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

[CDAY]

Bob Stockler wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 24, 2005 at 12:13:51PM -0800, Bill Campbell wrote:
> [snip]
> | 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.
> 
> Doug Michels (former head of SCO) had those mole traps all over
> his property where he made his home on that mountain outside of
> Santa Cruz, CA.  I never discussed it with him, but he must have
> had one _serious_ mole infestation.
> 
> Go to:
> 
>   http://www.courier-journal.com
> 
> and enter "moles" in the search box at the top right corner of
> the screen.  You'll be on your way to an interesting column on
> moles and problems/solutions some local folks had with them.
> 
> Bob
> 


Other than running into the house to get a beer, I have not gone so far 
as this man in Louisville:

His wife says, "he flipped it up (a shovel full of dirt in motion) and 
there was no mole, he threw the shovel, hit the car, dented the car, ran 
in the house, grabbed a beer, ran upstairs and locked himself in the 
bedroom."

I have a two legged trap that is suposed to spear the buggers but in 
five years I have only one kill and that is not confirmed.... They 
purportedly can move through a run at 18" per second which means they 
cover the 6" space between the two sets of tines in my trap in 1/3 
second. I am sure it does not trip that fast. Thus, the underground, in 
the run, trap is the only type to use.

I have read a lot of the stuff (OSU,KY,IN,LL) on the internet which 
confirms only trapping and killing works.

charles day