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MOLES!!!
jwharding
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Does anyone have an idea how to get rid of these damm critters? I've got a herd of them. Tried all the traps at Lowes that don't work. Don't no what to do. HELP?
Jw
Jw
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Get rid of the grubs and the moles will go elsewhere for their chow.
To get rid of moles, you need to get rid of grubworms in your yard. Once you get rid of the grubworms, the moles will leave. They feed on grubworms. Go to any walmart, lowes, home depot just about anywhere and purchase Grub X. Spread it a little thicker than what they say on bag... It will kill grubs and such, therefore the moles will leave. Spread a lil thicker and it will speed up the whole process. Works great.
The grubworms are actually 17yr Sicada larva! get rid of them and this summer you won't be bothered by their constant buzzing in the trees. But, you'll also no longer have one of the best fish baits ever! You evidently had a good crop of Sicada last summer to have attracted so many moles.
Are the various Poisons Good For Chickens's Eggs/Meat?
[:o)][:o)] Chickens work too and the Aerate the soil too[8D]
The moles do not eat poison nuts or any other bait. Quite frankly, a waste of money.
Why not connect a hose to a lawnmower exhaust and try to kill the little bastages in their burrows with carbon monoxide poisoning?
Good luck!
A non-toxic way that works well is-- locate a tunnel in between their mounds and then dig it out. Once you have the tunnel accessed, make the hole big enough to put a rat trap on either end of the hole facing the tunnel. Then cover the hole with some plywood to block out the light.
Eventually the critter will go through that tunnel and crawl onto the rat trap.
I've eliminated six of the little buggers that way.
~Chris
Propane is heavier than air.
So is my wife. Don
We always used Juicy Fruit gum. Got that tip from my 90 year old neighbor one time and it really worked. Apparently, the moles like the smell of Juicy Fruit, eat it, and die because they can't digest it. Wear some rubber gloves, open the gum, ball up the stick, and poke it down into the tunnels at about 5 -10 foot intervals. We had a big mole problem and did that. Next thing we knew, the moles started coming up out of the ground at night and dying in the yard. Worked great.
Good luck!
Interesting Idea... [;)]
Would this be cost effective at $0.30 /pack of 5 sticks?
quote:Originally posted by bigoutside
Propane is heavier than air.
So is my wife. Don
Least she's not full of hot air...
Can't see the expense for just my two acres though.
It wasn't as dramatic a blast, but a friend and I used a hose on my 100lb propane bottle with no oxy and got acceptable results. We used model rocket igniters to set it off.
Most folks in the 'hood know I have a bullet trap on the property and shoot into it regularly, so they naturally thought it was me...
I said "nope, not me", and one of the officers turned out to be a big Daewoo fan who later on brought his Daewoo over for some aftermarket parts. I asked if they found out who was shooting and they said that someone down the road was using one of these to kill gophers. Sounds like a shotgun when it gets ignited.
We always used Juicy Fruit gum. Got that tip from my 90 year old neighbor one time and it really worked. Apparently, the moles like the smell of Juicy Fruit, eat it, and die because they can't digest it. Wear some rubber gloves, open the gum, ball up the stick, and poke it down into the tunnels at about 5 -10 foot intervals. We had a big mole problem and did that. Next thing we knew, the moles started coming up out of the ground at night and dying in the yard. Worked great.
Good luck!
That or ex-lax only it has the opposite effect but they still die
Growning up on the farm we had a Jack russell mix the moles didn't have a chance with him
Sounds gross, your lawn would turn brown and smell like a urinal.[xx(]
But, heck, if all else fails...
Or mybe one of the aforementioned solutions actually worked.
Use the poison peanuts and the moles will laugh their * off at you. I can see them now sitting around in the evening with a drink in one hand and a cigar in the other discussing and laughing at that dummy that put peanuts down their hole! [:D]
And at the same time chewing their gum, which is another old wives tale
that gum will kill moles.
When they understand what's in store, I suspect they will leave.
I think you could just forward a link to this thread to them.
When they understand what's in store, I suspect they will leave.
As moles are almost blind, probably would not work well.