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+1 on the detauper, I've killed scores over the years in my garden.

 

Not sure the diesel works though.

 

Hi Mick, I had a problem where as soon as I killed one another would move in despite trying to flatten everything to stop them.

 

After the next kill I poured just a few drops into each hole & they diddnt return.

 

Worth a go if they are persistent

 

N

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I use these:

 

Trap line Mole Trap | eBay

 

You can also get them from the US where they are made and it works out cheaper if you get a few.

 

They are very simple and extremely efficient - when we moved here we had a mole-catcher who cleared about 8 moles from an acre and a half over a couple of weeks. He used these traps so I bought some and have kept them down ever since. I get a couple every year but it is a lot more manageable now.

 

Making shallow runs near the surface is called spooking. They tend to do it when the ground is compacted or stony. When they are doing this, the spooking runs tend to be parallel, all running off a main deeper run along a side of the area, such as where there is a hedge and the soil has been broken by the roots and compacted less. If you can find the main run this is the best place to put the trap.

 

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Hi Mick, I had a problem where as soon as I killed one another would move in despite trying to flatten everything to stop them.

 

After the next kill I poured just a few drops into each hole & they diddnt return.

 

Worth a go if they are persistent

 

N

 

Our garden is bordered by fields, we get a few new ones every year.

 

 

TBH it's not an issue, if the come into the garden, they die.

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I use these:

 

Trap line Mole Trap | eBay

 

You can also get them from the US where they are made and it works out cheaper if you get a few.

 

They are very simple and extremely efficient - when we moved here we had a mole-catcher who cleared about 8 moles from an acre and a half over a couple of weeks. He used these traps so I bought some and have kept them down ever since. I get a couple every year but it is a lot more manageable now.

 

 

 

Alec

 

:thumbup1: Spot on!!!

 

I was given some of these traps by the widow of a neighbour, they are excellent!! Far better than any others I have tried!!:thumbup1:

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Got a plague of moles last year and had some success with gassing them.

I removed the exhaust for my motor mower and rigged up a bit of copper pipe from the engine into the mole runs. Then ran the mower for 20 minutes with the exhaust gasses pipe into the tunnels. Had some old 50:1 petrol and 2 stroke mix so ran the mower on that just to give it a bit more fug !

Did the trick for a while, though there back again:001_huh:

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A friend of mine was trapping moles for local farms using these trap line traps and they are effective but if you are trapping near footpaths they do tend to walk he found. Also found that ferrets are very partial to mole meat.

 

:confused1: Thats very strange, as they are completely buried and you need to tie some coloured cord to them and leave it sticking out the ground along with a maker stick, in order to find them on your return.

 

Now scissor traps I could understand going, as they stick out the ground.

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