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27-08-2007, 11:55 AM posted to rec.gardens

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Any new ideas to get rid of moles?

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My battle with moles in my lawn has continued for about 5 years. I
have not tried too many products and my best weapon against moles has
been a spring loaded trap which drives 2 sets of prongs (about 4
prongs) down into a tunnel when a mole is under the trap. I kill about
2 moles each summer with these spring loaded traps but I still get
moles in my lawn the next summer.

You get the young ones moving out into unoccupied territory every
year...so it will be a constant battle.

What I'd like to know is, exactly what trap and any tips for setting it
up you might have to offer. I've not been successful with traps.
This year I got lucky and managed to get one with quick shovel work.
(I'd been clued to it's presence by a robin that was taking advantage
of all the worms the mole was chasing to the surface.)

I get some spots that get hazardously soft from constant mole tunnelling
(not good for someone with knee and tendon problems).

Has anyone tried Tomcat Mole Killer? It is a mole bait shaped like an
earthworm. You place it in an active mole tunnel and the mole eats
like it is an earthworm.

I know someone who used it, and it seemed to kill her mole. The
mole was tunnelling under her flagstones, and it was (relatively) easy
for her to lift a stone and put the bait in a tunnel, then let the stone
down to cover it.

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Pat in Plymouth MI ('someplace.net' is comcast)

Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced.
(attributed to Don Marti)

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