best way to kill a mole

[beaconsboy]

Moles are digger like hells at the moment. Is there any other way to kill them apart from traps. A see you can get poisons and smokes. Are they any good. Or should I cough up and pay the mole boys.

 

[GTB]

Marshmallows.

 

[phillipe]

Marshmallows.

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[unlacedgecko]

 

[Hilly]

Pay trappers.

 

[GTB]

?

Apparently there was an article in the FG or FW saying that if you placed a Marshmallow in a mole run the mole would eat it and choke to death. I'm not sure if it was a wind up or not though...

 

[Archie]

Trapping yourself is not really that hard.
Used to use Phostoxin but having far better results with tunnel traps & much cheaper too.
Loads of YouTube videos on how to do it.

 

[Yale]

Pay trappers.

Or just get some traps.

 

[ianlucasshearing]

The mole man only has traps and so does e bay, if you know how to set them.

 

[ianlucasshearing]

Like those before me said ☝

 

[phillipe]

when putting traps down do not handle the soil,use a clean trowel ,moles smell your scent and wont go near trap,stamp all the molehills in push them down,do all of them so you can see where most active then trap accordingly.have patience it can take a while ,caught one last year in a trap that had been put in for 3weeks

 

[Downton_shep]

My boys 12, he just digs a hole, chucks the trap in and sticks some dirt on top catches every time. I try and do it all proper. Make sure there's no grass in there, dont touch the soil, no light getting in. Hardly ever catch!!!

 

[ianlucasshearing]

Mole trapping is great fun and addictive,
When I have them set its the first job after letting the dogs out to check them.
If setting lots I would advise setting 5 at a time or 10 in an area so you know how many you are looking for, not 4 or 8.
Last autumn I got 17 moles in one field in a week.( 90 trap's though)

 

[phillipe]

My boys 12, he just digs a hole, chucks the trap in and sticks some dirt on top catches every time. I try and do it all proper. Make sure there's no grass in there, dont touch the soil, no light getting in. Hardly ever catch!!!

do you use aftershave?pit spray etc

 

[Spartacus]

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/50-x-Mole...077015?hash=item51cf2b5ed7:g:v1UAAOSweW5U4KG7 We got these traps last summer, in a 5 acre field after silage in summer I got 17 moles from 20 traps (set in pairs as that how they work) without moving most of them. Moved one that rooted me out a few feet along and caught it and moved another that was very shallow run. I set 12 yesterday and in 6 hours had 2 more and dad set his and in the same time had 6 plus 2 more by morning. Last year they worked a treat, this year they are less productive but I will switch to some barrel traps to try confuse the little buggers!

https://thefarmingforum.co.uk/index.php?threads/how-easy-is-it-to-catch-moles-and-how.107504/

 

[Downton_shep]

do you use aftershave?pit spray etc

Yeah

 

[Kidds]

I use a shotgun if they are in my lawn but like the look of putange traps

 

[Downton_shep]

These look good but bloody expensive!

 

[Spartacus]

I use a shotgun if they are in my lawn but like the look of putange traps

"feel around till you feel the shaft.... oooo er missus"!!

 

[Downton_shep]

I use a shotgun if they are in my lawn but like the look of putange traps

They look really good. And easy to set.