Mole Catchers

[long gone 12398536]

Tell me to my face , anytime,....come up to Inverclyde, Scotland

Saved myself a fiver today

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Several Traps tripped but no mole, so obviously a lot of learning to do, but hey, Rome wasn't built in a day.

There are plenty of internet sources of advice on mole trapping available these days. Like much of what you can read on the internet , some of it is nonsense, but it’s a good start.

New traps work just fine btw, no need to bury them for a week and all the other nonsense. Clean hands are fine too, but I wear disposable gloves just to keep my hands cleaner.

I use cheap plastic balloon holders (£6 a 100) as trap markers, after a post on here. https://www.amazon.co.uk/Karaloon-4...sticks&qid=1608541955&sr=8-11&tag=googhydr-21

Quite alot of that, is right,...

 

[Overrun]

Earth-thrower , interesting traps in photo in other post. Tunnel trap, not seen one like that before and other trap with sides turned up, did you do this?
What was the point?
Does it make any difference?
Be interested in your answers. Cheers

 

[Massey Ferguson 6480]

Just bend the triggers towards the catching loops, mole will touch them sooner and get a better catch. I suspect the sensitivitys fine otherwise would have probably been dug under

 

[long gone 12398536]

Earth-thrower , interesting traps in photo in other post. Tunnel trap, not seen one like that before and other trap with sides turned up, did you do this?
What was the point?
Does it make any difference?
Be interested in your answers. Cheers

Thanks for your post, mate,....aye , oh the photo ,....that is a wooden full barrel, mole trap,....its a design the early mole catchers used, & I think they were possibly made still, right up too the fifties,......I only ever seen a photo or two in an old book,.....& NEVER thought I ever get to see one , in the flesh , or indeed use one, in these more modern times,.........until I discovered a certain old gentleman (mole & rabbit catcher, etc) ,....courtesy of the Internet, who was still an advocate of this trap type......by the name of Bob Merrin !

 

[Massey Ferguson 6480]

Thanks for your post, mate,....aye , oh the photo ,....that is a wooden full barrel, mole trap,....its a design the early mole catchers used, & I think they were possibly made still, right up too the fifties,......I only ever seen a photo or two in an old book,.....& NEVER thought I ever get to see one , in the flesh , or indeed use one, in these more modern times,.........until I discovered a certain old gentleman (mole & rabbit catcher, etc) ,....courtesy of the Internet, who was still an advocate of this trap type......by the name of Bob Merrin !

Gas pipe

 

[Mur Huwcun]

Any one using the putange traps successfully? I’ve still not caught anything with them apart from flipping backfills! The old scissor traps I find are much better than them. Really fancy a talpex or two now to try out

 

[Massey Ferguson 6480]

Any one using the putange traps successfully? I’ve still not caught anything with them apart from flipping backfills! The old scissor traps I find are much better than them. Really fancy a talpex or two now to try out

Wont go wrong with a genuine talpex, dont waste your time with ebay cheap ones. Use them as my name trap and 9/10 when set off will have caught

 

[long gone 12398536]

Gas pipe

Aye, that's right, too

 

[long gone 12398536]

Any one using the putange traps successfully? I’ve still not caught anything with them apart from flipping backfills! The old scissor traps I find are much better than them. Really fancy a talpex or two now to try out

Alot have great success with the putanges, & I suppose they can have an advantage or two, in certain situations

 

[long gone 12398536]

Wont go wrong with a genuine talpex, dont waste your time with ebay cheap ones. Use them as my name trap and 9/10 when set off will have caught

I agree, genuine Talpex , is a very effective trap

 

[long gone 12398536]

Just bend the triggers towards the catching loops, mole will touch them sooner and get a better catch. I suspect the sensitivitys fine otherwise would have probably been dug under

You've said quite enough, young man,....don't tell them everything !

 

[long gone 12398536]

Moles caught correctly, in the half barrel or duffus design, with full trap modifications

 

[Mur Huwcun]

Only pulled one out today!! About 10 set in two fields, 4 backfilled!!

 

[Massey Ferguson 6480]

Moles caught correctly, in the half barrel or duffus design, with full trap modifications

Flatpack?

 

[Massey Ferguson 6480]

Only pulled one out today!! About 10 set in two fields, 4 backfilled!!
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Get some talpex, will have them buggers sorted

 

[Massey Ferguson 6480]

Dont bother weathering them, they were first catches straight out the box

 

[long gone 12398536]

Examples of moles caught consistently in the right place, in various soil types & situations , with various trap types

 

[long gone 12398536]

Dont bother weathering them, they were first catches straight out the box

Right again

 

[Massey Ferguson 6480]

Right again

Anyone would think i knew what i was doing

 

[long gone 12398536]

Flatpack?

Aye mate, stainless steel ones , in them photos ,....but as you'll know,....there is a few other half barrel makes, suitable too, still