moles push up mounds too. the mounds are generally just a little smaller on average, but not much.

If there are tunnels that have been pushed up in long lines that you can stomp down flat with your foot, then it is moles. They are harmless to the garden. If you can find no evidence of tunnels anywhere, then gophers are more likely.

Your trapping method is right on the money.


Save an elk, shoot a cow.