Re: mole traps
[Re: Andrew Eastwood]
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10/30/15 09:37 PM
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I would like to see someone take a video of setting a OOS. they just take me to long. I have had mole dig under a OOS and did not know it until I was done with the job.
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Re: mole traps
[Re: Andrew Eastwood]
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10/30/15 10:42 PM
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I use Steve's and OoS's when the tunnels are too big for Steve's to fit tight.
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Re: mole traps
[Re: Andrew Eastwood]
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11/01/15 12:53 AM
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Really though the trap itself doesnt matter much at all...the location where you set your trap will be the biggest difference....i typically catch moles within the first hour after i set em....i could show you email after email or texts from customers telling me traps were already tripped within an hour of leaving their property
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Re: mole traps
[Re: Andrew Eastwood]
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11/01/15 06:57 AM
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Now making new setters for the Victor "out-o-sight" mole traps. Just sent some out for testing. will see what the outcome will be. One Hand Setters Dave
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Re: mole traps
[Re: Andrew Eastwood]
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Most of the calls I get have a lot of old damage. I would say I catch 99% of the moles in 10% of the trap I set. Next season I am cutting the time the trap will be left in the ground. I am spending to much time digging up trap in area's that are not producing moles.
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Re: mole traps
[Re: Andrew Eastwood]
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My typical job is 30+ Albano traps on first set up. I set practically anything that is long and straight. If nothing has dug past the trap in a week it gets pulled and new traps go in the new tunnels.
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Re: mole traps
[Re: Andrew Eastwood]
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11/02/15 09:20 PM
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New Setters Easier, Safer, Less stress on Trap and Trapper! One Hand Setters Dave
Knowledge is power, that becomes worthless unless you pass it on! Home of the One Hand Setters! on Face Book davidfsheldonjr@gmail.com
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Re: mole traps
[Re: Andrew Eastwood]
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11/04/15 02:04 AM
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A lot also depends on the soil type, time of the year, etc. where you will be trapping moles. In softer, sandier soils, moles tend to "dig under" Steve's traps when trapping the feeding/travel runs on the surface. Steve's traps are more suitable then when trapping in the deeper runs where the tunnels and soil are more firm. Moles usually forage in these deeper tunnels in my area during extreme drought and during our meek winters when earthworms, larvae, and other insects go deeper in the soil. The majority of my mole trapping is conducted on surface/feeding runs in sandy soils. My go to traps are the modified OOS (Elite Mole Upgrade) and the Genuine Talpex trap available only in the UK. The Talpex is a more docile scissor trap than the OOS and can be set by hand. I still use Steve's traps when moles are throwing mounds and foraging in deeper tunnels.
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Re: mole traps
[Re: EatenByLimestone]
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11/06/15 11:33 AM
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How many moles are you getting per job? On my average job I see between 1 and 3 in a yard. I don't think I'd be able to get 30 traps into these yards. Sometimes I have trouble getting 2 ideal tunnels to set on. I set on ideal first, they start looking for other spots. I've had yards where it was all sponge and you couldn't tell where the tunnels were, because it was all tunnel. Then I look for sidewalks and anything that might guide them. After that it's guessing and dumb luck, but lots of traps puts the numbers in your favor.
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Re: mole traps
[Re: Andrew Eastwood]
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11/07/15 10:48 AM
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Am I the only one that's experiencing more dig unders this year? It seems like the moles have gotten larger. I normally use the regular size of Steve's trap, but they just aren't big enough for the tunnels I'm finding this year. I've caught a few by just laying the trap in the tunnel upside down, but the catches aren't good and have a lot of misses that way. I only had a few OoS before, but have been buying more of them as the season is going on. Any using the large size of Steve's trap to catch Eastern Moles?
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Re: mole traps
[Re: Andrew Eastwood]
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11/09/15 09:25 PM
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Bob, I like the dandelion puller idea. I use one, but for probing for tunnels. I've been working on bedding, but I don't think that's the problem this year. It seems this year the majority of the tunnels you can stick your whole hand in. I've always found tunnels this big at jobs but even at those jobs most of the tunnels were small. This year it seems that all of the tunnels at the job sites are that big.
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Re: mole traps
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11/10/15 07:00 AM
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Am I the only one that's experiencing more dig unders this year? It seems like the moles have gotten larger. I normally use the regular size of Steve's trap, but they just aren't big enough for the tunnels I'm finding this year. I've caught a few by just laying the trap in the tunnel upside down, but the catches aren't good and have a lot of misses that way. I only had a few OoS before, but have been buying more of them as the season is going on. Any using the large size of Steve's trap to catch Eastern Moles? I was having it with Steve's traps. Last year I wasn't. Going back and re examining what I might be doing different led to me using the back of my trowel instead of my fingers to get the hole large enough to get the trap in. I'll retry next year using my fingers to enlarge the hole as I'd done previously. The trowel handle works perfectly for my other style, which doesn't have a bottom so bedding doesn't matter.
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Re: mole traps
[Re: Andrew Eastwood]
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11/21/15 06:20 PM
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They have always seemed more wary, and harder to catch than the easterns. They also have a different habitat. Wetlands vs uplands.
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