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All of a sudden part of my yard is over run with moles. Anyone have a deadly solution for getting rid of these things?

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  • lkannes
    Amazon.com : Tomcat 0363210 Mole Trap Innovative and Effective Design, 1 Pack, Brown : Garden & Outdoor
    Amazon.com : Tomcat 0363210 Mole Trap Innovative and Effective Design, 1 Pack, Brown : Garden & Outdoor


    This is the type of trap that I use. I have caught dozens of moles over the last 3 years with these. I also built one of these:

    Engine-Powered Gopher Killing Machine
    Pumping engine exhaust fumes underground to kill gophers, woodchucks, and other burrowing pests is a lot easier with this simple new device.   The Predator Gopher Killer comes with an ins...

    I have about $110.00 invested in mine with a Harbor Freight 6.5hp engine.

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  • lkannes

    The trick to gassing or trapping moles is find the tunnels they use to travel from 1 area to another. These are the tunnels that are deeper. You will see a narrow trail of dead grass over them. The trails that are easy to spot are the "feeder " tunnels. You will rarely catch a mole setting a trap over those because the moles only use them 1 time to find the grubs. If you have a mound of dirt show up, carefully dig it out the find the tunnel. It will run in 2 different directions. That is the ideal place to put the gasser over or place a trap.


    Yeah, I spend too much time thinking about killing moles.

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  • Toolman286

    You're all trying too hard. I know you don't like them, but you just need a good cat. We have a good little "Verminator" & haven't seen a mouse or mole etc. in years. Heck, squirrels wont even come near the house. She was a feral and now has a house on our porch. Well worth the kibble we feed her. You probably have ferals in the area. Just leave a little kibble in a different spot every other day. As they come around for it, they'll hunt for you.

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  • William81
    CaneyRiverDog: 31516652059419/comments/31516636482715

    I HAVE THEM BAD!!! They love the area under the old apple trees that are on the bank. The erosion they are causing is the worst part. They tend to stay under the shaded part of the trees. My dogs don't even sniff or acknowledge them. In the last two years I never was that serious about it. I would get a garbage bag of hair from the barber and lay the hair on the mounds and pee in a coffee can and pour on the mounds (I was told both would run them off) hasn't worked!!

    I'm making up a concoction that I'm gonna try when spring is over (less rain).I bought 2 gallons of pure castor oil (that's what most lawn sprays contain @ 0.01%, they don't like it on their skin and make the grubs taste bad). Got two 32 ounce liquid triazicide ( which kills grubs). 6 ounce bottle of fox urine ( predators scare them off). I'm gonna mix all these up in a 40 gallon sprayer and spray problem areas.

    I also bought the triazicide pellets and have some garlic and clove oils ordered. I'm gonna mix the oils into the pellets and use a fertilizer spreader to treat the area. The clove and garlic oils SUPPOSEDLY burns their nasal passages. Thought I'd use the pellets when it was raining (in the spring) and use the liquid later in summer when there's not as much rain.

    I've not seen the critters but their mounds are pretty large, for Tennessee anyway, and it's a pain to mow the yard! I've wondered about the solar panel spikes that "vibrate" to run them off and any traps or poisons that invade their mound. Also thought of buying an aerator that has the spikes and pull behind mower to maybe spike and kill them.

    Haven't heard of the lye treatment but wouldn't that burn up you grass?

    So the best you can hope for is it chases off the moles......the bad news is your yard will smell for a long time !!!😳

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  • William81

    I have mole retaliation day a few time during the mowing season.....400lb roller flattens out the runs....Next I watch for the hills to pop up. I can usually see them pushing up dirt and creep out with my old trust Ithaca 37. Usually within in a few minutes I can see the hill push up and BOOM.....

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  • gruntled2
    jimdeere: 31516652059419/comments/31516640048667

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    Many years ago a local radio station had a contest to see who could come up with the best use for a 16 ton block of granite. I'm not sure who won but the idea I liked the most was to bounce it on their lawn to eliminate the moles.

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  • CaneyRiverDog
    Toolman286: 31516652059419/comments/31516666236955

    You're all trying too hard. I know you don't like them, but you just need a good cat. We have a good little "Verminator" & haven't seen a mouse or mole etc. in years. Heck, squirrels wont even come near the house. She was a feral and now has a house on our porch. Well worth the kibble we feed her. You probably have ferals in the area. Just leave a little kibble in a different spot every other day. As they come around for it, they'll hunt for you.

    I have 4-8 barn cats... they must be eating good on something else cause they havent touched the moles

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  • roswellnative

    9mm IS enuf gun

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