Nomol Traps

[bryn27 89]

Loads of traps dug at this morning Matt, looked like fox so I've put out 3 trail cams just to see what is going on.

[perthshire keeper 1,239]

Every time I see a new trap like the No-Mole hit the UK market and the way people fall for them I wonder if I'm a dinosaur sticking to my Duffus traps....

 

I keep thinking that I'd quite like to try this stuff out, and even just have it for my (feeble) collection, but then when it comes down to it, I just reach for the Duffus..

 

Having said all that, I've just forked out for a few genuine Talpex traps to shove into any blocked traps I get this year.

 

I've got 300 duffus traps washed, bucketed up, and ready to go. I don't see the point in forking out hard earned coin for traps that look interesting, but in reality will rarely get used

when you fall in love with the talpex ebay will be awash with your duffus

i go all funy and start makeing odd noises when i get a blocked trap and with the duffus it happens to me way to much! honestly with the talpex its eather got a mole in it or its not sprung.....

[Matt 160]

I first used Talpex about 12 years ago, and when I worked for a big national pest control company I issued them as the standard trap for technicians.

 

I use a few for those annoying blockers, but for me, the Duffus really does everything I want it to do. I'd never go over to Talpex completely because they cost too much and can only catch one mole at a time.

 

I run 300 Duffus type traps, and carry about a dozen Talpex when I'm doing the first trap check and pop them into any Duffus that's been blocked with soil.

 

I can't see a time when I'd reach for a Talpex over a Duffus when first setting

 

Each to his own; I've got a good mate who swears by them and doesn't use anything else but he does mainly gardens and smaller type jobs

[talpa 55]

just athought re water flowing in mole tunnels, if the water is flowing there is a gradient so therefore you would expect the duffus to be set at a similar gradient, could the bed of the tunnel be erodingby running water to expose the trap loops or cause a deformation that alerts the mole to the trap.

[Matt 160]

just athought re water flowing in mole tunnels, if the water is flowing there is a gradient so therefore you would expect the duffus to be set at a similar gradient, could the bed of the tunnel be erodingby running water to expose the trap loops or cause a deformation that alerts the mole to the trap.

 

What you say makes perfect sense BUT..... my own experience is that it doesn't make any difference I've caught hundreds of moles in flooded tunnels

[bryn27 89]

Lost 2 nomoll traps somewhere today,need a feckin metal detector now lol.

[talpa 55]

Matt I hear you, I too catch in flooded and water logged runs but It may be on a slope the 'running' water will gather or take away soil/debris in some situations like water causing runnels on the surface of sloping fields particularly arable or reseeded. I haven't noticed more blocked traps in heavy rain but soil types will also make a difference

[outandabout 27]

Never tried these traps, are they any good in the vertical tunnels? Might get a few to try out. I see fourteenacre stocks them...

[Nicepix 5,650]

Lost 2 nomoll traps somewhere today,need a feckin metal detector now lol.

 

I've been trying to lose my Traplines for ages now but they keep turning up.

[bryn27 89]

I've caught jack shit in them, they fire themselves off in clean runs.

[mazperks 18]

In the 14 acre video the chap says to push trowel handle up the run and smooth/ flatten it.

This will probably prevent the trigger fouling on the run floor as it goes in.

I'm going to knock up an L shaped tamper for run smoothing, with about four inches insertion (no comments!) as the "T" handle of my mole spade doesnt go in far enough.

[Matt 160]

In the 14 acre video the chap says to push trowel handle up the run and smooth/ flatten it.

This will probably prevent the trigger fouling on the run floor as it goes in.

I'm going to knock up an L shaped tamper for run smoothing, with about four inches insertion (no comments!) as the "T" handle of my mole spade doesnt go in far enough.

 

 

There is not need to go too far up the runs to clean out if you open the run up carefully

 

The most common fault I see when setting mole traps is the way some folks open up They tend to go in heavy handed with a big garden spade and make a hole you could bury a dog in, pushing soil and stones up the tunnels in the process and then spend ten minutes trying to rebuild the run and clear all the crud they've pushed up the runs

 

Just my opinion lads

 

Oh, and I use the handle of my probe (the Talunex type probes) to clear out the run