Tricks to Kill Moles....

[FLASH_OUTDOORS]

I'm trapping guru! Trapped a ton over the last few years

Fill us in!


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[3ChordTruth]

Wade, that looks easy to use, will try your suggestion, thanks.

Also, enjoy reading how some of your dads fought these critters Bill Murray style.

[Laketex]

My dog digs the whole yard up when she hears them, but I've never found a dead one. I too fight the things. Usually just spread castor oil out when I think of it and water it in good. Then they migrate to the neighbor's yard, and we play merry go round until they're back in my yard. It's hard to find the holes for mine since the dog digs them up and closes in the entrances. I'm watching this one closely.

[GreenZ]

I have battled gophers for a while. I’ve tried putting a water hose down the hole and forgot about it until the next day. Hours after turning the water off, the hole was back filled. The best way I have found is to get the traps that go in the tunnel. Find a fresh mound, find the tunnel, and use two traps, one on each end. If you just use one trap you are likely going to have a buried trap and no gopher.

[famousunknown]

x2 on the Gopher Hawk. My brother purchased one a few weeks ago and caught 4 in the first week. He has since all but elimated the moles around his yard.

[ThisLadyHunts]

Cats. They’ve taken care of our gopher AND mole problem.

[Burnadell]

We used to have the same issue.


Her stuck a Pitchfork on either side of new area and then take a 3Rd one and one the tunnel been the two

Kyle, love ya, man, but...dang! can you explain this please?

[Pushbutton2]

Kyle, love ya, man, but...dang! can you explain this please?

Yes
Maybe my post was to succinct. Sorry

Find the tunnel or area in the yard where they are tunneling.
Roll the tunnels flat or walk them flat.
Watch the area, when the ground starts humping up the mole is moving. Try and determine the direction of travel.
Once determined stick a pitchfork, stake or something in the tunnel in front of it. You're trying to stop or slow it's forward progress. Do the same thing behind it. Once you've done that take a pitchfork and stab it into the ground between the 2 pitchforks or whatever you used to stop it or slow it down.

Don't know how far below the surface they dig.
Keep in mind they aren't very big so when you're stabbing you might only want go space the stabs every 2 inches or so.
Some go parallel to the tunnel some go perpendicular to it.

My father in law used this method. He often said he didn't know which was worse. The mole tunnel's or the trenches their Jack Russell Terrier dug trying to get the moles.

Couple years ago our neighbors got chickens. They're free range and come in our yard. The moles and Fire Ant mounds have all but disappeared from our yard. Don't know exactly why but they have.

We had 4 or 5 big ant mounds, 3-5 tunnels across the front yard, 5 or 6 in the back yard plus ran along the edge on the driveway.

[Pistol]

Ok, I watched the rodenator video which led me to this guy. His unique narrative style had me holding my sides laughing.
Warning though, he uses graphic language. [ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nE61G63Aso8"]1 Gallon Milk Jug Gopher Revisit 2017 *Warning Graphic* - YouTube[/ame]

[Dakota7493]

Put up a small windmill. Something about the vibration that they don’t like, drives them out. My FIL has a 10ft one and it worked on his 1/2ac.

[KSU_Wildcat]

Amdro Gopher Gasser sold 6 per package at Home Depot. Looks like a short roman candle. Open the hole, light the fuse, shove it in the tunnel. When it starts to smoke, cover the hole. Not as exciting as trapping, stabbing, or shooting them but seems to get the job done.

[FLASH_OUTDOORS]

Bought the scissor trap!!!! And bingo!!




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[TexasCanesFan]

I have been told my mounds and tunnel damage are Voles but heck I don’t know. Sorry bastages.

[hunt247]

Got one with a shovel couple days ago.