Moles (varmints)

[mongoose]

Have to be careful with some sweeteners in gum and dogs. Xylitol can kill your pups...

good heads up......I think they recommend the full sugar Juicy Fruit

 

[Leadeye]

I bought a trap from themoletrap.com, then bought three more after seeing how well they work. They don't work well in hard rocky soil, but then the moles don't go there much, less to eat I imagine.

 

[Aus_Schwaben]

Man some great thought, ideas, and insight. I like the idea of turning this into an adventure.

That video Baboon posted had me in stitches laughing. Looks like fun actually. I got to figure something out.

I now have a need for a suppressor.

Try CB rounds. Used in a rifle, they are just a little louder than an air rifle.

 

[oldag]

 

[mad88minute]

Friend of mine bulged the barrel on his 12g H&R topper. He got a little carried away as he found one active. Stuck the barrel too close to the hole.


He lives on a dairy farm and hunts them for fun with his 12g and a beretta 92 as a backup.

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[baboon]

My old buddy up in Palestine got him a pack of Rat Terriers. The dawgs kept everything critter wise in check. They catch mole with out touch digging. I have seen the smallest female chase squirrels up lean trees to crazy heights too.

 

[Axxe55]

And if we are going after gophers, we need to proper background music!

 

[Texasjack]

I tried those traps that shoot spikes down into the ground. There are just too many roots and/or hard clay and the traps didn't work. I have some digging under some paving bricks I have next to the driveway. In addition to making a mess, the bricks are uneven to walk on. The neighborhood is polluted with cats, but there are a couple of neighbor ladies that insist on feeding them, so they don't bother to hunt rodents.

 

[Axxe55]

I tried those traps that shoot spikes down into the ground. There are just too many roots and/or hard clay and the traps didn't work. I have some digging under some paving bricks I have next to the driveway. In addition to making a mess, the bricks are uneven to walk on. The neighborhood is polluted with cats, but there are a couple of neighbor ladies that insist on feeding them, so they don't bother to hunt rodents.

A good gopher poison might be your best option.

 

[sidebite252]

Try CB rounds. Used in a rifle, they are just a little louder than an air rifle.

All great ideas and suggestions. CB rounds would be the cat’s meow if I can find any.

 

[2ManyGuns]

Acetylene.

 

[jamesmrj]

A friend of mine had them and they just tore up his yard. He took a gas lawn mower and rigged up a flexible exhaust pipe extension and put it in the holes and then started it, made it so it burned rich with smoke from the exhaust and gassed them. Took a few times but they either died or moved on, Good Luck!

Similar to your friend's setup, my father-in-law has some sort of contraption to connect a garden hose to his truck. He then cranks up the truck, puts the hose in one of the holes, and gasses them.

 

[kbaxter60]

Pipe bombs down the holes.

Close.

 

[Sasquatch]

I grew up out in the country, moles & gophers were a constant battle, especially during the spring / summer when we had a vegetable garden in. Gophers were easy enough to dispatch, they were active during the day and with something as simple as a .177 BB gun, they were easy to dispatch. Moles were harder to catch in the act, but they are sometimes active in the day time. The standard solution was a 20 gauge blast right into the hill. Old man said they were hemophiliacs and often the concussion was enough to cause internal bleeding and they'd die. I don't know if that was 100% true, or if he was actually getting some of the shot into the little bastards, but a 20 gauge from 6 inches to 4 feet away always seemed to do them in.

We also did sulfur bombs sometimes. Couldn't poison them due to dogs & cats, and we were on well water so it wasn't a great idea pouring toxins down the hole regardless.

 

[justmax]

Bill Murry would be proud!

 

[2ManyGuns]

Amazon.com : HQ Company Calcium Carbide Miners Grade (1.00) : Sports & Outdoors

Use this and water, makes acetylene gas, cover the hole and they will suffocate.

 

[Coop45]

We had a gopher once. Named him and put him in my will, but he left us in tears. Heartless bastard!

 

[MarkTheNewf]

I use a gizmo called the 'Yard Butler'. Have a long screwdriver to find the tunnel near the mound and use the tool to bait with poison. I've had decent results. I've also 22'd them as well, but that was just good timing. Normally I never see them popping dirt.

Video of someone using it:

 

[TJjerry]

Fishin for moles. I had an idea to super glue a small fish hook on the back of a live cricket. Use a metal leader staked to the ground and stick one staked cricket into a tunnel and the other above ground. Haven't got around to trying this idea yet. Certainly cheap enough. If someone tries it I would like to know if it works.

 

[sidebite252]

Try CB rounds. Used in a rifle, they are just a little louder than an air rifle.

I finally found some CCI quiet 22 LR rounds on Grab-a-gun. Got em ordered. I’m also gonna try the Juicy fruit trick as well. Seems they are after the grub worms and it’s where we cleared a bunch of trees and the old root systems seems to be the area of activity. The old Winnie 67 & this ammo should make for some fun. From what I’ve read this ammo probably won’t cycle in the 10/22.