. Do a goolge search and you'll see alot of info on this subject. I've had some success with ultrasonic spikes that go in the dirt. But the moles still come back. I've been told that even if you kill there food source they just make more tunnels to feed. Then eventually move or die. Best of luck in the fight.

Matt

 

[alltoys]

I normally don't have any problems, maybe I have dump gophers. All I do is find the opening in a fresh mound, dig the trap in at about a 45 deg angle with the back half of the trap sticking up, then add some of the extra dirt around the trap. Make sure you leave the hole in the end of the trap open, they don't like the light so they try to plug the hole and then get trapped.
If I don't get one in 2 days I move the trap, normally I can clean up my hole acre of grass in about a week. There is an open 10 acre field next to my lawn so they always come back need to go trapping about every 6 months
Frank

I see I am not far from you just little east. I have tried the gophenator or what ever it is called. I had a fellow come in last year went around my place but either they came back or it didn't work. I have tried the juicy fruit and it is just a wives tail definitely does not work. I havn't tried any traps yet and this is my next recourse I do believe.

So UFA has the traps and you leave a little day light at the end of the trap. I will have to try this.

 

[alltoys]

I've waged war on moles for the last few years here in CT. The juciey friut is a wives tale and been around for ages. The traps aren't too successful for me either. The tunnels seen on the surface are feeding tunnels. Moles spend the rest of the time in tunnels almost three feet down. That's why there so hard to get rid of.They're also nocturnal so the feed tunnels are mostly made at night. As for elimiating the grubs,moles eat alot more then that. Earthworms and other insects and will even eat mice. The only real treatment for them is this stuff called tapril. I believe you need to be licsenced to use it. Do a goolge search and you'll see alot of info on this subject. I've had some success with ultrasonic spikes that go in the dirt. But the moles still come back. I've been told that even if you kill there food source they just make more tunnels to feed. Then eventually move or die. Best of luck in the fight.

Matt

Like yo say they must be very deep as my frost level here is 7 feet so they must be at least that deep to escape the frost. Well I will try the traps this year see what happens. I understand they love Carrots maybe a trap with a Carrot will drive them crazy.

 

[charlz]

I see I am not far from you just little east. I have tried the gophenator or what ever it is called. I had a fellow come in last year went around my place but either they came back or it didn't work.

I looked at having a guy come in as well, $100/hr with a 4 hr estimate. I built my own with about $50 and some stuff I had laying around. I figured about an 80% kill ratio the first time around. The rest took a while to clean out. I would have been in the poor house if I had to have that guy keep coming back at $100/hr.

 

[spruce Deere]

There is a set up that utilizes propane a long hose and an igniter. Dont remember the name of the thing. They work good. Plug hose and igniter in hole, string out the rest of hose, turn on propane for a bit, click the ignite button. Have not used it myself, but hear its very effective. I mostly use the hand operated elston gopher getter jr. Puts poison directly underground in there nests and chambers. There is a 3pt model that works like a sub-soiler and delivers the goods underground. Pocket gophers will clean up your fresh planted tree seedlings overnight I found out But I was able to clean them up with the hand operated elston

 

[charlz]

There is a set up that utilizes propane a long hose and an igniter. Dont remember the name of the thing. They work good. Plug hose and igniter in hole, string out the rest of hose, turn on propane for a bit, click the ignite button. Have not used it myself, but hear its very effective.

Yep, that is the Rodenator and others. Uses oxygen and propane, more oxygen than propane in fact.

 

[spruce Deere]

Rodenator Thank you charlz! Yea, not something you would want to use in a lawn!!!

 

[OklaKan]

This worked very well for me. The little critters would fill our water meter hole in about 3 hrs. I decidedd to try something and it worked in about a week. I just put moth balls in the hole around the water meter and where ever I saw them digging in the yard. Just move a little of the mound dirt and put a few balls in there and cover them back up. I was really surprised how quick and good this worked.

Good Luck

 

[RonMar]

Yep, you need O2 along with the combustible gas. Any fire started in the hole filled with just propane, if it lights at all, quickly consumes all the oxygen around the area where a combustible mix is ignited, and the flame goes out. This leaves all the rest of the gas unburnt. You need O2 mixed in with ALL the gas to get it all to burn at once. This heat and overpressure gets the results seen in all the vendors videos.