home made mole traps

[Guest blitz]

in this oic is mole traps that my dad makes and has used for bout 20 years with excellent catch rate.anybody else use them?

 

[lamaha 7]

From what i can see they work on the ancient design, where the twine pulls him up onto the roof of the tunnel, is that right?. Its interesting and substitute the poly pipe for clay one and its a classic going back to Saxon times. Trap collector will know more.

Only problem they may not be approved for use, so could be dodgy ground.

[Guest blitz]

From what i can see they work on the ancient design, where the twine pulls him up onto the roof of the tunnel, is that right?. Its interesting and substitute the poly pipe for clay one and its a classic going back to Saxon times. Trap collector will know more.

Only problem they may not be approved for use, so could be dodgy ground.

Farmers approve mate

[Phil Lloyd 10,738]

Nice mole trap Blitz..

 

(You don't need approval for mole traps...)

 

An old Cumbrian guy used to make them for me,.usually in a Yellow plastic pipe...

 

I've also got some made in wood,..and they are a more modern version of the barrel trap that was originally made in clay...

 

Interesting items..

[Guest blitz]

cheers mate he has got some in yellow pipe and wood and still will not use anything else really

[scrutchy 5]

looks good mate.if use dont mine me asking what do use think the easy,ist mole trap is to make as i wouldnt mind giving it a go atb mark

[Guest blitz]

looks good mate.if use dont mine me asking what do use think the easy,ist mole trap is to make as i wouldnt mind giving it a go atb mark

think them 1,s are pretty easy my dad makes mate ,but i,ve never given it a go

[trappa 518]

Nice one! i like to see ingenuity!!

Edited January 20, 2011 by trappa

[kev1986 0]

how are they triggered off and any chance of guide on how to make

cheers

kev

[DUCKWING 302]

YES MATE ,

 

 

THEY CERTAINLY WORK , AN OLD FEP IN CUMBRIA MADE THE FIRST I HADSEN FROM PVC PIPE AN HIGH TENSILE WIRE , A MODERN TWIST ON A VERY OLD DESIGN AS CHALKIE HAS POINTED OUT

 

I WONDER WHO FIRST MADE THE MODERN VERSION ?

 

ALL THE BEST

 

 

DUCKWING

[IanB 0]

I remember seeing some years ago at pegandguns more or less identical he'd made, I think moley made them as well...Theres many shown in various old trap books similar..

[Steve Albano 21]

Great looking traps. On this design, it looks like the mole would have to crawl over an inch or two of the cylinder in order to be in position to get caught. I would think that the moles would be somewhat hesitant to do this. And I would think that the half barrel and duffus type traps were intended to be improvements over this design, by reducing the amount of trap the mole would come into contact with an his way to the trigger.

 

That's not a criticism of the trap at all, just wondering how these trap designs evolved over time.

[DUCKWING 302]

I remember seeing some years ago at pegandguns more or less identical he'd made, I think moley made them as well...Theres many shown in various old trap books similar..

 

IAN ,

 

P&G TRAVELLED OVER TO CUMBRIA TO VISIT A MAN AND FIND OUT HOW TO MAKE THESE TRAPS ,...... THEY WOULD HAVE BEEN VERY SIMILAR AS THEY WERE COPYS OF THE OLD FELLAS ..... WHEATHER HE WAS THE FIRST TO MAKE THEM WITH MODERN MATERIALS I DONT KNOW .....

 

ALL THE BEST

 

DUCKWING

[Rolfe 2]

Got one brought down to me by my Cumbrian friend who makes them from yellow gas pipe........I use it quite often and it catches regularly........based on the old full-barrel trap design it is a very efficient trap indeed.

[Steve Albano 21]

Rolfe, on the traps your friend in Cumbria makes, is the mole killed by flexible cords or wires, as with the traps that Blitz showed? Have you ever posted pictures of them here, as I would love to see them. Thanks.