05-29-2014, 12:35 AM
You'll need something a tad more powerful than a .22 unless you want to shoot it a half dozen or more
times - even up close in a havahart trap
You used to be able to aim car exhaust down their burrow but your exhaust is now too clean.
The smoke bombs might work and you might iust annoy them and burn yourself.
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if you have moles you might starve them away by poisoning your lawn and landscape enough
or using a stab them trap, I have one that never stabbed anything
but you have to be sure you have moles and not voles. Moles leave mounds of dirt in the lawn and landscaping
voles eat roots and bark so your plants and trees are dying.
I had troubles with voles destroying certain hostas last year, but the neighbor's cat seems to have gotten quite adept at catching them and bringing them home so I'm unmulching some places making them easier to find rather than poisoning them.
times - even up close in a havahart trap
You used to be able to aim car exhaust down their burrow but your exhaust is now too clean.
The smoke bombs might work and you might iust annoy them and burn yourself.
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if you have moles you might starve them away by poisoning your lawn and landscape enough
or using a stab them trap, I have one that never stabbed anything
but you have to be sure you have moles and not voles. Moles leave mounds of dirt in the lawn and landscaping
voles eat roots and bark so your plants and trees are dying.
I had troubles with voles destroying certain hostas last year, but the neighbor's cat seems to have gotten quite adept at catching them and bringing them home so I'm unmulching some places making them easier to find rather than poisoning them.