Moles - DIY Chatroom

mbhb8803 · 01-24-2009, 12:57 PM

Any advice on how to get rid of moles? I have tried everything except dynomite!

They are really tearing my yard up big time. My yard is almost 5 acres and you could hold a baja race in it. Tahanks

Chemist1961 · 01-24-2009, 05:16 PM

Lot's of water, the resussitate them in a barrel with lead through the head .22....... They're nasty when they're wet!

47_47 · 01-26-2009, 09:03 AM

Try putting small pieces of chewing gum into the holes.

Chemist1961 · 01-28-2009, 07:10 PM

Pavement

ArmchairDIY · 10-29-2009, 01:41 PM

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Originally Posted by mbhb8803

Any advice on how to get rid of moles?.....

Try placing a small piece of duct tape over it for a few days then......oh wait, never mind thats for warts not moles.....lol

Mike Swearingen · 10-30-2009, 09:33 AM

You may laugh and you may scoff, but I have been using this simple and safe (for pets) method for years, and it WORKS!
Roll two peeled pieces of Juicy Fruit gum together, poke a hole in the run and push the gum down to the bottom of the run. Cover the hole back up. Do this in all runs, sometimes in 2 or 3 places.
The moles eat the gum, but cannot digest it and it kills them.
I recently wiped out about six of them that invaded from an adjoining vacant lot doing this.
Good Luck!
Mike

Itsdanf · 10-31-2009, 06:27 PM

I've had good success trapping them with a traditional harpoon mole trap. See description at http://www.themoleman.com/control.htm. The key to success is finding an active repeat run, not a temporary tunnel.

fireguy · 11-01-2009, 01:12 AM

At school, we would flood the holes with water. We then stood by the hole and kicked the rodents in the head when they popped up.

Grandma quite feeding the outside cats, the cats then controlled the moles.

A friend had gophers invade the lower field near the canal. He took his backhoe and squashed the gopher holes down.

We used to sell gopher bombs. People dropped them in the hole and lite the bombs. The poison gas worked very well. The bombs are probably not available now.

A tractor or truck (preferably one that used a mechanical choke) and a flex hose. the hose was put in the hole, and the vehicle started. The rodents became fertilizer.

chrisn · 11-01-2009, 04:40 AM

These might work

DUDE! · 11-01-2009, 08:54 AM

With the right frame of mind, chasing moles is a form of entertainment. At one time I use to go after them, setting traps, putting gum in runs, moth balls, fill runs up with the garden hose, pat down the lawn, sit back and watch when they come back through and push the dirt up so you can see it move, then dig quick with a shovel. As for the cats, I had one cat that could dig up the yard worse then the dog. Now adays, I just wait until the neighbors yard has more grubs them mine and the moles move on to next door.