Mole Control

With hundreds of tales out there on Mole Control. They range from Juicy Fruit gum, broken glass, poison baits, to an assortment of chemicals. Ninety-nine percent of them are completely ineffective. Whether you try all of these methods or, some of them, you will eventually come to the realization that trapping moles is the only solution. There are several different types of mole traps on the market and each can be effective in certain situations, however, only the #0631 Victor Out-O-Sight (scissor type) mole trap is versatile enough to handle almost any conditions you'll encounter when trapping moles.

To get started, it is important to place the mole traps in such a way as to insure you will catch the
moles. We call these high percentage areas. There is an order to these areas:

Any activity, whether it is a surface run or a mound, that is obviously brand new. The run has fresh cracks or exposed fresh dirt. Mounds that contain fresh moist dirt. Runs or mounds that weren't there a few hours ago, or yesterday. These are the best places to place the trap.

Runs along a man made border such as side walks, patios, driveways, foundations and landscaping borders are also very high percentage areas to place the mole trap. Sometimes your lawn can have a maze of mole runs zig-zagging throughout. If there is also a run along your side walk, driveway or foundation, it is better to place one mole trap in that run versus placing ten mole traps randomly in the runs out in the lawn.

Transitions are runs that connect different types of terrain such as a run that visibly leads from the yard into the landscaping (or vise versa) or a run the comes out of a wooded area into your lawn. When mole trapping transitions, it's best to place the mole traps as close to the border of the two surfaces as conditions will allow.

Once you have determined where to place the mole traps using the above criteria, it is very important to position the mole trap properly in the tunnel or mound. Two things are particularly important. The first is blocking the tunnel properly. Moles use this tunnel system to trap his food. As worms, insects and larvae burrow through the ground, they often burrow into the tunnel. The mole patrols it's tunnels and eats whatever “live” food it comes across. If you block it's tunnel, he will have to reopen it in order to get to his food. This is what makes the trap work. The mole trap straddles the blockage and the movement created when the moles attempt to open their tunnel back up, and trips the mole trap. The other important thing when placing the mole traps is depth in relation to the tunnel. When the mole trap is set, the jaws form an upside down Vee. The apex of the Vee should be right at the top of the moles tunnel.

To describe setting the mole trap, clearing the tunnel, blocking the tunnel, trap safety and the various techniques for mole trapping in different soil conditions would be very lengthy, confusing and difficult to
envision. For greater detail we have produced an mole control instructional video that describes everything one needs to know in order successfully eradicate moles. The video can be purchased separately or, with mole traps in our Molebuster® Set or, you can download it directly to your computer from our web site. We hope this information has been helpful and informative.

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