smashing success: new mole trap

[juanbenae]

been chasing a mole around the turf area at my place for a couple weeks. tried the Amdro trap which required that you excavate a tunnel to place and set pretty significantly and did not work. tried a couple different poisons and a castor oil spray (the spray worked on the voles) with little success as the thing decimated my lawn with tunnels going everywhere.

i finally decided to try the Tomcat trap and it hit the mark the 1st night. significantly less damage to the turf to set than the Amdro unit, much less effort than the oil spray and it hit. if you are fighting moles give this unit a try.

don't want to type this aloud but id pretty much got rid of the gophers a couple months back with standard gopher traps and should they return i don't see why this would not work with them too unless the tunnels are a bit too deep. even the gopher traps require some digging up of the turf where as the Tomcat is much less invasive and much simpler to set.

now to mow, refill the tunnels and see if there is another to get after.

[Bigtoe32067]

I’m fighting them also and used all of your ways and many more. I just bought some tomcats but wasn’t expecting much but now I have renewed hope. I feel like Bill Murray in Caddyshack. They’ve destroyed my front yard.

[LWJ]

Thanks!

[Scott Douglas]

I had gophers up the wazoo a couple years ago. Front yard, side yard back yard, you name it, they were there. Tried all kinds of stuff, from traps to bombs.
This is what finally got 'em...



From what I understand, they love the smell so eat it voraciously. Problem is, they can't digest the gum so it clogs up their insides and they just die.

[stevej37]

I use these...they always do the job.

[71T Targa]

I've had great success with the GopherHawk.

[juanbenae]

wow! that ^^^^ thing is the berries. had i seen that id have likely gotten it.


i saw what steve shows above and the one i got is the same concept.

filled in around 15' of mole tunnel today with potting soil after i opened them up and reset the turf.