Ta da! 2 dead moles!

[MossRoad]

Well, I'm glad they are working for you... but no body, no homicide! :laughing:

I don't like traps that an animal can pull away, or that wounds animals and lets them escape, or kills them slowly. That's why I won't use Nash choker loop traps or Victor spike/pluger type traps. Having killed well over a bazillion moles with Victor Out O Sight traps, I'm pretty sure you aren't setting them correctly. No offense meant. You just aren't setting them correctly.

Got 29 my first year. Stopped counting at 50 the next 4-5 years after that. Then less than 10 every year for the past 10 years. So, over 300 in our 1 acre yard. Very few misses. Several dig/under/arounds, but that can be solved with a piece of sod or a stick lain under the trigger perpendicular to the tunnel.

 

[teejk]

Well, I'm glad they are working for you... but no body, no homicide! :laughing:

I don't like traps that an animal can pull away, or that wounds animals and lets them escape, or kills them slowly. That's why I won't use Nash choker loop traps or Victor spike/pluger type traps. Having killed well over a bazillion moles with Victor Out O Sight traps, I'm pretty sure you aren't setting them correctly. No offense meant. You just aren't setting them correctly.

Got 29 my first year. Stopped counting at 50 the next 4-5 years after that. Then less than 10 every year for the past 10 years. So, over 300 in our 1 acre yard. Very few misses. Several dig/under/arounds, but that can be solved with a piece of sod or a stick lain under the trigger perpendicular to the tunnel.

Knew a guy that was obsessed with eradicating moles...he used the Victor spring traps but always took a shovel and a garden fork with him when the trap sprung. Never released the trap but rather got under it and lifted a big chunk of sod/dirt. I think they are blind animals so once lifted to daylight they are easy to kill.

 

[MossRoad]

They aren't blind. They just have EDBD eyes.

 

[TractorGuy]

You sure your Kitty cat is catching moles or are you talking shrews? A mole is about the size of a guinea pig and they live pretty deep (and are not pretty animals other than that coat).

I stand corrected. I guess I don't have any moles to worry about then.

 

[k0ua]

I don't mess with them. Kitty Cat, on the other hand, leaves us one per week on the front porch. Hmmm, maybe I have to say I mess with them after she kills them. I shovel em off the porch and throw em into the woods.

We had one or two for a while, but Stanly our little outdoor kitty, closed in on em, and they are gone.

 

[CADplans]

Moles can be F U N !! :thumbsup:

 

[davesl708]

Great news about dead moles. That is one animal that can go extinct.
I fought them for years with gas, spike traps and shovels.
Finally bought a Wire Tek Mole Eliminator 2000. 12 dead at last count. Now mole free for the first time in years.
I even trapped the ones in the neighbors yards for a preemptive strike.

 

[Gary Fowler]

Moles can be F U N !! :thumbsup:

While not as much fun as blowing them up, I think just pumping the hole full of propane or acetylene would do the job. A few sniffs of that and they would die without all the dirt blowing up and destroying the lawn. Since propane is heavier than air, it would stay in the mole tunnel and the mole would either have to exit or die.

 

[the old grind]

I've had good results with Trapline's 'std' and 'large', setting them in opposing pairs with lanyards to nail them from either direction of travel and with a stake for each set. (have caught 'doubles' within hours on a hot run, blk tape tag on 'large')

btw, limber wrists are a big help when setting, and newbs will have some sore fingers after the first few tries. (spring snap) I credit most misfires to voles, which I do catch in a mouse trap now and then. (black-oil sunflower seed = ant-proof mouse/red squirrel/chipmunk bait)

Like all traps I use (also Victor and Easy Set) there are dos and don'ts for best results, mostly in setting details or minimizing human scent. ('dirt-up' hands or wear nitrile gloves) As with fishing there's some degree of fooling your prey, mostly disguising the set as though nothing is up.

Killing grubs will just leave moles with more precious earthworms to dine on, unless ... your soil is sandy and arid like mine and the worms stay deep till it rains a bit.

When it's too hot to dig, Tomcat's treated worms (bromethalin) seem to work ok if a body count doesn't matter.

 

[dodge man]

Are cats will bring up VOLES but not Moles.