How To Trap A Mole - GUARANTEED To Work!!!
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- Опубликовано: 13 июн 2019
- This is an easy how to on trapping ground moles in your yard using a scissor trap. Moles can be tricky to catch so we are letting you in on our secret mole trap setup that works every time!
No more mole mounds ruining your yard!
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We are a homeschool and homesteading family of 6 that farms our 1 acre permaculture organic acre in WA State. We are currently building off grid on our new 20 acre homestead in North Idaho. We garden, seed save, raise meat rabbits, raise chickens, process our own meat, save our own seed, can, bake, and do just about everything that we can ourselves to achieve a self sufficient and debt free life for our family.
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When I was a kid in rural Michigan, we had a doberman pincher- never docked her tail or cropped her ears- she looked like a sweet hound dog! ❤
Anyway, I'd point and say "get it, Spice!" She'd leap up high on her tall legs, graceful like a gazelle on the Serengeti, and then pounce on the mole hole! The dirt would fly and you could hear her snort breathe in the mole hole lol! She caught more moles than we could count! We sure had had a whole lotta holes though! 😂 Had to fill those in, but, man, she loved her job. 👍❤😂
Wow! Great job! I couldn’t figure out why I wasn’t catching them..I did a couple years back caught 6 of them but this time, they’re smart or I was doing something wrong. Sure enough I was, from watching your video, thank you!! By the way, your garden, and yard looks amazing! 👍🍅🥬
Great explanation with the video. I saw your trap at the hardware store the other day, and I could see clumsy old me snapping a finger off! 😊… So I bought the next in line which is like a trap inside a box. it says on the instructions to buy two of them and put them in end to end… And now with your terrific explanation I’m off to the hardware store tomorrow to buy that second one. They’re making a terrible mess of my yard, so can’t wait to set them up…now that I know how! I’m now a new subscriber. Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge!!!
Great job on the video you two! I am a new "mole hunter". I have a different scissor type trap but I learned a bunch of interesting tips from you! Thank you!
These traps absolutely work 💯!!! Worth every single penny, and I didn't even dig a hole.
Here I am, trying to get some tips on catching a mole on our new property and I run across this! Your voice was unmistakable. I had no idea you guys had a RUclips channel. Now you have a new subscriber!!! Hope you're enjoying Idaho!
Good stuff!!! Those little moles can absolutely destroy a garden. Great job with the trap and the demo! Every time I get the notification for your videos I just smile and click! Y’all are the best!
Thank you for your support!!
The same here
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Excellent video! Great descriptive how-to find the tunnel, prepare the dirt and set up the scissor trap! ...and surprise! I am already a subscriber, enjoying watching it their new homestead adventure in Idaho!
So glad I came across this video...we have moles continually tearing up our lawn. My husband has put a hose on his car exhaust lol and stuck it in a few of its tunnels and fumigates them. 🤪🤓🤣 but we have several in our huge yard and I think the traps will work better. Thanks, we love all your videos, I’ve binged watched them and now sharing with my daughter who also has great vocals like your beautiful daughter and she leads our worship at church.
Did the fumigating work on the lawn? My acreage is getting bad. Problem is I have a shepherd pup and two cats Worried about trap hurting pooch. (Digger).
Great celebration dance! I hope to perform one soon! I set a trap!🤞🏼👍🏻🤠
Funny ending! Thanks for the best mole video I've seen so far. I don't need to look at anymore.
Thank you, glad it was helpful!
Great Vid guys so humble for you to share.
Got grand central station on the back 40. Am a terrible trapper of these critters
Excellent trap setup video!
The dance of the catched mole 😂😂😂😂😂
Thanks for the video! I will be using this technique ASAP to eliminate a mole that has been evading my best efforts to kill it..... it vexes me.
very good tutorial on the victor out of sight trap. I've used that trap to dispatch over 100 of those pests over the years but I never liked digging large holes in my yard to set the trap. recently started using "gopher hawk" traps that don't need you to do any digging. so far good results but expensive.
great video special moleperator
Caddy shack great rendition, nice touch
Enjoyed the robin rescue
Totally saving this video!!!
Very educational
Yes, mole catching info, need it, will use it, pesky little suckers. thank you.
I love your family! YES! And as a landscaper. . . . . I hate moles!!!!
Thanks for the extra tips👍😀. I have a mischievous mole in a fenced in area for the dog and he is useless to catch them. 😂. I will try doing the bridge setup to catch the mole
Yep They got some of my corn, Great vid, thanks for sharing. New friend here. Have a great day.
Oh bummer, little rascals!
When I saw your husband for the first time, he reminded me a little of The Rock (Dwayne Johnson). Then I saw the thumbnail for this video, that's an iconic look of him raising up his eyebrow like that. LOL. Does he get comments like this alot?
Voles are a pain but nothing damages a yard like moles. I have the same type trap you used but have had only limited success. You're video will help me fine tune my trap preparation. I see now I've been too sloppy in my trap placement. Thanks
Thanks for the vid xxden
Thanks for the tutorial. Any suggestions on covering the hole up when its in an area that is mostly just dirt?
Somehow I knew I could trust this video when I saw the Black Rifle Coffee shirt. I followed your technique exactly, though my trap isn't exactly the same as yours. I placed the trap yesterday afternoon and this morning at sunrise I could see that the trap had already been triggered. Very dead mole on other end. Thank you so much
Awesome!!
Yes, I have moles!!!! Horrible, never had them at any other property like this! They are awful!!! I am can't wait to know what you guys do!
Awesome, hope this helps!
Caddy Shack!!! Awesome.
Black Rifle Coffee. Yes. Great stuff.
Wow...you got him..
Too cute!
Nice explanation on the trap. I have spent my winter studying different mole trapping techniques. Come spring I’ve got a lot of trapping to do. My front lawn is a mess. So far the scissor trap has the best reviews. Wish me luck. I’m going to kill them all 🤬!! As I sip my “black rifle coffee”. 👍 (John B)
Lol, that's the way to get your day started right there!
We used to have moles. We got a cat. We no longer have moles. The first year she would bring them too us. She hasn't brought us any in a long time and I haven't seen any mole holes in a long time. Not as much fun as having your own lawn boy but a lot less work.🤣
We have 3 cats. Tom is useless, but we have 2 great hunters. They tend to go after rats, mice, and snakes. They have brought me a few moles, but we still trap them.
How do cats catch moles they live underground
@@kingfishercobra5497 good question. Maybe they pop up? Or mayne my cat digs them up?
@@GenetryHomestead wouldn't surprise me cats are N1 at hunting, nice 1.
@@kingfishercobra5497 they pop up for sure. My husband traps moles for a living and he has caught them bare handed because they pop up every once in a while👍🏼
Great video 👍🏻. I’ve found that letting my dogs watch me set traps, they avoid them. I’m talking coyote traps. Only time I caught my dog was when I didn’t take them with me to let them watch😬
Hey did you guys see our shout out? Didn't want you to think we left you hanging :) ruclips.net/video/kpqSt_kEwd0/видео.html
/ and shapeing at the bottom of the main hole. Quick and easy.
We had cats that would catch moles whenever they would come up for air. We also used a trap to catch moles within 25 hours. My mother had great success with traps. She taught my husband how to use a trap. I have also heard of people shooting them. If you can see the dirt moving, the mole is active in the tunnel. Stand over the dirt pile and shoot straight down.
I’m not understanding what it means to (reestablish) the tunnel. I’m a complete beginner and it happens to be the one part of this instructional that was in fast mode. Do you plug both openings and build a dirt span between them? Then pack the bridge on top of that span? Thank you..
And uhhh... helpful hint. Put an Amazon link for that trap in the description cuz Ida totally bought that trap IMMEDIATELY!!!! No joke!!
Are you related to The Rock......you reminded me of him. Especially when you were holding the mole up and drinking coffee....your eye brow was arched lol!
How did you get the sweet corn in your intro those colours it looked really nice thanks
When I lived in Illinois I had many moles and gophers. I was told to plant "Crown Imperial" flowers. They are beautiful flowers, but they stink if you sniff them and down in the ground. I planted 4 around my garden and the moles and gophers were gone in 3 weeks!
I killed my first mole ever this morning within 5 minutes with a garden hose and my pocket knife. Could have been pure dumb luck but it worked ! I’ll pack all the runs down and look for activity and a fresh mound to flood each day if there is more.
Peanut butter and mice traps worked wonderful and I caught 9 moles and a few ground squirrels
I had the exact reaction as you when I found dirt mounds and mole holes. Have you tried putting banana peels in their holes? Only thing that worked for me
Daniel Arms of Arms Family Homestead did a video about moles in his high tunnel and he used juicy fruit gum , not sure if the moles were choking on it or what I'd prolly have to reread it
We also have a mole problem, my hubby sets the trap the same way you do, he is pretty successful, just have to get him out there to do it! We have a cat who does go mousing but still have the moles.
Same here, our cats are more entertained by the tailed scurriers
Wow, I might need some dance lesson's....not...lol....That was cool man...Thanks for sharing.
He's got the moves like Jagger.
same thing to my garden！hate moles
Outstanding video! Great tips on moles and birds. I’ve been researching beneficial nematodes that target the grubs. No grubs= no moles so they say. You’d likely enjoy the way nematodes work, much like that movie “Aliens”. However you’ve already stated that fleas are not an issue on your land. That means you already have a good population of beneficial nematodes. There are three main types though and one goes after fleas another type hunts deeper for grubs. Beautiful farm btw, be safe.
Really? Does it harm worms?
Good Simple Living And Homesteading no for some reason they only go after insects that are bad for garden
Wilco has them
@@robs9574 him interesting, I'll look into it
I NEED to do this. My garden did super poorly last season. Found tunnels running under it all. Saving this video under Important information. 🥴
We have moles. They are part of the ecosystem. Including, but not limited to, helping to loosen and aerate the soil and they eat grubs that would otherwise grow into adults that eat your plants, So they are not a "problem". but simply something to manage, because they mostly are a benefit, long term. And there are plenty of non-lethal ways to keep them out of your vegetables if you simply wanted to take the time and effort to implement them..
It's pretty difficult to direct an underground creature away from just certain areas. No idea how you do that, but we kill them. Pretty effective.
Well please share if you have some great ideas. Don’t just say to implement them. What’s “them?”Right now banana peels are working for me and I gather snails and slugs every time I see them and put them in my yard waste container. No moles for almost 3 weeks
@@zapyawhereithurts Glad to see you are also interested in non-leathal control of moles. My "great idea" was simply to point out there were non-leathal options out there, and people might want to learn about "them". 😀 Google search is a good place to start of course. I did not mention any one in particular because different methods may not work well for some people, and I think people should do enough research to find the option that works best for them. Hope this helps.
Saint Coemgen I thought you had a tried and true method. I’m always afraid I’ll wake up and find they like banana peels and start digging again. I think it also helps I transplanted their food supply in the woods. Hardly see a snail or slug now and I used fill a Pringles can when I started gathering them
Saint Coemgen FYI: Dont put them in yard waste they’re able to climb out before your cart is picked up lol
We had the same thing happen to our garden this year! Put up a 6.5' deer fence but failed to consider these little buggers!!!
i mean, Caddyshack was a gopher, not a mole...but I get what he's singing. :) It's funny how moles are smart enough to sense a dangerous area, but smart enough to leave the entire yard because SOMEONE IS TRYING TO KILL THEM! lol
We had a terrible problem with moles when we moved to our property until we used beneficial nematodes. We apply them in the spring and fall and the results have been nothing short of amazing.
Have you noticed a decrease in worms?
@@GoodSimpleLiving We have actually seen an increase in worms and lady bugs etc as they do not affect the "beneficial" bugs. The soil is thriving as are our plants/fruit trees. We had a terrible grub problem that moles loved and now we have not seen any evidence of moles in some time.
@@TXGardens6 wow very cool, thanks for the info!
GOT THE LITTLE BUGGER, CAN YOU NOT SKIN THE MOLES? FREEZE THE HYDE'S TILL YOU HAVE ENOUGH TO MAKE SOMETHING.! MICK FROM UK. GREAT VID.
I suppose you could. They are soft like mink
Hi.
Thanks, Any idea with tunnels all over the place how to decide on which tunnel to put the trap at ?
You go and step on all the mounds in the yard flat you can do this any time. if you did it in the evening you would have new mounds up in the morning now you know where the active tunnels are
Where can I buy the trap?
To help your side hustle, you should have an Amazon link to these traps.
Its in the video description :)
omg ty. No one seems to know these things. Ive got one or more tearing my lawn to hell for 2 summers now. Where can i get that trap? ty, ty, ty!!!
You are so welcome! We got these at Home Depot :)
@@GoodSimpleLiving ?Wow ,Really, right around the corner.! Ill go tomorrow if I manage to get a day off. God I hope they have one. These buggars have literally put drenches in our yard. I'm tripping over the soft spots.
@@altheamcnabb2829 I wish you all the luck, they really can tear up a yard!
I made a wooden pattern that is the shape of the ground that I want in order to be able to just drop the trap in without having to do all of the digging/ shape I get the bottom of the hole.
Well, that was intense. I would just use my revolver and call it a day.. LOL Good job. They are pesky.
Good looking mole catcher you got there lol Hey got an idea for a vid for you...Do an introduction vid you have never done one give everyone nic names if you dont want to use real ones, tell your 5 year goals.
That's a great suggestion, thank you. We will get one done :)
@@GoodSimpleLiving Cool I for one look forward to it lol
@@samstevens7888 I can't believe we havent done one before, the kids just sorta pop in here and there.
@@GoodSimpleLiving LOL I did look for one when I 1st started watching you ages ago but nope, love it when the kids are helping out
I'm going to get on it!
Where so you live? the scenery is beautiful!!
SW WA , but moving to N ID
@@GoodSimpleLiving N ID is amazing! we're heading that way in the next 10 or so years.
So, I have a couple of questions that I hope you guys, or someone else with experience can help me with.
I've NEVER had to deal with moles. I'm also in Eastern NC where our soil is super sandy so building up a bridge for a trap is next to impossible unless I maybe wet some of the sandy soil to build it up? Also, do I need to find their main entry point or is anywhere along the path okay? Also, is it normally just one mole or multiple moles?
Sorry for so many questions. I'm in my mid 40s so experiencing moles for the first time has me baffled.
I've had chickens for 2 years and just recently started noticing the raise ground that is smooshy and I'm not even cool with moles. I have to get rid of those suckers.
Use whatcha can to build the “dam”. It’s usually just one mole, but we’ve encountered up to three in a problem area. Good luck!
Can this trap gopher too? I have tried different gopher traps and no luck. They kept on bacfilling my trap
Yup
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Moles are territorial, so you usually only have 1 to 2 moles in your yard they eat their weight in bugs and can dig 150 feet of tunnels in a day!
They say to get a cat for moles too...haha! Welcome to the mole club!
Not ol Tom, he's absolutely worthless, lol Charlie the orange cat gets them, he's great. Our dog gets them too, but this one needed to be trapped.
I hate to say it but just came in & my garden looked the same except add holes from raccoon or armadillo digging up all my worms grrrr...😠
@@msmarygardner such a pain isn't it!
Get em.
I really dislike moles! They are cute, but boy are they destructive.
Use milky spore
Nice caddyshack dance
You got the joke lol
@@GoodSimpleLiving loved the movie I still watch it every now and then
@@buddyduncan2095 way better than the 2nd one!
@@GoodSimpleLiving agree
I used to set mole traps until I saw my dogs actually tracking them in their tunnels. Now, every once in a while, I’ll find a dead mole in the yard. The dogs won’t eat them, but they do make great chew toys. I’ve also found possums, raccoons, squirrels and rabbits. Anything that ventures onto my three acres usually doesn’t get much of a chance to share the experience.
Every so often he gets a few, but sometimes we have to trap the suckers.
Nice vid, you guys are cute
Awe, thank you!
Maybe u should try gopher hawk 100 × easier
Our blue heeler kills a lot of moles but sometimes he does more damage than the moles!
Oh man, myhusband wants s blue heeler! If he knows they are mole killers we'll be bringing home a puppy!
@@GoodSimpleLiving I love mine but a word of caution. They are very...no extremely high energy. You might want to wait till you get to Idaho. I read "blue heelers are always looking for something to do and if you don't give them something to do they will find something to do and it won't be what you want them to do". Very true statement!
Wow, good to know, thank you. Our Shar Pei never gets into trouble, so any other breed is going to be new to us for sure.
@@GoodSimpleLiving if you are going to have animals think about getting a livestock guardian breed...we are on our third great pyrenees...incredible dogs.
@@JamesCouch777 I plan to have sheep so I was thinking pyrenees or possibly saint bernard or Newfoundland.
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I used mouse traps.
"Personal Sexy Yard Man" hardyharhar Love it!
Paulla Wells I agree. Very few men these days would be comfortable with that
If you get rid of the grub worms your moles will go away ,also if you check in to it they have a mole plant that you can grow and it will keep the miles away!
I've never heard if a mole plant, interesting!
silverfox199686 The only issue with the plant nicknamed “mole plant” is that it’s poisonous. I personally wouldn’t recommend it it you have kids who might be touchy, or any animals who eat basically everything they see.
They’re all guaranteed to work…😂😂😂
I saw on Arms Family homestead that they used "Juicy Fruit Gum" in the mole holes. And it work. Just a thought.
Two points just for thought. 1: put the dead mole back in the hole. If you don't you have put up a sign free new home to your next mole. 2: a 15 minute road flare lit and placed in the tunnel then covered with dirt and sod gets the babies and the other parent. From a husbands point of view "Wife now has been trained to perform this function move on Dad"😈
@10.50 you say you read online and didn 't know if it is true, let's us bust the myth. It would be impossible for a Mole to stay still for 24 hours as it would starve to death. It needs to eat 50 to 70% of it's body weight over 3 active periods a day. For me in the same situation would need to eat 35kg of beef in 3 x 11.6kg sessions. So if that is what my metabolism needed, how long would I survive if nutrient was witheld?
You'd survive a lot longer than 24 hrs.
@@GoodSimpleLiving Moles have a small penis because I have never seen one. True or false ? Watch mole trapping tips and kills part 1. @37.00
moles, burn somwe wood and spreaad the asjes all arpund the garden.
My mother was an mole trapper first class with a 100% kill rate. She never went to all the trouble you do. In fact she sometimes caught them alive just from observing movement in the dirt piles. Thanks to her efforts, we no longer have a mole problem. Of course, we no longer have a garden due to circumstances I won’t go into here. We no longer have a mole problem since we no longer have garden roots for them to eat. They will eat the roots from most garden veggies.
djesas.. need an engineering degree and a day off for doing this 😀
This guy use a mower connect gas hose or garden connect to the muffler and put the hose to the hole start the engine run for 10 minutes. The smoke kill the moles or gophers is less work.
Or the mole eats the roots of said plants , best yet they pull them back under ground.
The gopher hawk is 100000000000x faster
My freakin moles dig deep..I cant catch them in the feeder tunnels..& there travel tunnels are really really deep..driving me nuts..
best way to kill mole attach a pipe to your car silencer other pipe stick in the hole of the mole and go around and close all other exit holes start your car 20 minutes and all are gassed and good buy mole for good
I found this trap impossible to set. Even my husband couldn't set it.
Use the extended “tongs” that come with them. Makes it really easy.
I was working late shift when I received a call about a supposedly "black snake" terrorizing someone at an open terrace apartment complex which had a huge garden that ran down the center on two sides. It had just finishing raining as I walked up to the concerned caller when some movement caught my eye, so as I looked down I activated my Maglite. I noticed the ground moving up then back down in a steady forward movement, "well what is this we have here I wondered?" All of a sudden I noticed its small head with what appeared to be closed eyes & a small elephant like trunk "pop up" (well that is no snake) to check what kind of obstacle (a rock) it was running into, after a few seconds it went back down and tried to burrow away again, well we cannot have this I thought, digging without a license, I smiled, reached down and carefully took hold of it, amazed at its burrowing strength as it tried it's hardest to crawl away. Later I put it into a small shoe box to show it off to all the guys and gals, what a great memory, it was my 1st apprehension of a felony mole. ;-D
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