We hate moles. Holes are just the right size for mini feet.
We've got them everywhere. Tried most every old time theory to no avail.
Trapping is illegal, in our state, of small furry animals. Disgustingly,
moles fell into that category and no ones seems inclined to rewrite the law.
We met a man who traps for the mayor and sheriff of our town, it just isn't
advertised.
He taught us how to trap them and it's the ONLY effective battle against them.
You have to find a fresh tunnel that goes both ways of the hole, insert trap
and wait for one to come into it. Sometimes it happens quickly sometimes not
so much but eventually they'll come back to that tunnel.
He says on say 250 acres there is probably only 2 to 3 moles at work.
They are very territorial but will take over others tunnels, of one that has met
it's demise, in about 5 weeks.
We've found that to be true and stay vigilant to new hills appearing.
The man we bought our property from says in Idaho, they run the exhaust from
their big tractors,etc, down the tunnels and gas them out but it's crop land
not grazing ground. He says it's effective but we're not inclined to try that
method. Trapping is easy and cheap.