Lots of rain lately....easy tunneling for moles.
 

Saw a ridge of lawn sod raised up this morning. Placed two traps..one at each end the tunnel. Half hour later...I see one showing it was tripped. SmileWavy



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How big is that mole? Ours are the size of mice.

Send us some of the rain. You can keep the moles.

He measured 6 inches long and fat...about the largest that I've seen here.
The raised sod was easily seen, so I knew it was a bigger mole.

We also sometimes have 'star-nosed moles'...which are a larger type mole.
They don't leave ridges in the sod....just a cone of sand/dirt in one spot.
They are very hard to trap.

Here is a pic of a star-nosed mole....and yes it's a pic of his front end.
Cute!

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dinsdale!

^^^ With those claws...it's no wonder they can tunnel so easy.

I seem to decapitate alot of them with the lawnmower. I tried to kill one once while it was tunneling and it was surprisingly difficult I couldnt get it

Years ago, I caught one by watching the topsoil shake as the mole was digging below it.
I took a shovel and started spearing with it and turned the mole out and killed it.

It's so easy now with the wire-tek mole traps. I have 5 of them and if I find a maze of raised sod, I place the traps at all the ends of the tunnels and nearly always get the sob within a few hours.

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