Lawn moles help controling or???

Listen up all!

If you live near water or a woods, expect moles.

While many think grubs are the #food, it is actually earthworms, followed by grubs.

All the above stuff will only make them move to another part of your yard, not kill them.

Every part of the Castor bean plant is deadly (3 beans will kill an adult human).

However, Castor oil will chase them away if used properly. You can buy bags or spray, but you must use it every 3 months.

There are a couple of good baits.

First, if you can find "RCO Mole Patrol" Pellets you spoon down little holes (follow instructions on the can) Smells like natural food to them. They feed and 99.9% die under ground.

TomCat makes bait that looks and feels like worms and grubs and uses the same chemical to kill. This is more expensive, yet effective.

Michigan State says both baits are 100% effective when used properly.

Moles are territorial, when one dies another will take over (usually a female).

Cats aren't natural in the new world, gum kitty litter, bleach and other smells will force them to make a new tunnel.

They use the same runs as long as there is food. No food, a new tunnel.

Ron

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I have tried EVERYTHING there is available to purchase for controlling moles. The smoke bombs are the most effective, but you must be good at placement without making the tunnel collapse.

The 100% most effective way to get rid of moles is to catch them. I have caught 15 of them over the last 2 years. Here is what you do:

1. When you see a new trail from their burrowing, you grab a hand shovel and a little bucket or empty 1 gallon plant container.

2. VERY QUIETLY, you get as close to the tunnel mounding area as possible and try to see where the mole may be currently located. Squat down and just watch and wait (could take . It must be quiet (do not bring your dog outside with you!). If there is a LOT of mounding, you may have to go straight to #5.

3. When you see the tunnel mound move, showing you where the mole is generally located, you drive your shovel in at a slight angle and pop the dirt UP. Usually, the mole comes with it. The first few times I did it, I severed the mole killing it. However, since then I have perfected the method and start my insertion of the shovel a few inches back from where the active movement of the ground is happening.

4. After popping the mole out of the ground, if it is not severed and dying, then put it in the container, get in your car and take it to a park nearby and release it. Or you can drive by someone's home who you do not like and drop the mole in their yard, lol.

5. If no movement happens after 5-10 minutes or so, or there is just too much mounding to find where the mole may be, then you must push ALL of the mounding back down so it is level with the ground.

5. Go back inside and wait an hour or two (or just keep looking outside to see if there is new mounding).

6. When you see new mounding, go to step 1.