Mole Purge

[Trimley]

I'll help them get brain damage. 12ga standing by.

 

[rc51stierhoff]

If that doesn’t work, you could try the ol’ Carl Spackler approach.

Personally, I’m partial to a GSD, but in this case I think Dachshund would be tough to beat.

Goonga galoonga.

 

[Elliott in GA]

I have used these very effectively against armadillos. With armadillos, try to locate the front and back door of the burrow. Then put one Gasser down each end during mid-day, and quickly plug the hole with a crumpled plastic bag. Check back the next day. If the plastic bags are still in place, you probably have a kill.

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[Trimley]

I just had the 100Lb bottle of Propane filled (Evil Grin)

I've been at war with them since we moved into the place 25 years ago. Traps, I got traps. I manage to get one now and then.

Our friends have a Jack-Russel Terrier. He GETS THEM. That dang dog, he'll dig a hole to China, and make a mound of dirt the size of an Above-Ground Drainfield. He'd probably camp out in waiting....LOL.

The old-fashion Gutter Nails come to use when I made a Mole Spike. That got them. The problem was standing out there in the dark with a flashlight, freezing, in wait.

Then I made a 16 penny-12ga shotgun trap. They met their match....they were Mole Burger. The problem was worrying about our dogs getting hurt, so that one is no longer used. I also made a trap that used Hilti Nail Gun blanks. That worked, but that one you needed to practice fine-line forensics and a "no-scent" approach. It was effective, but again...the dogs were too curious.

A 12ga works from a good distance, and effective. There again...the waiting for the mound to move gets minautinous.

I've even stuffed Road Flares down holes. The moles break out the Hot Dogs...and probably a beverage.

 

[Tughill Tom]

Dry Ice down the holes, Moles go bye-bye. Sublimation works.

 

[Flintknapper]

but in this case I think Dachshund would be tough to beat.

Yep, we have two Dachshunds and they are pure hell on gophers and moles.

For that matter....even our Calico Cat gets some of them.

 

[AKguy09]

See my sig picture, he may not look like much, but varmints beware...9 pounds of destruction

 

[Trimley]

Dry Ice down the holes, Moles go bye-bye. Sublimation works.

Something new to try for their eradication. *GRIN*

 

[Bearcatrp]

Get a thermal scope on a 22 or 410 shotgun. Have used the poison pellets with good success in the past.

 

[Scottly]

Get a couple Yard Dog traps from Rural King. They have scissors on each end. I got 18 moles last year.
Very easy to set with your foot. They do not miss either.

 

[ajschnitzelbank]

Get a couple Yard Dog traps from Rural King. They have scissors on each end. I got 18 moles last year.
Very easy to set with your foot. They do not miss either.

I didn’t know about these. Thanks!

 

[Elliott in GA]

Also, you should use a Grub-X type product to kill the grubs that the moles feed on (it will also drive earthworms away). Using Grub-X each spring virtually eliminated mole activity in my yard.

 

[Trimley]

Also, you should use a Grub-X type product to kill the grubs that the moles feed on (it will also drive earthworms away). Using Grub-X each spring virtually eliminated mole activity in my yard.

Great piece of info.

This is the key to ending Mole activity in my grass, as we have always had a bad Crane Fly problem. Our property is also one of the best places I've picked Night Crawlers in.

 

[Nate77]

Wire Tek 1001 EasySet Mole Eliminator Trap (2 Pack) | Made in The USA!! https://a.co/d/fZMstqT

These work great, kind of expensive, but made in the USA.
Dogs work too, but do more damage to the lawn than the moles.

 

[L35]

Wire tek works good. I own one and have caught several moles. Gassing them out never worked for me.

 

[Henro]

OR just learn to do what I do...coexist...LOL

 

[Trimley]

OR just learn to do what I do...coexist...LOL

The day I seen this guy out back, it was Game On.

 

[jaxs]

OR just learn to do what I do...coexist...LOL

Coexistence is better than methods which eliminate soil life including earth worms.

 

[Trimley]

Coexistence is better than methods which eliminate soil life including earth worms.

I don't disagree.

Although when you can't walk across the ground around the perimeter of your home without almost twisting an ankle, falling down due to the Vietnam tunnels under foot, something has to change.

When I purchased my BX23S, plans were to also get a Rototiller. I was going to turn and level every sq.ft. and start from scratch. That's a LOT of effort considering on all four sides it is open forest. It would be a short amount of time before the Moles were at it again. TBH, I'm out of patience and tired of dealing with the damage the Moles have caused.

 

[jaxs]

I don't disagree.

Although when you can't walk across the ground around the perimeter of your home without almost twisting an ankle, falling down due to the Vietnam tunnels under foot, something has to change.

When I purchased my BX23S, plans were to also get a Rototiller. I was going to turn and level every sq.ft. and start from scratch. That's a LOT of effort considering on all four sides it is open forest. It would be a short amount of time before the Moles were at it again. TBH, I'm out of patience and tired of dealing with the damage the Moles have caused.

I'm no expert on moles but we have moles in Texas and I've never seen a concentration any where near dense as what you just described. Are they as thick across several hundred acres or only in your yard? What about other yards? If your yard is the only place so many are found that is a clue. If they are as bad 5 miles in any direction I'd have to ask if their natural predators have been eradicated.