Mole trap advice

[Cowcorn]

Stuart, i didnt know we had moles in ireland ? Maybe we have and i just have not come across them .

 

[Lucy @ Farm Marketplace]

Hi, looking for some advice, Im a novice in mole catching. Yesterday I set 4 traps when I checked them today one trap is still OK but the others are covered up by little mole hills. Can anyone tell me what I'm doing wrong? Thanks

Few Options of TFF's Farm marketplace HERE

 

[Yale]

I’ve had no success with the Talpex traps this Autumn, so they’re back in a bucket. Barrel traps have been working well though. Last time I was trapping, the Talpex were catching nearly every time. Different soil conditions maybe?

I’ve noticed small stones interfering with talpex trap closure.

At least once the jaws have not closed properly because a stone has jammed.

As said,persistence and flooding the area with traps for persistent offenders with a swap from barrel to talpex.

I always set traps where they are working and if not caught or set off /filled with soil/bypassed within a day they are moved,if only a few feet further.

 

[dt995]

All you need to know

http://www.walcotefarm.co.uk/molecatching/mole_catching.htm

This has inspired me. I'm going to dig the mole trap out of the cupboard and have a go tomorrow.

If I get to it around heptavacing sheep.

 

[neilo]

This has inspired me. I'm going to dig the mole trap out of the cupboard and have a go tomorrow.

If I get to it around heptavacing sheep.

If you’re feeling that inspired, I have a bag of scissor traps that have been modified as suggested on that website. Free to collect, as I won’t be using them again......

 

[dt995]

If you’re feeling that inspired, I have a bag of scissor traps that have been modified as suggested on that website. Free to collect, as I won’t be using them again......

No moles or no luck?

 

[neilo]

No moles or no luck?

Plenty of moles, and lots of luck with Duffus and Talpex traps (when I have a session of setting them). I don’t recall catching a single one in a scissor trap.

What he says about the technique about finding the runs, firming the bottom of the run, etc, is all good though.

 

[dt995]

I believe I have a couple of the scissor type I inherited with (when buying!) the place. I will investigate tomorrow. At least the ground's dry enough for poking around.

 

[mx110]

Don’t know but I sometimes think varying which type of trap is used confuses the little buggers and helps catch them. Certainly had one last week that filled the barrel type twice last week so I put a couple of putanges in and that was the end of him

most of my traps are barrel type which i get away with ok, but if i get them backfilled a couple times in the same area i usually swap for talpex

 

[hally]

most of my traps are barrel type which i get away with ok, but if i get them backfilled a couple times in the same area i usually swap for talpex

Variety is the spice of life

 

[dt995]

It's never as obvious as it looks on the page. One set, will see tomorrow.

Anyone in Carmarthenshire who does this who could show me IRL?

 

[DrWazzock]

Scissor traps work well for me. Find a hard well used tunnel is the key thing often near a gatehole, along a fence line or near a road or that goes to a water source like a ditch. Should keep on pulling them out. Set the trigger so it moves easy back and forth before tripping. Cover with moss then soil on top.

Finding the right well used run is key. Had 82 out of one arterial run one year and often not obvious where it is. Feeding runs out in the field, well you might get one opportunistically but generally they are waste of time.

 

[dt995]

Pu-Tang clan.

 

[colhonk]

Do you not feel sorry for the poor cuddley Mole?? ...............ps...can you give me some tips,a barsteward mole is making a mess in my gath.

 

[Jontym]

Do you not feel sorry for the poor cuddley Mole?? ...............ps...can you give me some tips,a barsteward mole is making a mess in my gath.

Yes, couple walking through my yard yesterday along footpath proceeded to kick all my mole traps into the ground and pull out and throw into the woods the ones they couldn’t !
When I challenged them they refused to speak and just carried on walking just before trying to knock me off my quad !
Catching moles seems to becoming a dangerous practice

 

[dt995]

Do you not feel sorry for the poor cuddley Mole?? ...............ps...can you give me some tips,a barsteward mole is making a mess in my gath.

This was my very first, so I'm not qualified I set ten traps and caught one.

Following the advice on http://www.walcotefarm.co.uk/molecatching/trapsites.htm I did actually get it on a boundary, coming in from woodland, but that could just be a coincidence of course.

 

[colhonk]

kick all my mole traps into the ground and pull out and throw into the woods

Maybe need bigger version to catch `Clueless Idiots doing criminal damage`

 

[dt995]

My total is now five.

It's starting to feel a bit addictive.

 

[Petethefarmer]

Hi, looking for some advice, Im a novice in mole catching. Yesterday I set 4 traps when I checked them today one trap is still OK but the others are covered up by little mole hills. Can anyone tell me what I'm doing wrong? Thanks

being outsmarted by a mole

 

[Barmyfarmer]

These traps take some beating for me