Albano's have been my choice of mole traps for several years now. Once you get your technique down with a good set up they are hard to beat. I get doubles every day at various job set ups. They are fast and easy to use once you develop your system. If I showed my system I doubt anyone would use anything else. It would effectively change how you do moles and rethink your current process. Less weight, more traps set faster with easy maintenance on your locations. Just under 400 moles to date since early March.
Caught 117 on my property alone in 3 weeks. I have a job going on now for a Dr. I have caught 37 in 5 checks and have two more days left in the contract. I could reach 50 reasonably if my daily checks stay on avg. as to what they have been in previous. Caught 13 on the first check.
I set a up another customer in the same plan yesterday due to a referral from the Drs. job via the wife. 1/4 mile down the road in the same plan. I set up about 38 > 2 trap set up positions as I recall. I expect 10 to 15 on my first check today as well. Our mole numbers are thru the roof this season most likely related to our Cicada hatch which they have been emerging up thru all of my cut in sections where I set mole traps for the last weeks or more.
Bob, are all those eastern moles?
I know we have discussed this in the past.
Here in iowa i am at 179 moles caught since march 2nd but many yards i catch 1-3 moles and damage stops...this has been happening for 12 years...i dont have any other species of moles other than easterns.
What i am saying is the part of the country and species of mole you have determine the number of moles present in a lawn as well as trap selection. The out of sight mole trap is a bad choice if going after the hairy tailed mole since that mole is smaller and likely to not set the trap off...for the eastern mole we have here in midwest i am extremely deadly accurate with the out of sight and can train someone on em to be successful in under 3 days...location and setting traps with my system you also become deadly.
I have zero experience though with hairy tailed or starnosed