Lawncare University - "I've Got Moles!"
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 22 พ.ค. 2011
- Just a few moles can ruin an otherwise beautiful lawn. There are many methods that can be used to irritate, relocate, or eliminate moles. Direct trapping is one of the most effective means to control mole populations in your lawn. In this video, Dr. Ron Calhoun visits with mole trapping expert Brian Yost, to discuss ways that you can be most efficient with your mole hunting moments.
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I have 3 of the mentioned traps (less the out of site model) and have never caught a mole. I realize now why I haven't!!! This video needs to be posted at the beginning of the search engine!! I do intend on purchasing a few out of sight traps. " I'm so excited. I just can't stand it!!!" Had to put that 70's song in! Thanks guys for this video!!
Great information on multiple styles of traps and how to position them. Bucket was a great idea, (we put yard ornament near it but never thought about light creaping in) Thanks for the Visual instructions.
VERY helpful video!! I will start using the bucket again! Also, after watching this, I learned I was burying the trigger too far into my dirt barrier. I always thought that increased the sensitivity! I’ll get out bright and early and reset my traps
I used the Victor steel (spear) style trap after trying a lot a different things that didn't seem to work fast enough. I had a dead mole the very next day! I'm convinced it works. Would love to see another active tunnel again! :)
I've killed moles previously by just going out very early in the morning, or late evening, and just watching their runs very close, have to be observant, watch closely. You will see the ground, or soil, lightly raise up and down, that's the mole. With a sharp, straight spade, place it over him, and drive down quickly. You may even hear a slight squeal. Don't mean to sound mean, but they can tear a yard up bad. Also, walk softly when approaching.
Well, that bites the big one. HEY, you have unfinished business here!!! I was just getting excited
You’ve got moles, that’s nothing I’ve got crabs.🤪
They won't get them all but Skunks will actually dig them up for food where I'm at in PA where the moles tend to have shallow tunnels.
Need more detailed graphics regarding placement of trap : (
Some may dispute this but... do not touch the trap or put your fingers down the holes without some disposable or other gloves on. Moles have excellent smell and I have had my traps avoided by mole due to not wearing gloves in the past.
I DON"T use any gloves and I catch moles all the time!
@@make7966 Good job. Obviously, you don't put off a lot of scent.
I got all 4 of them. The first one I got the most.
I have a question about mole behavior. Is it true that moles are active year round and that when surface activity slows or stops they are still active in deeper tunnels and can still be caught? Thanks
Yes, they are active year-round but in the summer when the ground is dry they will go deeper and in the winter when the ground is frozen they will also go deeper. They do not hibernate and there is no traps that will catch them when they are deep in the ground. Therefore the best time to trap is when you see activity in the early Spring , Summer ( providing it’s not to dry) and Fall.
I was eager to see if the end of the video showed a catch -2/3 hours after setting the trap!! :)
I HAVE MOLES VERY BAD. HAVE TRIED MANY TRAPS WITH NO SUCCESS. WE HAVE VERY SANDY SOIL.
I THINK THIS IS THE PROBLEM. HOW DO I GET RESULTS IN SANDY SOIL.
Wear gloves....if you touch the traps with bare hands, that mole will smell trouble and avoid it.
1-28-2018 - - Show me da mole e. Also, where to buy these traps? Also, is there a trap for those mole-hills with a vertical hole but no trails near the surface? I live near MSU so have access to Meijer's, Home Depot, Menards, Walmart, Lowe's ... where to buy? Can I buy these traps on campus somewhere for say - less than a thousand dollars each? (It's MSU, remember).
q7wasp7 this got posted 6 years ago i dont think they are gonna reply and why are u even comenting 6 years later there is so mutch better thing now days
Amazon or Menards. Most of the big boxes stores (lowes/HD) don't sell kill traps for some reason... (as if the plethora of poisons they sell are any safer or more humane)
An old African American guy that I knew years ago used Caster oil beans. He stuck them in the tunnels and swore it got rid of the moles. ????
Right here in River City!
Would be important to identify if it is a a mole, vole or something else.
I've been hesitant to use traps because of my dogs. The bucket with maybe a rock on it would keep dogs out of it. Thanks
maybe you shouldn't let your dogs crawl through the mole tunnels where they can trigger the traps ...ha ha.. secure the bucket well, and the dogs should not be caught, instead of the moles..lol
I am a mole hater as well, I had hills surrounding my lawn but only a few in my lawn, not sure why. Maybe My poor soil and the gravel in my clay fine soil isn’t liked by the moles so they eat the worms where the garden is.
Sweet Tea = Beer
What if I don't check my trap every 2-3 hours? Will the mole getaway??
lol. Thanks for the laugh DirtRoadTraveler. I got my mole a couple of days ago, with help, and now am a happy gal. To deter any more invaders, I've invested in some solar sonar repellant devices and placed some moth balls down a few of his tunnels. I'm praying I don't have to experience that nightmare anytime soon but.....my next door neighbour's lawn is riddled with mole hills and they don't believe in traps. Ugh!
lol. I think I'm a wee bit 'greener' than you as I had fantasised about using napalm.... I've learned that moles are pretty clever little buggers. Tip: wear gloves when you touch and set your traps and rub the trap with soil. Moles have a keen sense of smell and if they smell a human, they'll avoid the trap by first filling it in as a warning to themselves not to go that way and then did up a way around, above or under it. I'm thinking of cleaning out my hair brushes and putting my hair balls down into some tunnels as well as anything else to avoid this problem again.
Did you get your mole yet? I sure to hope so! I'm so happy mine is gone for good and another hasn't shown up .....yet! But, I put a bunch of moth balls down his entrance into my garden and bought some solar-powered vibrating and sound emitting deterrents so I hope to never have to go through that again!
DIrtRoadTraveler Only the dark moles will do that.
Try setting your yard on fire. If that doesn't work, try flooding your yard with strychnine. If that doesn't work, ask your local military to cluster bomb your yard.
These work in a perfect world, I've tried all the gimmicks,, you name
it,, nothing worked,, juicy fruit, poison, spikes, traps, exhaust,
flooding with garden hose,,, and my neighbor told me about using dog
poop or any feces. Put it into a 5 gallon bucket, ,make a slurry, I used
the hose nozzle and shovel,, I made 4 buckets several daze with the
cooperation of the neighbors dogs,, knarly stuff,, I poured half a
bucket into each hole,, beginning at the ones nearest my house,, YOU
DO NOT WANT THESE CRITTERS UNDER YOUR HOUSE!! I had over 50 holes
because they just kept coming after nothing worked,, THIS WORKS,,,
everything else dissipates or requires constant monitoring,, do
this,, it has a lingering effect and fertilizes your yard,, works
for voles, moles, gophers,, all tunneling critters,, HOLY SH!T,,
LOL,, it's been two weeks and no new mounds,,
Oh yall drink sweet tea up there
its interesting how little it takes to go from "you cute little critter" to "wana play prince of persia, you little sht? "
I hear a lot of yap yap yap, but I see no dead moles.....
Exactly.
That was like watching a porn with out a happy ending. Great video if you want to watch trap setting. Which one works the best. Guess will never no.
Lol
Yes, that was exhausting
For all those who are truly interested in getting rid of moles, you have to think like one. First, why are they in his yard, simple. He must be an environmentalist, afraid to treat his yard yearly with a pest control. The moles are there for one reason, to eat. He has obviously got an over abundant supply of grub worms (the white fat worms that are awesome for fishing bait!). If you want to keep moles from your yard, kill their food source, then you'll never see them again. I have an acre in the deep south, where these suckers are very prolific, and anyone and everyone knows, GET RID OF THEIR FOOD SOURCE! They don't dig the tunnels for the fun of it, it's entirely to feed their family.
Moles eat other things besides grubs. They eat worms, larvae, insects, almost any type of bug. You’ll never kill all the worms and bugs and the moles will keep tearing up your yard looking for food. The best method it to trap them, then you know you got rid of them.
In direct sunlight, you'll probably get a burn mark from the bucket.
This technique is for people that have nothing happening in their life.
No kidding right?? LOL
May 50 moles destroy your yard. Then YOU will have something to complain about.
waste of time watching this video!! show the proof that it worked not just "educated" theories to sell me on a product!!
FREIND I GOT your back on this subject. These LAME ASS CLOWNS need help. MERIT IN LATE MAY.
WHAT A WASTE OF TIME THIS WAS !
I liked Bill Murray's method of getting rid of LAWN pest in CADDY SHACK. BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM OK DONE. WELL MAYBE NOT
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labradore free rangeing on mole will scream like wild cat sadly
Tanner, I have a Labrador that I think chases moles. Are they deterrents to moles?
BS you never caught a mole.
put used coffee grounds in all the holes they made... update when new comes up. spread your coffee grounds over.
problem solved, one year mole free
Spear traps really do NOT work in sandy soil as the points dull instantly upon triggering. Squeeze traps work everywhere- easy to use and animal friendly (except for moles). Find a main run and you will get one after every rain that brings up the worms.
yes I agree or run your sprinkler on the lawn. Earthworms are their main staple and water brings the food up to the top.
Cach a mole from Chloe
Have I got a mole story for you. Being in the landscape business. I got a call from a regular customer to clean up the back yard in the autumn which meant to cut back some of the perennials. She has soft sandy soil being close to a creek, and the tunnels the moles create are everywhere. I'm raking up the trimming, and I see in the corner of my eye some underground movement so I stopped, and it's coming closer towards me, and it pops it's head up thru the grass. It's back is towards me, and I hear it say, "ummmmmm, I smell maple syrup!" What the hell? Next I see another lump in the ground, and it's moving in the same direction in the same tunnel, and it pops up out of the same hole and I hear it say, "ummmmm, I smell honey!" Holy shit, two of them. I picked up my plastic rake, so it didn't feel the vibration of it, and I held my breath so it wouldn't smell my breath. Then I see still in the same tunnel, a smaller lump moving towards the other two. It got right underneath them, and try as it might, it just couldn't squeeze thru the other two, and I heard it complain, "hey, all I smell is moleasses." True story.
I actually have to go Michigan state University to understand and trap the idiot gopher that is eating up my plants in my yard. I will try road flare, gopher bomb and report back....
Well, no confidence in this. Did it capture anything? Bottom line, none of these videos are a 'sure thing'. All guess work and hope for the best
If this guy was truly an expert he'd know that moles are carnivores and eat undesirable bugs in your lawn. The tunnels they make can help aerate the soil, and they mat down easily. If you still really want to get rid of them however, get rid of the bugs and the moles will go somewhere else on their own for their lunch.
Moles are our little friends. Fine, you can have mine.