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Re: A little mole advice needed [Re: Sweet Pea] #5170489
08/23/15 11:35 PM
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Originally Posted By: Sweet Pea
Best thing I ever did was get one of LT's mole trapping tools. It isn't good for real deep runs but for surface runs I can put in a set in about 10 seconds !
For carrying mole traps to a set? I clamp them on each other to form a ring and open them at each place. Try it, it's amazing how light it is. No need for a bucket ! LT taught me that trick. A real time saver !
Angela



Better yet, we now get to see a pic of the secretive, never before seen LT Mole Trapping Tool!!! Thanks Sweet Pea.


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Re: A little mole advice needed [Re: TRapper] #5170529
08/24/15 12:47 AM
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Originally Posted By: TRapper
I still like to bury the trap...guess it is a system i am good at...sure the tool helps lol
I'm obviously missing something, but how do you bury an OOS trap in a shallow run? I started setting the OOS differently after reading the article on mole trapping in the latest issue of WCT magazine. I haven't been opening the tunnel on shallow runs, but just depressing a portion of it with my garden trowel, and then pushing the trap down until the pan is resting on it. If the ground's hard I'll slice between the jaws with a knife. When I read the article, I remember thinking, "This will never work", but I started making more first night catches. Could just be coincidence, and I'm definitely not saying I have it all figured out, lol.

I should say if there's any question on tunnel direction, I still open the tunnel.

Re: A little mole advice needed [Re: _fletch_] #5170556
08/24/15 02:30 AM
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I always open shallow tunnels and if necessary i will grab dirt from nearby to cover...i always want to know where that tunnel exactly is...i hear it weekly from customers that my traps were tripped 5 min to 2 hrs after i left

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Re: A little mole advice needed [Re: _fletch_] #5170558
08/24/15 02:33 AM
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Plus that trap needs to have the top corner of jaws flush with top of the hole of the tunnel....many times it will be missed if tunnel not opened

Last edited by TRapper; 08/24/15 02:33 AM.
Re: A little mole advice needed [Re: _fletch_] #5199651
09/17/15 10:32 PM
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No need to bury a trap on a surface run. Deep runs, yes, I understand that and have to do it quite often during late July and August, even here in September as it's really dry.


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Re: A little mole advice needed [Re: _fletch_] #5200149
09/18/15 01:56 PM
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I bury every trap to above the springs....my success rate is hard to argue with

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