Sell your house and move.
**** moles.
**** moles.
This. Moles, which can and to my knowledge dig just under the dirt so you see them as they dig. Kill the food, they move on. Or so I'm told. Never heard of the other...must research.Some say get grub killer because they eat grubs, the trap is really the only sure thing.
Just keep setting the trap until the tunnels are gone. It will take a few weeks but eventually you will thin them out.
Look up 'rodenator' on Youtube. This thing uses propane and oxygen to flood tunnels, and a spark igniter.
I'm just gonna say it. I had to Google what the hell a vole is. Cute little guy.
Get a cat?
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These are the best I've used.
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About 75% catch/kill rate.
Simple, safe for everyone but the mole, expensive, made in USA, won't break, won't rust, pretty effective.
I've had some luck with the traps that have the spring loaded tines stabbing them, but they don't go deep enough.
I've tried poison pellets and worms. Jeez, idk, that's ~50% success rate too. I don't like using poison. Besides, I want to see their dead carcass - lol.
IMHO, observations and keys to catching/killing moles:
1) Use on fresh (within 12 hours) of them digging new, active tunnels.
2) They normally tunnel more after a rain.
3) Try to keep your hand scent off trap, especially the scissors.
4) Don't flatten out any more of the fresh tunnel other than where you set the trap.
4) Set trap as directed. Dude in video does it correctly.
5) IF you are successful, it'll be within the first 24 hours after you set the trap. After that, your success rate is ~ 10%.
6) I've caught them at all times of the day. Mostly late day, or early morning.
7) At times I've put the dead carcass back in the tunnel, other times, thrown it in the woods. Not really sure that it makes a difference.
Good luck!
I appreciate the time you took to post, but that's for MOLES. I'm dealing with VOLES.These are the best I've used.
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About 75% catch/kill rate.
Simple, safe for everyone but the mole, expensive, made in USA, won't break, won't rust, pretty effective.
I've had some luck with the traps that have the spring loaded tines stabbing them, but they don't go deep enough.
I've tried poison pellets and worms. Jeez, idk, that's ~50% success rate too. I don't like using poison. Besides, I want to see their dead carcass - lol.
IMHO, observations and keys to catching/killing moles:
1) Use on fresh (within 12 hours) of them digging new, active tunnels.
2) They normally tunnel more after a rain.
3) Try to keep your hand scent off trap, especially the scissors.
4) Don't flatten out any more of the fresh tunnel other than where you set the trap.
4) Set trap as directed. Dude in video does it correctly.
5) IF you are successful, it'll be within the first 24 hours after you set the trap. After that, your success rate is ~ 10%.
6) I've caught them at all times of the day. Mostly late day, or early morning.
7) At times I've put the dead carcass back in the tunnel, other times, thrown it in the woods. Not really sure that it makes a difference.
Good luck!
Pretty sure that's for Moles. Voles eat vegetation.OP, getting rid of the grubs in the soil, beneath the grass, is supposed to be the key to ridding yourself of moles/gophers. Maybe someone else has done it.
I've never bothered. Two sides of my yard are bordered by woods/field that I don't own.
That fat dog hauls some ass