A mole has taken up residence in my front yard.

[Page Turner]

All breeds of moles reproduce once a year. February is mating season for the West Coast. Those property owners in the Mid-West and East Coast have another month. Notice all the fresh mounds? The male is searching for females. Moles are active throughout the year and can be trapped at any time, but using the mating instincts to our advantage is a must. Moles are tough enough to trap. Let’s get started.

Before setting mole traps, determine which runways are currently in use and/or where fresh excavation is occurring. Moles dig a system of deep tunnels that are more or less permanently used as well as a network of surface runs used for feeding. Some of the surface tunnels are only temporary so they may not make a good trap set. Moles are more likely to be trapped in the deep runways, which they reuse almost permanently.

 

...of course, this means war.

[Page Turner]

[jsharr ★]

 

[donkpow]

We occasionally have a mole problem. It usually takes me two days to end the problem. One year, a mole was out near the street in a place I couldn't leave a trap. I waited and waited until the critter got in the yard so I could set the traps. Well, it was too late as all the tunnels I could find were old tunnels, not being used. So I was standing outside one evening and one of the feral cats was standing listening to the flower bed. I quick grabbed a dirt fork and stabbed the mole through the dirt. Dead.

[maddmaxx ★]

My cats will sit patiently for hours waiting to present another gift for me.  

[donkpow]

The same cat I mentioned brought me a live mole. She turned it loose in front of me but I couldn't get to it quick enough so it got away. She looked at me and said something like, "I am disturbed, saddened, and disappointed in your lack of motivation during this opportunity."

[Further]

Why all the hating on the moles ? 

[Longjohn ★]

If your moles start changing shape make an appointment with your dermatologist and have them checked.

[Ralphie ★]

5 minutes ago, Longjohn said:

If your moles start changing shape make an appointment with your dermatologist and have them checked.

Or just whack 'em!

[Ralphie ★]

3 hours ago, jsharr said:

 

jsharrt, have you watched the 25th anniversary edition?  They went into a whole thing aboot how the mole was not even originally going to be in the movie. I think Caddyshack is one of the greatest cases of creative collaboration I ever saw.

 

[Page Turner]

1 hour ago, Further said:

Why all the hating on the moles ? 

[maddmaxx ★]

Are we making a molehell out of a mouse?

 

[maddmaxx ★]

In the end will this be the taming of the shrew?

[LoneWolf]

There is only one cure.  The Rodenator Pro.

 

[Page Turner]

...one of the "solutions" for mole and gopher problems I saw on the internet was to flood the tunnels with propane.  What could possibly go wrong ?

 

 

[The_Karen_Cooper_Incident]

Shoot it with a 1911.  It's the American thing to do.

Couch

[KrAzY]

1 hour ago, Honey Badger said:

There is only one cure.  The Rodenator Pro.

 

I have done this on a larger scale with groundhogs.. it is fun Just need 2 tanks of propane and a blowtorch! 

[Page Turner]

50 minutes ago, Couch_Incident said:

Shoot it with a 1911.  It's the American thing to do.

Couch

...shotgun is the weapon of choice for moles.

 

 

[The_Karen_Cooper_Incident]

28 minutes ago, Page Turner said:

...shotgun is the weapon of choice for moles.

 

 

My suggestion isn't up for debate.

1911.

Couch

[Page Turner]

51 minutes ago, Couch_Incident said:

My suggestion isn't up for debate.

1911.

Couch

...I can't hit anything with a 1911.  Not even if I throw it.