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I thought moles are the meat eaters and voles eat vegetation?

Could be wrong about that.

No problem here with moles but the dang voles burrowed under my green onions and ate a bunch. I literally saw a green onion start shaking and slowly disappear going down into ground! Kind of like a bugs bunny cartoon when the carrot disappears under the ground.

Moles are a perpetual problem in my yard. We're bordered by forested areas and they keep coming in, even after I've trapped a few.

I was talking to someone that claimed he ran the exhaust from a small engine through a tube and into the tunnels. Said the carbon monoxide killed them, but you had to run it for at least 45 minutes. Anyone ever try that?

Jerry

Yeah, I think you're right about that.

Around here, Moles are small about the size of a mouse and they eat worms and grubs. Voles are bigger. The one we had was about as big as a mink and they eat roots. I'd have several good sized shrubs just up and die. You could grab it with one hand and pull it out of the ground and the roots would be gone.

Nah just cherry bombs when they were semi-legal on ground hogs.

This method seems to get rid of them.

I've tried smoke bombs made for that. Didn't seem very effective. But, that doesn't mean a mower run for 45 minutes wouldn't.

We had moles once, backed the Chevy with 200K on it to where I had opened a tunnel and stuck a length of sump pump drain hose in it. Taped it to the exhaust and put dirt around the hose/tunnel end. Let it idle for half hour and never saw moles again.

Get a Beagle like Daisy and you won't have any more moles, or voles.

Build on permafrost and you won't have that problem.

Large scale pocket gopher killer.

Makes a tunnel underground and deposits poisonous seeds every few feet.

I've seen it kill gophers for months after creating a grid at 25' spacing. Gophers find the tunnel, and follow it, eating the bait.



Looking backward at the created tunnel.

Voles are hell on cantaloup. They’ll chew a hole in the bottom and hollow it out. You can’t tell its gone until you pick it

They tear the crap out of my lawn too. Looking for grubs and nightcrawlers.

Ton

I read that a mole needs 50 to 100% of it's weight in bugs per day. They'll dig as much as 150' of new tunnels a day to get them.

Where do the rich moles live?

In Beverly Holes.

nice fur. I always thought a real mole union suit would be a dandy addition to my winter warddrobe.

Neighbor's cat takes care of them in our yard. No more fighting them!

So it turns out that moles are solitary and there are usually only a couple per acre.

Because I saw multiple places where the dirt was pushed up, I thought that meant multiple moles. Some places were 30 yards apart.

They have deep tunnels and travel to those spots where their activity can be spotted.

After killing the 1 Mole, I have yet to see any fresh sign.

I am amazed that one small critter left that much sign (damage).

Karen next door will probably keep the area well populated, so I will just set a trap when fresh sign is spotted.

I’ve taken out four last year and five this spring using scissor traps. Here’s a couple from this spring.