Myrl Jeffcoat wrote:

I have a herd of moles that are tunneling beneath my lawn. I
understand that moles are supposed to be solitary creatures, but I have
a hard time believing one critter could be this destructive.

Occassionally, the dog in the yard next door will dig one up, so I know
it is actually moles, that are doing the damage.

I've tried the little wind driven decorator devices that make the
ground clatter, I've tried pouring clorox down their holes. I've tried
eradicating any worm and bug problem, I may have, hoping to remove any
mole food source. . .All to no avail. This has been going on for
several years now!

Help!

Myrl Jeffcoat
http://www.myrljeffcoat.com


There is a good reason for the mole-catcher being the most respected and
highest paid tradesman in 'olden times'.

First, any solution will require close observation and testing to
determone where current activity is taking place. They will abandon
tunnels in some areas after feeding and any controls tried on those
tunnels is a wasted effort. So, before using your chosen weapon, take a
broom handle or something similar, and some plasic straws/whatever to
mark the test points, and plunge a hole straight down through a
run/tunnel's roof. Observe for 2-3 days. Any unrepaired hole is an
abandoned tunnel. Now, choose your weapon, many folks still prefer
traps, and Talpirid is one bait that seems to have some success. The one
I just got rid of seems to have been killed by the use of Giant
Destroyer. It is a 'smoke bomb'.

sigh - I expect to have to do this again next year.

I hate moles.

Carl


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