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To: cripplecreek
You are going to hear: "moth balls" "spearmint oil" and you'll see "mole traps" etc ... there's only one way to kill them ... and I'm serious.

You smash down the tunnel you see going through your yard. You get a comfortable chair (and a beer or whatever), you turn on the yard lights and settle in listening to your mp3 or whatever. Keep watching the smashed down tunnels ... soon you'll see one moving back up ... and that's where he is. Tiptoe, very quietly up to the moving area and use a heavy spade and give several heavy thrusts in that area ... you'll probably cut the mole in half if you do it right. I did this three nights in a row, killed 2 moles and never had a problem again. This after spending more than a hundred bucks on "remedies."

13 posted on 03/18/2009 5:38:08 AM PDT by DHC-2
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To: DHC-2

What are you doing this weekend?


26 posted on 03/18/2009 5:47:09 AM PDT by palmer (Cooperating with Obama = helping him extend the depression and implement socialism.)
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To: DHC-2

I do the tamping down, sitting and waiting thing, also. Then, I cut off their tunnel by shoving a spade behind them and flood their tunnel with water from a hose. When they come up through the ground for air, smack them upside the head with a shovel. I also keep a bucket of water handy (in case I just stunned them), put them in the bucket, and let them drown. It’s groce, but it works. I’ve found they work the ground early morning, about lunchtime, and early evening, not just at night.


40 posted on 03/18/2009 5:59:01 AM PDT by Girlene (Congratulations, Lt Col Chessani)
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To: DHC-2

You smash down the tunnel you see going through your yard. You get a comfortable chair (and a beer or whatever), you turn on the yard lights and settle in listening to your mp3 or whatever. Keep watching the smashed down tunnels ... soon you’ll see one moving back up ... and that’s where he is. Tiptoe, very quietly up to the moving area and use a heavy spade and give several heavy thrusts in that area ... you’ll probably cut the mole in half if you do it right. I did this three nights in a row, killed 2 moles and never had a problem again. This after spending more than a hundred bucks on “remedies.”


I have to agree with you. I went through about the same thing. One variation I did was to put little empty Dixie cups on top of the smashed down paths. When the moles go under sometimes you can tell as they will be tilted.

Also dont try to just smash them with your foot. Doesnt work.

In my case it was only two moles, too. Although I thought there were a lot more.


46 posted on 03/18/2009 6:06:54 AM PDT by freedomlover (Make sure you're in love - before you move in the heavy stuff)
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