Mole traps????? I've got enough trouble dealing with the mouse traps I have to set IN the house!!!!
I like your Dad's method.......but I've never seen the ground move!
We couldn't figure out why our 18 month old lab/chow and the 11 year old lab/chessie all of a sudden started digging holes in the yard again.........I think I've figured out why they were digging holes at this time last year. I had blamed it all on the puppy digging holes. We now know differently!!!!!
(note to stalker - I live in the country, insects and rodents are part of life)
Gabz, the mole trap works the same way as the pitch fork, and the pesky varmint doesn't have to be disposed of, it'll become mulch.
You just set the traps in the path of their tunnels (soft spots) and when the mole passes, whamo! Once you see it has been set off, you can pretty much be sure you've killed it. The traps can be used over and over.
However, I was at my parents' house one morning and saw a mole trap go off. About 30 seconds later I saw that nasty rodent dig itself above ground an run down the hill! I have never in my lifetime seen a mole run above ground. He was pitchforked that afternoon.
I live close to a large field, so for me, there is little hope of ever catching them all. I've lost several bushes in my front entryway from those moles this year, so I will
be a little more vigilant when spring rolls around.