moles producing mounds: Has anyone had luck catching moles when no run is visible, just a mound above ground?
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Sadly I would say no. This trap with VERY effective has 2 draw backs: 1. Does not work next to a house or something solid like a wall due to the plate design. 2. You need an active run to get the kill... Just wait, where there are mole mounds, runs will follow. I recommend this amazing trap to anyone.
1658567
Yes but the only way it is effective against moles is if you stand over the hole and wait for the mole to appear then whack it with the mole chaser.
2000199
I might be being played however, I do not, and could, have trouble with raccoons. I do use the product shown on the left of the screen. Sweeney's Mole and Gopher tool. It works for me. I have sent it to friends in other states and it works for them.
730416
depends on where you live ... we live out in the country ... so we have a special hole that we have dug quite a ways from the house & every time we catch a critter it goes into the "mole pot" & covered with more dirt.
1448861
Think moles aer too small for this trap to be effective. It may work but I have not tried it as I use regular mouse traps for moles.
1915007
The instructions that come with the device are unclear on this point. I tried to locate the moles' (Plural!) trails and place the thing just by the mound of dirt. Never caught a mole! My problem, in part, was that I didn't have enough strength in my legs to set the trap. Hopefully you have great quads! Otherwise, I recommend the pitchfork method! Better luck.
657690
I bought the traps for purpose of catching/killing moles. The behavior of moles and gophers are different, so be sure you are buying a trap proven effective for gophers or you may not have success.
657691
I am in SF bay area. I bought mid sized trap (mole trap) initially, it worked perfectly. But from time to time, the tunnel was much wider than the trap. So I got large sized trap (gopher trap) too. I choose based on the tunnel size. So looks like I got both mole and gopher problem in my yard.
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I've used it before in sandy soil and it was very effective. don't listen to comments about it not working. only thing i can think is that people aren't setting them correctly, or the moles are tunneling too deep. i have literally caught between 30 and 40 moles with it, very easy to set and use
1647558
I usually have squirrels, but I have not seen any since I started using Sweeney's Solar Mole spike. It's strange because I have a large walnut tree in the yard.
1448867
I do not know about moles ~ you could try ... moles are smaller than gophers ... but it has done fantastic job on gophers ...
837234
This product may kill the mole. However, you will need to do 2 more things:1. purchase a bug killer spray or granules for your lawn. This is what the moles are eating. Getting rid of the food source will cause the moles to leave.2. purchase a mole repellent. I use a sound emitting type that produces a high pitch sound in the ground which the moles cannot tolerate. Some whirligigs will do that also if there is enough wind to turn them. Hope this answers your question.Jim
2029571
I have had excellent luck ridding my yard of grubs and ants but unfortunately moles also like to eat earthworms , so this is part of the solution but hunting moles is more of a solution.
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I have about 3 acres in the same condition, but I've only worked on about 1/3 of that, or about 1 acre. I've caught 49 gophers in the last 6 months. The trick is to dig away from a hole to find the main tunnel and then put a trap going in each direction. I use the medium mole traps and the small gopher traps. It is weird but there are distinctly two sizes of gophers in my yard, a large variety that leaves large holes that require the bigger trap and a small variety that require the small trap. I'd start with the medium mole size if you live in CA and have pocket gophers. Good luck!
657689
I just use the mole traps. Not the gopher ones. We have moles and mophers or thats what the locals call them. They are cuter than moles. But more destructive. It takes two traps per hole so one trap won't work.
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I don't know. Product didn't work for me and I net tried to recover the bait from underground. Tried a product my neighbor had that is the same idea and it worked great. You can find it at no moles.net
1448863
I have never used it on Moles. I believe it is a gopher only trap. It may be worth a try. Most moles have surface tunnels and it would be hard to set the trap for them effectively. If you have gophers---this is the best solution I have discovered.