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

[Ron Kracht]

Bill Campbell wrote:

>On Thu, Mar 24, 2005, CDAY wrote:
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>>Bob Rasmussen wrote:
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>>>On Thu, 24 Mar 2005, Nancy Palmquist wrote:
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>>>>It is tricky but with the right tools it can be done.  My yard is a swamp 
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>>>>Swamp Palmquist.  I just hope it drowns those nasty moles that moved in 
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>>>>before winter.  They are making a mess of my yard.  I have to find a way 
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>>>>get them to move on - some other yard or they can visit heaven - I have
>>>>offered them a fair choice.
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>>>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.
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>>>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.
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>>Bob, that trap sounds interesting. I assume it is buried in the run?
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>>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!
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>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 :-).
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>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.
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Our cat used to bring them in the house (still alive) so we could admire
her prowess - we were doubly relieved when the moles disappeared.

Ron Kracht