Where did you buy the putanges?? Easy to set? Been reading up and they sound better than the 'duffus' style traps!
Got a few pesky critters dodging traps thinking these may catch them easier
best way to kill a mole
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Where did you buy the putanges?? Easy to set? Been reading up and they sound better than the 'duffus' style traps!
Got a few pesky critters dodging traps thinking these may catch them easier
- Location
- East Sussex
How deep are your moles digging everyone?
Some of mine are 6-9 inches deep.
Some of mine are 6-9 inches deep.
One thing I find with barrel traps is that sometimes cheap ones need the spring tweaking with a pliers,especially if they are being set off but no mole caught.
If the spring is not strong enough the mole will wriggle out.
If the spring is not strong enough the mole will wriggle out.
Downton_shep
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- Location
- Leintwardine
Got mine from
http://www.norfolktrapper.com/
Easy to set and caught a few. Don't need to be very fussy how big a hole you dig. Needs to be big enough to angle the trap in especially if it's deep. I stuff them up and use a stick in each trap rather than how it's done in the pics. Only set them for second time tonight! But think I might have tied the string a little on the short side! I'll see how the traps do over the next couple days maybe some adjustment needed.
Downton_shep
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- Location
- Leintwardine
Theflatpack ones are worth the extra money.
Bought a dozen Pest Off ones as recommended on here.
They are good and have already paid for themselves many times over.
Problem we have is bloody badgers stealing the traps with a mole in it.
Currently caught 67 up to today this winter.
Just orderd a few not as dear as i thought theyd be!! Fingers crossed be a few less moles about!!
Find duffus traps good on straight runs but once you find a junction or change in direction there a pain to get right!!
- Location
- northumberland
Gaffer came in with 6 traps thismorning, saying I have a new job for you [emoji849] any tips for a novice on finding best place to set traps, all new traps I've heard people say they need to be buried in soil first to get rid of smell or is that rubbish, also what do you use to cover your traps? The sod you've dug out or heard of people using a piece of slate [emoji57] if you have a lot of hills in field would it be better to harrow down first so you can see the fresh hills and set in between
- Location
- East Sussex
What type of traps?
Don't worry about being new, that's a myth.
Depends on trap but loose soil is best. You can use a lick bucket or something but I'd be concerned about noise/light shying them away.
Probably Harrow first, or look on a frosty day/sunny day to see the fresh dirt. Comes up through the middle looking damp or unfrozen.
Set the traps on a regular run closer to water/hedge as there is less digging there but are usually deeper/harder to find.
- Location
- northumberland
Tunnel/duffus trap
- Location
- East Sussex
I would sprinkle soil from a mole hill over, just enough to block light but so the trap can pop up freely. Use a leccy fence post to mark them but not too close. Can use the same with a ring of weld an inch from the tip as a podger to find runs if they're not too deep. The weld helps with the 'feel'
- Location
- northumberland
1st 1 in the bag [emoji1303]
- Location
- East Sussex
Well done. Just an observation but I see your mole got a fair way through the trap before he got sprung. You may want to tweak the hook so it trips easier or sometimes they dig under it.
You've had it now you're hooked,believe me.
No going back,you will become obsessed.
You've had it now you're hooked,believe me.
No going back,you will become obsessed.
Cant agree more, youll be buy traps like a kid buys sweets haha
- Location
- northumberland
Made a rig to tow behind quad which is a heavy bit of pipe in a slight banana shape with chains to a shackle for knocking down mole hills so I can see easier where they're working so it's easier to pin point where to set the traps, gonna pick up another half dozen traps next time in store
alwayslearning
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- Location
- Northumberland
I set 40 traps yesterday only caught 6.
I feel as if that's a poor return
What catch rate per ten traps are tffrs getting?
I feel as if that's a poor return
What catch rate per ten traps are tffrs getting?
- Location
- Carmarthenshire, West Wales
Bought a dozen Pest Off ones as recommended on here.
They are good and have already paid for themselves many times over.
Problem we have is bloody badgers stealing the traps with a mole in it.
Currently caught 67 up to today this winter.
Ah, last year I found a hole with no mole trap in it, then funnily enough months later I found a mole trap laying in the field. I guessed the trap had caught a mole and something had dug it up to eat the mole, so it was a badger was it?
- Location
- Montgomeryshire
Local guy that does a lot of mole catching reckons he loses a few traps each year, where the mole has been caught but not killed, and brock has run off with moley.