Monday, October 28, 2013
Moles can be a big issue for landscapes and gardens and this is why mole traps are popular for many people. There are several kinds of them to choose from and can easily be purchased at any store that sells hardware and gardening supplies.
For your mole traps to be effective they have to be installed to kill the animal when it is under the ground. So usually the most common thing to do is to set it up for when they might be trying to open up their tunnels again, especially the ones they use the most. When they are working on their tunnels with a trap in the area the dirt pushes against the trap triggers and then the animal is usually killed.
Probably the best thing to do to ensure the effectiveness of a trap is to determine just which tunnels the moles are using. They dig tunnel systems where they have some that are permanent and some that are temporary. The key is to find out which of the tunnels are permanent.
How you figure out which tunnel is permanent is to look for spots that seem to always reopen. Another thing to look for is if they go in a relatively straight line. Permanent tunnels will often have a couple of soft mounds connected to each other and this is where they feed.
Tunnels that are permanent will often go along a fence line, sidewalk, border or any man made type of border. If it turns out you do not know how deep they are, you can figure out if they are deep ones by using a stick or rod and then poke it into the mound or right next to it. You can also go to a mound and stomp it down flat and return the next day to see if it returns.
Two of the more popular mole traps used are the harpoon style and the scissor jaw style. There are many others but these two are the most commonly used.
If you decide to use the scissor version, for it to be successful you need to make sure it is put right in the main tunnel under the surface of your yard. You will more than likely have to dig a minimum of eight inches down. The is an out of sight kind of trap and when the mole comes to its active tunnel and tries to open it up the dirt will cause the trap to spring into action, killing the animal.
The harpoon variety sometimes called the spear trap is set when the tunnel is crushed with a persons hands or feet and then putting the trap right above the area that was destroyed. This will make the mole come to try and reopen their tunnel and the dirt will trigger the trap to spring into action.
Many people do not realize that if their yard has more than one tunnel then they will need to buy more mole traps. In fact they should have one trap for each tunnel that they have in their yards. Once a trap is triggered the rest of the moles that might be using the tunnel system are still going to continue to tear up their gardens.
For your mole traps to be effective they have to be installed to kill the animal when it is under the ground. So usually the most common thing to do is to set it up for when they might be trying to open up their tunnels again, especially the ones they use the most. When they are working on their tunnels with a trap in the area the dirt pushes against the trap triggers and then the animal is usually killed.
Probably the best thing to do to ensure the effectiveness of a trap is to determine just which tunnels the moles are using. They dig tunnel systems where they have some that are permanent and some that are temporary. The key is to find out which of the tunnels are permanent.
How you figure out which tunnel is permanent is to look for spots that seem to always reopen. Another thing to look for is if they go in a relatively straight line. Permanent tunnels will often have a couple of soft mounds connected to each other and this is where they feed.
Tunnels that are permanent will often go along a fence line, sidewalk, border or any man made type of border. If it turns out you do not know how deep they are, you can figure out if they are deep ones by using a stick or rod and then poke it into the mound or right next to it. You can also go to a mound and stomp it down flat and return the next day to see if it returns.
Two of the more popular mole traps used are the harpoon style and the scissor jaw style. There are many others but these two are the most commonly used.
If you decide to use the scissor version, for it to be successful you need to make sure it is put right in the main tunnel under the surface of your yard. You will more than likely have to dig a minimum of eight inches down. The is an out of sight kind of trap and when the mole comes to its active tunnel and tries to open it up the dirt will cause the trap to spring into action, killing the animal.
The harpoon variety sometimes called the spear trap is set when the tunnel is crushed with a persons hands or feet and then putting the trap right above the area that was destroyed. This will make the mole come to try and reopen their tunnel and the dirt will trigger the trap to spring into action.
Many people do not realize that if their yard has more than one tunnel then they will need to buy more mole traps. In fact they should have one trap for each tunnel that they have in their yards. Once a trap is triggered the rest of the moles that might be using the tunnel system are still going to continue to tear up their gardens.
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