NFR *%!@ing moles!

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Growing up I would stand above a fresh hole with a 16 gauge shotgun pointed straight down. Dirt moves and you shoot. I was around 12 years old and most "hunts" took place in the front yard.

It was a different time😁
 
All you avid mole killers should know that mole fur makes some of the nicest dubbing you can find for small flies. Freshly killed moles are easy to skin. After you have stretched and dried the skin use a dubbing rake to rake the fur off the skin.
 
I really never cared much about the mounds. I hated bashing the crap out of swn mower blade on the rocks hiding in them. Lots of cussing would typically ensue...
 
Tim Cottage said:
All you avid mole killers should know that mole fur makes some of the nicest dubbing you can find for small flies. Freshly killed moles are easy to skin. After you have stretched and dried the skin use a dubbing rake to rake the fur off the skin.
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Plus I hear mole meat is just scrumptious! Think of how impressed your guests will be when they ask what's in the dip!
 
With Moles I've had success with this style of trap. Mine came from the late great OSH but I see the Wallyword and Amazonia carry them now. They are wicked to set, but effective. Wear a latex or similar glove to mask your odor, those little suckers navigate with their nostrils.




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Shad said:
I really never cared much about the mounds. I hated bashing the crap out of swn mower blade on the rocks hiding in them. Lots of cussing would typically ensue...
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I lower the deck to 1 on my lawn tractor, smooth the mounds out, put the deck to 4 and cut the lawn. Problem solved.
 
Clean Willy said:
After a years long battle, involving three different kinds of scissor and spike traps, Castor oil deterrent, poisoned gummy worms, grub killer, and standing and waiting for them to tunnel so I could attack them with a pitch fork, I finally thought I had arrived at a solution to eliminate the moles in my lawn.

I had read that not just using these smoke bombs, but using a leaf blower on low to get the smoke deeper, was effective. I tried it a few days ago and thought it had worked since I hadn't seen any activity for a couple of days. Well, they or it is back. It is also possible that it worked and this is a new one that moved into already tunneled territory.

Really other than inline tunnel traps I have tried everything.

So before I go all Caddyshack on them, who has a solution that has worked for them?
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12 ga shotgun. They push about the same time everyday.
 
Shad said:
I really never cared much about the mounds. I hated bashing the crap out of swn mower blade on the rocks hiding in them. Lots of cussing would typically ensue...
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Foreign languages are good to learn/speak… 😁
 
Mossback said:
Moles only live in healthy soils, after a few years of chemical treatment for weeds and insects, moles are gone.
I always tell folks moles are a good sign, as their soils are healthy and full of life...
Doesn't always go over well, but as far as lawns go, I hate 'em, so...
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Kill your lawns...
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In our first house , not a mole to be found anywhere in the neighborhood. In our yard the rocks had babies every time it rained.

I brought in truckloads of high quality top soil so we could have a nice lawn. Worked great! Within 4 months our yard had moles. The only one with moles within our neighborhood.
 
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Habitat is everything in nature...
If you build it, they will come.
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I'm with Zak. Pop 2 or 3 road flares, stick the burning ends into tunnels and backfill around the flare. I think it floods the system with combustion gasses that settle into the low points and stay there. One spring treatment per year works for me.
 
Clean Willy said:
Careful if ordering via that link, it's only the trap and not the kit which includes the spike thingy to dig the hole with. I had to order directly from Gopherhawk. Free shipping and oddly no tax....
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Thank You for that cautionary advice. I could improvise the spikey thing and the probe, but not knowing they don't come with the trap from Amazonia would be an unpleasant surprise.
 
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