With your experience I believe if you had our mole numbers and averaged 15-20 moles per job, you would look for a way to do faster clean out work with less weight and bulk in equipment. That is what opened my eyes.
Difference is I smack 3-4 X the moles just because I have them.
Question is does that make me a better trapper, no, or just more lucky. Neither, just having fun at what I do.
If you have them and the skills, the numbers will come.
Of course sign reading and experience in deciphering the maze of tunnels helps greatly in your clean out percentage rate over a period of days. Then it is just doing maintenance on those set ups for 7-10 days.
What is that old saying measure twice cut once.
I spend more time reading sign then setting traps. Setting is fast even for this old man because it is second nature to me now. Cherry picking locations is key to good success in the shortest period of time. That is why I rather work alone in most cases with this work.
I can read sign very well and source out the travel routes in a short period of time. Mole work is very rewarding and I find it quite enjoyable as well as challenging.
I compare this mole tunnel evaluation work much like doing one of those search a word puzzles. The kind you have to find the word and circle it whether it is spelled horizontally, backwards, side ways or on an angle. You just get good at it with just a little hint of sign provided at times.
Of course for those that cant spell it can be more challenging for them.