If you feel like giving this critter a sporting chance, you might try
using various weeder devices like prongs or weed twisters. Here you
have to hunt and jab the poor creature, but at least you wont pollute
your neighborhood with chemicals. If he gets away from you, maybe he
deserves to live?

The ultimate solution would be to build a deep fence around your yard
that moles can't or won't penetrate. This would require a foundation
or grid of some sort deep enough to block the depth of mole tunnels.
Perhaps someone may contribute their knowledge on the maximum depth of
mole tunnels?

Rick F. wrote:
In article , Charles White wrote:

Hi we have had good success with a product we sell on our web site
www.everythingforthegarden it is a sonic product called Solar Molar

We had some of these for our yard (not the same brand, but a vibrating/sonic
thingie we got at Costco) and they didn't work worth a darn.. We had gophers
that would dig holes right next to it as-if to laugh at me.. We ended up
using the trap called a "Black Hole".. It works great and did them in 95%
of the time on the first try (assuming you place the traps properly).. I've
only had one gopher that was a bit too smart and it took 3-4 tries to get
him, but we had 6-7 gophers that kept eating everything and digging holes
all over our garden and lawn.. I got tired of falling into holes and tripping
and used the black hole after nothing else worked..