Not the ones on your face. The ones in your yard. Anybody got some idea that works to get rid of these bastards?

I have tried everything. Traps,bait,drowning,some form of powder you spread to kill their food source. Nothing has worked.

I'm reluctant to call in the Air Force for a napalm strike but it may come to that.

Patience. When you find the network of tunnels, obviously set your traps inline with those. Last season I got one with a spade by watching the tunnel move under my grass. I hate miles enough to wait for them.

Drowning worked for me the one time the bastards tried. But I stuck the hose down multiple holes and ran it almost all day.

I'd try some sort of poison, the time for half measures is over.

Get rid of their food and they leave voluntarily. Apply GrubX. Kill the grubs in your grass roots.

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Originally posted by RHINOWSO:
But I stuck the hose down multiple holes and ran it almost all day.

The little bastards killed my apple tree last summer. Chewed right through the roots and it fell over. (Pretty sure it was moles, but might've been chipmunks or some other tunneling vermin).

I found a small hole next to the tree and stuck the hose down there. Left it on for the better part of the day and it never filled up. There must be a mile of tunnels under that area.

Funny thing is, I've got a peach tree about ten feet away that they haven't touched...yet.

Assault rat poison. It's $75 for a 1gal bucket of bait packs, but it works. I split a bait pack into about 3 spots at tunnel branches & usually they are gone in a day or 2 if I find an active route.

Moles are forever, they existed before dinosaurs and, along with cockroaches, will survive the sun going supernova. Love them, embrace them, they're warm, fuzzy and cute in their hideous way. God made them for a reason.

Ripley, mole rancher

Yes they like grubs, but their main food source is earthworms and you don't want to/can't get rid of earthworms.

Buy a shit-load of Talpirid Mole Bait and keep putting a few in new and active borrows. Eventually you'll get them. It might take a few seasons.

Water down the hole does not work on moles as it does with gophers and ground squirrels et al. Moles live their entire life underground (they are pretty much blind) and have many escape routes and drainage designs too keep them relatively dry and safe. And unless you are putting water down their living quarters (way down deep) you are just spreading water through their surface tunnels. Their den is most likely some distance from active burrows and near impossible to pin point.

My exterminator used some form of white granules a tad smaller than a BB. He spreads them out and I water them in real good. Got rid of the moles because it got rid of their food source according to him. It worked great since we had a bunch destroying our front yard. Going on 6 yrs now.

I have caught 6 so far this yr. 3 on the stab traps and 3 in a loop type. They are coming from my neighbors yard.

About 50 years ago my folks bought a new house and soon after moving in the parents had moles. Grandpa gives my dad some arsenic ( grandpa was a pharmacist since before ww2, I wasn’t there, he’s long deceased now) and tells my dad roll that goodness up into a few hamburger meatballs and place in the mole holes. voila no rodent problem in 50 years since.

I've had good luck with Tomcat brand mole bait worms. Not cheap, but effective. As soon as I see a mound I check the whole yard for trails and feed the little bastards all they want. YMMV

I have found that profuse profanity helps.
(They supposedly have tiny delicate ears).
Play pretty much any Samuel L. Jackson movie loudly outside. After he drops several MFs they are gone for sure...

Flatten the tunnels and hills then watch for new ones. Attack them in a smaller area and you will have more luck with traps and poison bait.

I’ve had good results with Amdro Gopher Gasser or similar products. I have used several brands. They look like little sticks of dynamite but do not explode...only emit strong fumes that wipe the moles out. Just either stick in entrance or create an opening somewhere in the tunnel and insert them.

I have tried everything under the sun to rid of those little bastards. As a last hail Mary I tried this stuff. I put it down in early March and have yet to see a tunnel this year. I plan on doing another application in July.

I have woods and a large field surrounding my property, so the moles invade every spring.

Grub killer on the lawn didn't do anything, they are after the earthworms.

Tomcat poison worms didn't do anything and I used lots of them.

This trap however works like a charm, I have 3 of them. I kill about 15 moles a year with these traps. So far I have 6 already this year.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/prod...ilpage?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Find a straight section of tunnel without roots around it. Flatten about 12" of tunnel and push the trap all the way down in the center of the flattened area, making sure the jaws move freely. I also put a couple pieces of flat mulch under the trigger foot to ensure it springs the trap as soon as the dirt start to move. Then poke some air holes on either side of the trap in the un-flattened section of tunnel. If a mole is nearby the trap will kill it that evening.

Don't waste your money on the plunger style mole traps. I have several of those that do not work. The moles will trip the trap but the spring isn't strong enough to drive the spike deep enough/fast enough to actually kill the mole. Plus they bend very easily making them even more prone to failure since they bind up.

I've found two dead moles on the lawn so far this year, a few days apart, within ten feet of each other. I'm guessing the first one passed from over population, the second of a broken heart.

Moles used to turn our yard into a motocross track. I tried poison worms, organic treatments, etc., but was always chasing them and never getting in front of them. Then a neighbor suggested something that they had purchased off of Amazon called Mole Sonic Repellent. It is a small rechargeabled device that you place in your yard to repel moles. It worked great for me. No moles for the last 2 years and they only cost about $10 each. Just make sure you remove them before mowing.

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Originally posted by Censored:
Moles used to turn our yard into a motocross track. I tried poison worms, organic treatments, etc., but was always chasing them and never getting in front of them. Then a neighbor suggested something that they had purchased off of Amazon called Mole Sonic Repellent. It is a small rechargeabled device that you place in your yard to repel moles. It worked great for me. No moles for the last 2 years and they only cost about $10 each. Just make sure you remove them before mowing.

I bought one of those about 10 years ago. I didn't have it long enough to know if it worked. It made an audible sound every so often (the "repellent"); about a week after I put it in, some dog must have heard it and come into the yard. It must not have liked the sound - I came home from work and found it destroyed.