Yard being dug up...

[TORQUE THIS]

How do you get rid of moles??? They are really making a mess of the yard...

 

[Dual EE]

I have always had good success shoving a hose down into the hole and flooding them out. Sometimes it takes a few tries though.

 

[desertryder]

Kick some serious gopher *****



http://www.rodenator.com/

 

[Signal73]

Rent this and adapt skills learned to your specific situation:

 

[Signal73]

Will work for food:

 

[Bob Wagner]

you wanna see mole holes? :-laf

 

[ToolManTimTaylor]

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[GFritsch]

Wife drops a few poison tablets down each hole. Takes time, but seems to work.



I on the other hand enjoy sniping them from the front porch with the air riffle while lubricating my liver. :-laf



Lately there have been so many stray cats around getting the voles that the well fed cats are more of a problem. If I shoot at those I will get hit with the frying pan. Damn felines.

 

[TRAMPLINEMAN]

Run pvc from your tail pipe down into one of the holes. Cover up all the rest of the holes. Run your vehicle for X amount of time. Problem solved. This method works great.

 

[Dane]

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[BarryG]

When I was having a problem with them I used a a product I think it was called poison peanuts. Came in a round cone shaped bottle. Stuff worked great.

 

[RandyHamilton]

I walk my yard with a 22 Marlin, step down all new runs I find. . Go back to the house, have a cup of coffee. . 20 minutes later, walk the yard again, find a busy mole, three shots, then my heeler digs em up. . Not efficient but it passes the time!! The Heeler will NOT dig them up on her own,,

 

[Spooled-up]

I watch for them pushing up the ground, sneak out there with a shovel and trap them at the front of the tunnel. Pry them up and do with them what you will. They have some serious claws for diggin'!

 

[Ol'TrailDog]

If I were you I'd fire up the BBQ and invite GFritsch, RandyHamilton, and Spooled-up over for a party. :-laf



Watch out for the heeler

 

[jkalchik]

In all seriousness, you've probably other problems besides the moles. In short, their food. You've probably got grubs. Eliminate the grubs, the moles will leave.

 

[Ol'TrailDog]

But, but,... but GFritsch, RandyHamilton, and Spooled-up just got there.



:-laf

 

[TORQUE THIS]

Forgot to mention that we have a 4 month old Beagle named "Turbo" So I need to be careful with what I put back there. I want to till the yard up and put down sod when it warms up.

After I till it up, what should I mix in the soil??

 

[HEMI®Dart]

Torque,



Moles main diet are earthworms. They are not grubs. This is a big misconception.



I go to a lawn care seminar every year to keep my Ct Custom Grounds licence active.



The big talk last year was a new Mole control product called Talpirid. The early feedback was phenomenal.



I bought some last year and used it once for a mole and it worked GREAT. I didn't follow the directions about finding an active tunnel, I just dropped a worm in a tunnel and never saw the mole again.



You can't buy it at Home Depot. I found it at a local Lesco distribution center. It's labeled for "professional use only". They didn't ask to see my professional licence. It can be found on eBay.



More info: http://www.belllabs.com/talpirid/



A strong buy for mole control.

 

[Spooled-up]

After I till it up, what should I mix in the soil??

How about a grid of 120 volt wires spaced 6" apart on a switch to electrify the yard. It'd give new meaning to the game "Wack-a-mole" Oo.