MarkH

Thanks for all the advice. Got the little barstool in the end, but not using a trap. I had no luck with the traps as he kept filling them, I ended up stalking him and managed to scoop him out with a spade whilst he was producing a hill!!! Time consuming way of getting him, but the result was the result... Now got wasps, fooking great! :angry:

Thanks for all the advice. Got the little barstool in the end, but not using a trap. I had no luck with the traps as he kept filling them, I ended up stalking him and managed to scoop him out with a spade whilst he was producing a hill!!! Time consuming way of getting him, but the result was the result... Now got wasps, fooking great! :angry:

Is there anyone on here, or that can be recommended who can dispense some FICAM D in a wall cavity to get ride of a wasp nest I think I've got. I don't want to get ripped off by one of the big companies. Cheers, Mark

Thanks for the advice and PM's Gents. I off to do a bit of tuning - last attempt with current traps...

Hello All, I've been away for a little while and so has the mole (mainly in next door's garden) but it's back creating havoc and the biggest hills ever. I put my lack of success down to the way I'm setting my traps together with the quality of trap. The runs are fairly close to the surface and I can locate them by tracing them back from the mole hill. I'd still like to catch the little barstool myself and feel I need to start again by purchasing quality Traps (instead of the poor ones bought from scats) and I also need to buy a book and fully understand how to lay a trap correctly. Coul

Okay, just been to check the traps and gutted is the word. Two undisturbed, and the third was total filled in with a new mole hill at the side of it! Should I bury the traps under ground for a week, or put them back in the stream to try and remove any human smell?

Cheers chaps! Thanks bullfighter, I might take you up on that!! I've re-set the traps today, and checked them 3 times already First time I've used the tunnel ones, we'll see tomorrow morning, I'll up date you all then. I think I've got a party mole, the majority of mole hills are created on Saturday nights Yours sincerely Mole hater

Hello Donky7, You are right I've had a look at the garden and you can see noticeable discolouration of the grass where a possible run is present. Moreover, I do have a stream at the bottom of the garden, which is at the opposite end of where most of the holes without soil hills are. Here are some pic's, thank you to all who have replied, or sent a message, any further advice will be greatly received. Mark

my advice, if its personnal, is a torch, a shotgun and swivel chair Stubby, I like your thinking Can I borrow your gun?

If you are finding small smooth-edged holes....it could be the work of a bank vole and not a mole. These often take over old mole runs and can easily be confused with mole activity. This may explain why the traps are not catching. Go to the following sites who will advise on training. www.npta.org.uk or www.bpca.org.uk or www.killgerm.com Rolfe. Thanks for your reply Rolfe. I'll take a look at all those sites. Kind regards Mark

First post, so go easy on me. I have a problem with moles, I have been using scissor traps for the last 3 months without success, only false triggers. The traps are from Scats, and I decided today to buy 2 x tunnel traps. While these traps are a small stream, I've relaid the scissor traps. I've notice a lot of small holes (squash ball size) in a different part of the garden without soil mounds around them, I'm I right in thinking the mole/s are making these too? Anyway, this is soul destroying now, and I'm getting brassed off, I really would like to catch the little beggar myself (it