[hexhammeasure]

I always thought that moles were solitary creatures but have just caught 9 moles from what appeared to be one mole set/hole/run/whatever its called. Am I missing something?

[doganjo]

They live in family units I think - only the top honcho males are solitary - and they make a helluva mess of a field and a garden.  Tunnels and spoil heaps everywhere. My old cat used to catch them and my dogs too.  Cats are onto rabbits now - although I saw signs of moles this afternoon on the field across the lane, so I may get a few in my utility room soon.

[garden cottage]

dont start me off, we are currently under attack via the lawn and 2 seperate places in the paddock which is being ruined. moles can excavate 10lb earth in 20mins,weight for weight this is 12 times more material than a coalface miner can move with a pick and shovel.  population is usually about 4 per acre.  I found a gardening forum while looking for mole problems, pest control chap on there that stated moles dig 3 times a day at 7.00,11.00,4.00 oclock thought this was a wind up but having nothing to lose crept up there at 3.30 sat quietly for 20 mins and sure enough soil started pushing out right by my feet on a fresh hill, straight in with a narrow graft and id got him!  if anyone has any other solutions be very interested to hear, have already bought a vibrating mole deterent useless. theres no moles in ireland so may move there..................neil

[rustyme]

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=fePU5CIHpas

the best mole story ever.......

Russ

[garden cottage]

only had 3 traps set for 24hrs and ive got the little b****rd thats been digging up our lawn, onto the next lot!

[lordlonk]

lots ofmoles on nats 4  acres then - reminds me of  caddyshack movies with a drilling machine outwitting bill murrey. There are annoying and frustrating things - i hope we can catch these  fast moving jcbs -