Advice on getting rid of moles

[darkminion_17]

laser surgery will get rid of most facial moles,in other areas it may be too dangerous if you know what I mean...

[IHinIN]

I've had good luck with the spiked traps that stab them. Find an active tunnel, push down a foot's width and set the trap. When they come back thru the tunnel and push the dirt up, the trap goes off and it's bye bye rodent.

[Terry C]

Originally Posted by darkminion_17

laser surgery will get rid of most facial moles,in other areas it may be too dangerous if you know what I mean...

[cubby102]

Always had good luck with a garden hose and my 22lr... but I'm also on the country so yea.... we used to use these traps at my mom's place. Kinda looked like a upside down mouse trap/foot clamp type thing. Find a active tunnel dig out a little spot push the trap in and when they run through it it would snap shut... worked pretty good but never as good as the 22

[ol'George]

You's guys is gonna laugh @ this, but I swear it is the truth.
A couple of years ago I was mowing and noticed on the next round, that a "run" I just ran over and mashed down was now "repaired"!!
Well being able to add 2x2, I figured dat pesky mole I'd been trying to catch in spike traps was in between the previous "rounds"of the mower.
So I just shut if off and waited, looking for him to move the dirt up .
it was not but a few minutes or so when I saw the ground being humped up as he progressed.
I got off the mower walked to his trail and stomped his little arse with my steel toe Hytest work boots.
a stick digging a few inches along the burrow produced a warm, but dead star nosed mole.
That my friends is SATISFACTION!

Last year I tried rolling the mole runs with the roller & mashing them with the front tire of the cub where possible ,after just mowing.
Then setting the spike traps in fresh runs only.
Also have tried mashing the runs down as previously described, and waiting with a pitch fork.
I have only gotten 2, using that method, but it works.
Kind of like spearing for frogs, but without waders.

[Sprint60]

Originally Posted by bocephus1991

Guess I could try garden hose / 12ga 00 buckshot event! Except the neighbors might freak out! Lol

My yard's a hillside; so the water just runs down the tunnel to the road. As much as I would enjoy some 20-guage or .22 action flooding 'em out won't do it!

We have a friend who charges $20 for every mole he kills and he gets a lot of business around town. He uses harpoon traps exclusively. I've found that the best of this type is the one made by Victor, the one with the long spikes. The trick is to locate the tunnel precisely; it isn't always right under the mound (go figure). Use the flag wire to find the tunnel then set the trap. I picked off two this weekend with these.

The one that works best for me is the Nash choker trap. It's harder to set, but the hit rate is pretty high; if a mole sets it off it's a gonner.

The Easy Set mole eliminator also works good too, and is easy to set.

In this part of the world they eat earthworms as well as grubs so poisoning the grubs won't help.

[Jeff in Pa]

My wife got mole poison at the local Agway and it works great.

It's small pieces that you put in the holes and they eat them. We started this late winter/early spring and it actually works.

[Mike McKown]

This guy doesn't fool around.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xDEira01c0Q