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very OT (blow up that mole)

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cakin

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No, this is not about a traitor in our midst! I apologize up front for this being OT, but if you can't come to DC for help where else do you go. I need to know if this is real and where I can find it.

I was at the Omaha airport Friday night waiting for my plane when I heard the person seated behind me talking about how his neighbor got rid of those pesky moles that was invading his yard leaving mounds of dirt and tunnels everywhere.

He apparently found on the internet a device that mixed oxygen and another gas and sent it down a 10ft pipe into the tunnels the moles had created. He would then turn off the gases and pull a trigger that would ignite the gases in the tunnels. He said that watching 25 ft of moles trails explode is something to see.

My house is on 2 acres that have been invaded, I have tried poison bombs, castor beans, grub sprays, traps all with very little effectiveness.

I am now of the conclusion that the only good mole is a dead mole, and the thought of blowing the little b******s up is quite exciting.

If anybody knows if this device is real or knows of a link to it, please send me a PM. I've done all sorts of searches today and can't find it.

TIA...cakin
 
OK, I did a quick search too. No one seems to want to "kill" these vermin but to somehow limit their territory. Looks like best bet is to make the soil no longer a feast for the vermin by eliminating it's food source. Apparantly your yard has conditions that promote the growth of the grub worms that the vermin crave. So I would get as much legal pesticide that aims at reducing grubs and other insects in your yard and the vermin will move away to other's yards that have more grubs.

You're welcome.
 
They feed mostly on grubs and earthworms, and I've been using very large amounts of pesticides to remove the grubs. The only problem is the 87 acres of undeveloped land behind me. It has been extremely dry here and they are migrating from the field to the watered lawn. It feels like 4 hours of riding the lawn mower has turned into 4 hours of riding the mechanical bull at Gilley's!
Since I've had 2 back surgeries it makes it even more fun.
 
Oh my. If you had a sprinkler system in maybe you could administer the pesticide that way. With all that wild land behind you it will be a continous tough battle.

I've had the pleasure of riding that mech bull at Gilley's and managed to stay on it the full duration at full setting, of course I walked and talked funny for 3 weeks after :Q

 
Sounds like a gimmick...

See this and this for some recommended methods. If you do a search at that site, there are a bunch of threads on the topic. 🙂
 
Originally posted by: cakin
He apparently found on the internet a device that mixed oxygen and another gas and sent it down a 10ft pipe into the tunnels the moles had created. He would then turn off the gases and pull a trigger that would ignite the gases in the tunnels. He said that watching 25 ft of moles trails explode is something to see.
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Sorry to hear about the mole problems. I don't have any advice but I think what Dave said makes sense.

I do have to add that the solution above reminds me of Caddyshack. 😉 😛

 
You could do that with oxy-acetylene but:!!


Dont try this at home!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


😀 try at neighgours first at least 😉
 
CaddyShack (a true classic) accurately portrays what these creature will do to people. I was home a day and a half this weekend and I had to spend all of it trying to repair damage done by these monsters. I saw the results of someone trying to unclog a drain with gasoline, so I won't go that far! The oxy-acetylene has some real merit, there are so many tunnels that exhaust gas would never work. I pulled an 80 gallon drum all over the yard crushing every hill and trail I could find. I couldn't believe the damage they caused in the week I was gone. They say these things tunnel up to 150 ft/day.
 
my 2 cents u might just use acetelene not the oxygen a bit safer.

another one might be kerosene then pressurizied air then ignite it. Those are fun in bamboo noise cannons.

or how about when u use electric poles in the ground like when you go hunting for fishing worms.

muttley
 
CaddyShack (a true classic) accurately portrays what these creature will do to people. I was home a day and a half this weekend and I had to spend all of it trying to repair damage done by these monsters.
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Uh, correct me if I'm wrong, but wasn't that a groundhog?

Anyways, I just had terrible grubs last year. I must have fished them out of my inground pool by the hundreds. This year, I discovered that grubs turn into japanese beetles when they started munching on my pines! As others have said, you need to get rid of the grubs and the moles should vacate.

I used the step3 fertilizer this year and the grub problem has really abated. I've got a few small mole tracks in the yard this year, but not nearly as many as last. I haven't kept after the grubs because we've been so dry and I didn't want to stress out the grass.

In my attempts to find out about how to kill grubs, I ran across a mention of milky white disease or something like that. Just do a google search on killing grubs and you'll find a page that mentions it. Apparently, you create a disease in your lawn which kills the grubs, but nothing else. I've heard from a neighbor that this is very effective, but I think it can be expensive. Since I've got about 3/4 of an acre of actual lawn, it's cheaper for me just to use the step3 fertilizer.
 
seaquake
"Kill the gopher."
"You want me to kill the gopher?"
"Yes kill the gopher!"

cakin
I work at a golf course and we have problems with moles all year. And bait/poison that claims to kill moles don't. We have found a trap that seems to do the job real well. We kill anywhere between 60-80 moles a year. And our record is 138 two years ago. This year our total is up to 82. There is a couple of different styles of traps.

One is The spike style trap.

The one we use and seem to catch more moles with is The choker or loop style trap.

The secret to catching moles is to watch where the mole has just been. And place a trap in the main "run". But remember one thing, you must have the rest of the tunnel undisturbed because what moles do is they reuse the same tunnel. And if you step down the trail, they will make a new one. And the trap will be worthless.

If you have any other quesions about catching the rodents, let me know.

Wolfie
 
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