Humane Mole Trap

I bought this device along with a scissor-type trap last year. The latter device has produced nothing, but the "Humane" trap really does work. I should point out that I do not promote this trap with any humanitarian ideals in mind... but only because it really works!! The score to date is 5 moles caught and effectively removed from my garden (I live in a very rural area surround by meadows) - thus I can unreservedly recommend it.It works best on a lawn as follows....1 - Estimate where there is an established tunnel BETWEEN two molehills and carefully lift the turf and place it to one side. Dig down to just below the tunnel (the width of the hole should be the trap set at its smallest size) and expose the two exits.2 - Carefully clean the exits, removing any loose soil - VERY IMPORTANT!!3 - Put the trap onto its smallest length and place it so that the ends fit into the tunnel holes and lengthen the tube so that it fits neatly into them at each end, rotating one end of the tube to lock it in place with the observation slots on top....4 - Cover the observation slots with a section of curved pipe or similar and then put a slab of some sort over the top of the whole thing to give a light and sound seal.5 - Check at regular intervals until it is caught...6 - Using the soil from one of the molehills fill the trap hole and replace the turfJob done - well, until another mole arrives anyway.......

They filled the trap with soil so the trap could not work for three days and then simply dug around the trap for another day or two, and so I kept moving the trap into their tunnels to try and catch them but I then put some coffee grounds into the tunnels (which I read was a deterrent) and they have now gone. So the trap did not trap them but it did deter them with Coffee grounds-worth a try therefore.

Totally ineffective. Mole wandered through the tunnel at least three times to push up more spoil in the same place. Dug out the area around the mole hill and confirmed the trap was in the only tunnel leading to this point. Utter waste of time. Returned.

Don’t bother, tried this for weeks, all the mold did was fill it with soil! Or dug around it he never went near it. In the end I got the mole man in who used some spring traps which caught the mole within a few days. He also said that these traps are not very humane in that if you do catch one it dies within a few hours unless you check it Every few hours. So if you catch one early evening and check it next day the pool little mole he’s going to die and suffer a long lingering death. At least with the spring traps it’s quick!

This is a brilliant device! All our previous attempts to find a humane mole deterrent or catcher have failed. It took us several days to find a good location in the garden where the mole(s) didn't simply fill the trap with earth and bypass it. On the eighth day after the trap's arrival, we had our first success, with the trap placed in a mole-thoroughfare about 15" beneath the surface. One silky, black-furred critter was promptly relocated far from human habitation, where it promptly disappeared beneath some rough grass. Another followed two days later. Curiously, on being found in the trap, the unwanted visitors were suddenly transformed from fury-inducing, accursed destroyers to "poor little things". One week on, there has been no further evidence of mole activity in the garden. We found we needed a bit of patience to find a good location for the trap, but having learnt through trial-and-error we're delighted with it and thoroughly recommend it as a good-value, effective solution.

Didn't catch the mole. The mole just filled it with soil!

Aim was to catch this mole without killing it. Sadly this doesn't come close to catching it. The problem is mr mole has no intention of walking into it. I've tried everything now bigger gaps between the trap and the tunnel, different places. But he just pushes mud into the trap which keeps the gates open, so he's either not going into it or its not trapping him. Either way he's not been caught after a week and a half, of trying different things every day, so sadly this isn't going to end the way I'd hoped for him, off to get a trap that actually works.

Repeated attempts only result in the mole filling it with earth, even though I followed everyones hints and tips. Caught a glimpse of the little bugger once and judging by that and the size of the tunnels can only conclude that its just so narrow that the mole can’t or has no interest in going in it.It has also cracked/split when trying to separate the two halves, so not very sturdy either.Will be trying a less humane Dufus type now as as all the other deterrents such as windmills etc have also failed.