OT: Moles (was Re: OT: Springtime in New York)

[Bill Campbell]

On Thu, Mar 24, 2005, CDAY wrote:
>Bob Rasmussen wrote:
>>On Thu, 24 Mar 2005, Nancy Palmquist wrote:
>>
>>
>>>It is tricky but with the right tools it can be done.  My yard is a swamp 
>>>-
>>>Swamp Palmquist.  I just hope it drowns those nasty moles that moved in 
>>>right
>>>before winter.  They are making a mess of my yard.  I have to find a way 
>>>to
>>>get them to move on - some other yard or they can visit heaven - I have
>>>offered them a fair choice.
>>
>>
>>I have some experience there, although it's been a while. Most of what I
>>tried didn't work, including gas bombs. Don't know that I ever tried Juicy
>>Fruit gum, but that had the ring of urban legend to me.
>>
>>What worked was trapping them. I got a spring loaded trap, placed it
>>astride the tunnel, covered over with a board. Wore gloves while working
>>with the trap, to prevent my smell from getting on the trap. I caught two
>>or three in three days. Pierced right through the middle. I was very
>>satisfying, in a Caddyshack sort of way.
>
>Bob, that trap sounds interesting. I assume it is buried in the run?
>
>My neighbor has a dog that caught three or four moles last year. His 
>yard looks like hell though because the dog digs quite a few holes 
>before he makes a catch and does not fill the holes!

Our cat is much neater.  I don't know how she does it, but our
moles pretty much disappeared when she came on the scene (her
predecessor wasn't nearly as efficient :-).

When I was a kid in Darien, CT, our next door neighbor had mole
traps that fascinated me.  They had four sharp legs that allowed
you to stick them in the ground straddling the mole tunnel, and a
spring-loaded spear arrangement that was supposed to skewer the
mole as it went under the trap.

Bill
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