PSA - No more moles!

OLS · 04-21-2014, 07:48 AM

I am glad that I can pass on some professional mole-killing tips for you. Whether you bait or trap, Jamie said it right.
You HAVE TO bait or trap the ACTIVE tunnels. There is only one way to determine this. Take a dowel rod or a piece of
re-bar with you and poke a hole in each tunnel every few feet or so. The mole, if you have poked a light-spilling HOLE in his
tunnel, HE WILL immediately fill that hole back in, within the 12-24 hour period. So you will have NO LUCK baiting or trapping
a mole in an inactive run. Your only chance to kill it is in one of the runs where he filled the hole in. Talparid worms are effective,
as are the scissor traps you half-bury.

We have stopped covering moles at my company and have left that issue to the wildlife trappers and relocators in town
that deal with coons in the attic, crazed opossums and what not. But I thought you could use that little tip for finding
the active runs. Without finding and targeting only the active tunnels, you are wasting time and money. Good luck.

04-21-2014, 07:48 AM	#4
OLS Suck It Join Date: Oct 2008 First Name: Brad Location: TN Posts: 7,912 Trading: (19)	Re: PSA - No more moles! I am glad that I can pass on some professional mole-killing tips for you. Whether you bait or trap, Jamie said it right. You HAVE TO bait or trap the ACTIVE tunnels. There is only one way to determine this. Take a dowel rod or a piece of re-bar with you and poke a hole in each tunnel every few feet or so. The mole, if you have poked a light-spilling HOLE in his tunnel, HE WILL immediately fill that hole back in, within the 12-24 hour period. So you will have NO LUCK baiting or trapping a mole in an inactive run. Your only chance to kill it is in one of the runs where he filled the hole in. Talparid worms are effective, as are the scissor traps you half-bury. We have stopped covering moles at my company and have left that issue to the wildlife trappers and relocators in town that deal with coons in the attic, crazed opossums and what not. But I thought you could use that little tip for finding the active runs. Without finding and targeting only the active tunnels, you are wasting time and money. Good luck.