No1ShottySid 0 Posted April 5, 2008 Report Share Posted April 5, 2008 i have just started mole trapping and the traps are always filled in with mud does anyone know what im doing wrong or what i need to do. Quote Link to post
Guest coney catcher99 Posted April 5, 2008 Report Share Posted April 5, 2008 could the moles be digging and throwing the earth behind them and thats whats filling the traps?? Quote Link to post
No1ShottySid 0 Posted April 5, 2008 Author Report Share Posted April 5, 2008 it could be does anyone know how to prevent this? Quote Link to post
stubby 175 Posted April 5, 2008 Report Share Posted April 5, 2008 take their shovels away Quote Link to post
Axholme Ferreter 0 Posted April 5, 2008 Report Share Posted April 5, 2008 Hi Shotty Sid, Your traps are probably being filled because the moles sense there is something different or threatening in their run. You need to make sure the trap , what ever type you are using is set in the mole run correctly, that it is covered sufficiently to exclude any air currents, noise, light etc, that you have not let any dirt go down the run when you have opened it up and that you have smoothed out the run before setting the trap. Some moles seem to be more sensitive than others and sometimes even if you set the trap very carefully it will still get filled. In cases like that it sometimes works to try a different type of trap. Hope this helps All the best AF Quote Link to post
mole trapper 1,694 Posted April 5, 2008 Report Share Posted April 5, 2008 Hi Shotty Sid, Your traps are probably being filled because the moles sense there is something different or threatening in their run. You need to make sure the trap , what ever type you are using is set in the mole run correctly, that it is covered sufficiently to exclude any air currents, noise, light etc, that you have not let any dirt go down the run when you have opened it up and that you have smoothed out the run before setting the trap. Some moles seem to be more sensitive than others and sometimes even if you set the trap very carefully it will still get filled. In cases like that it sometimes works to try a different type of trap. Hope this helps All the best AF yes thats probably it. Quote Link to post
Holdaway 2 Posted April 5, 2008 Report Share Posted April 5, 2008 take their shovels away Lol Stubby Quote Link to post
No1ShottySid 0 Posted April 5, 2008 Author Report Share Posted April 5, 2008 cheers AF il give that a try. Quote Link to post
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