mole trouble

[stockers]

The spring traps are available at agricultural suppliers and yes they are still legal.

 

[French Chuffed]

over here in France we are allowed to blow the little B......gs up, it works great.

 

[whatlep]

over here in France we are allowed to blow the little B......gs up, it works great.

In rural Worcestershire we aren't allowed to do that - while anyone is looking.
It still works great.....

 

[Mik]

Don't they make those mini windmill things with some sort of a thumper to deter moles?

Cherry bombs down the hole could be fun, and make about the same mess you already have. But smoke bombs are easier to get

 

[minimans]

Here at the race track they come round once a year and fill up the hole with some sort of gas ...........Then they hit it with the cherry bomb! there is a very muffled wooof!!!! and they go on to the next hole..................
The deer and wabbit's are a different matter.............................................

 

[owlpool]

farmers around here use phosgene gas pellets
sounds a bit drastic though

 

[owlpool]

I have the same problem with moles. I've found that Ultrasonic mole scarers seem to give protection for about a 20 foot radius. However short of laying your track on a solid base (concrete slabs, etc.) nothing is guarenteed

Ian

where do you get the u/s scarers from?

 

[eye-kay]

I have the same problem with moles. I've found that Ultrasonic mole scarers seem to give protection for about a 20 foot radius. However short of laying your track on a solid base (concrete slabs, etc.) nothing is guarenteed

Ian

where do you get the u/s scarers from?

You can usually get them from garden centres. They are a tube about a foot long which you stick into the ground. It contans something which every 30 seconds or so causes it to vibrate. This is suposedly very annoying to the moles.

Ian

 

[pugwash]

Okay, call me Mr Radical, but this should do the trick:

(it's the first nuke about to be 'tested')

 

[whatlep]

I have the same problem with moles. I've found that Ultrasonic mole scarers seem to give protection for about a 20 foot radius. However short of laying your track on a solid base (concrete slabs, etc.) nothing is guarenteed

Ian

where do you get the u/s scarers from?

You can usually get them from garden centres. They are a tube about a foot long which you stick into the ground. It contans something which every 30 seconds or so causes it to vibrate. This is suposedly very annoying to the moles.

Ian

The mole(s) in my garden were completely unaffected by them. The units also died surprisingly quickly as they were not really waterproof.

Find a professional mole killer if you are really bothered by them. They have traps which are no longer tainted by human smells (moles will give anything new in their runs a wide berth). They also have the experience to figure out where best to place the traps.

 

[owlpool]

weather's cold wet and windy here
the moles' mission seems to be to fill the cutting
forecast better tomorrow
here's hoping

 

[Mik]

since it's cold n windy they are below ground. Pour a lil bit of gasoline in each hole drop a lit match and walk away.

Acetylene or propane would work too. Bit harder to predict the size of the 'whoompf' though.

 

[KeithT]

The spring traps are available at agricultural suppliers and yes they are still legal.

I think the suggestion to use a professional molecatcher would be the best option but you could try Trapman traps.
They are available online.
I have never used their mole traps but their squirrel traps are v effective.

 

[minimans]

Well I'm not a proffesional but I'll gladly give it a go for you...............................................

 

[Railfan]

Paul, is that a picture of you with your new paintball gun?

I've heard from multiple sources that Jucyfruit gum (the yellow package) works very well. You have to unwrap a stick and roll it up without touching it. You then use a stick or rod to make a hole into one of the beastie's tunnels and drop the gum in. Cover the hole. Apparently the smell of the gum (and it has to be Jucyfruit) really attracts them. Well, unfortunately, they can't digest the gum. So, they, umm..., get plugged up. There is then an 'explosion from within' which eliminates the mole.

Of course, if your cat is too lazy, stop feeding it for a few days and it will find and consume the moles!

 

[minimans]

Paul, is that a picture of you with your new paintball gun?

Yea! Paint ball gun, Yea thats the ticket!!

(AR15 Bushmaster with A1 handguards )

 

[pugwash]

But the paint only comes in one colour: leaden grey
What's the muzzle velocity got to be to take a shot in California at a mole in Britain anyway? Aim high:

 

[minimans]

But the paint only comes in one colour: leaden grey
What's the muzzle velocity got to be to take a shot in California at a mole in Britain anyway? Aim high:

For long range stuff............Thats where Hazel comes in...................

 

[owlpool]

today
- repaired mole damage
- lined cutting base with pieces of roofing slate under the mambrane, and slate waste on top
- interrupted their main run with pieces of roofing slates smacked lenthwise into the ground - to face an embankment too
- ran the hose into the highest mole hole I could find, for a few hours

round one - kept me entertained anyway, in spite of not running a train, as I had the grass to cut too

 

[minimans]

today
- ran the hose into the highest mole hole I could find, for a few hours

round one - kept me entertained anyway, in spite of not running a train, as I had the grass to cut too

Moles and other under ground rodents very rarely drown in there holes. they build in areas to go to when it rains or floods where the air will get trapped and pressure keeps the water out. your more likely to cause subsidense than drown the bugger...............