I've been trying the compressed spring/spikes type mole trap but no luck so far. I've found it tripped a few times over the past week or two but no dead or any sign of injured moles yet. The only thing I can think of is maybe the mole is tunneling deeper than the trap spikes reach when tripped.
The only real luck I've ever had that I knew for certain I either killed or put a serious hurt on a mole has been visibly catching them actually digging and quickly jabbing straight down right where they were tunneling with a manure/hay pitch fork.
