Moles
- Thread starter GAM
- Start date
michael N123
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no But mole traps will
farmerm
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- Location
- Shropshire
shot gun is effective too. I shoot more than I trap
Boomerang
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I have most success with tunnel traps.
- Location
- Montgomeryshire
Talpax?
Not something you'd buy from the ladies section in the Chemists' then?
- Location
- northampton
- Location
- Woodhall Spa. Lincolnshire
Just think of them as landing pads for drones.
Might not be a comfortable fit! Putanges are getting good reviews though but how to tell the good ones from the low quality. Any one used these French mole traps?
Believe me,trapping moles is far more addictive and fun than pheasant shooting.
It’s a mental challenge as well as a physical one.
You don’t have to endure the drone of a toffee nosed wannabe aristocrat either.
- Location
- North West Wales
How’s everyone getting on with trapping in this wet weather? Getting no luck here, only traps full of soil no matter how tidy I prepare the run!! Have alway had better success during dry spells.
- Location
- Lincolnshire
Had three moles out of the same run over the last fortnight. A hard well established run next to a roadway using a scissor trap. Set so it trips fairy easily, covered with moss then soil laid on top.
You need a good main run in hard ground such a gateway or next to a path or track. Even a lazily set trap seems to catch them there. Exploratory feeding runs out in the field aren't likely to catch many however carefully I set them.
You need a good main run in hard ground such a gateway or next to a path or track. Even a lazily set trap seems to catch them there. Exploratory feeding runs out in the field aren't likely to catch many however carefully I set them.
- Location
- Lincolnshire
Repaired a leak in an underground alkathene pipe yesterday. Mole run was 2 foot down running across the pipe. The mole had gnawed a hole in the pipe, or maybe he'd been down there to drink from a pin hole leak. Either way the hole had got bigger and turned into a big leak.
Drives you mad day after day resetting and moving to a new position when you know you spent so much time getting the turf up right, smoothing the hole out right, firming up the bottom etc just to find the trap full of earth. What do you use to firm up the excavated tunnel?
- Location
- North West Wales
Tried few things, using an old T spade handle at the moment but been planning on fabricating a tool with a 90 degree bend 1 inch pipe on one end and a spike on other end. Would do two jobs then!!