How YOU can trap moles successfully! | K-State Research and Extension Guides

Dr. Drew Ricketts shares about moles, and the proven best method for eliminating them. Learn how to identify mole damage, locate the best runs for trapping, and how to set a variety of styles of mole traps. Some mole traps could be available to rent or borrow from your local KSRE extension office!
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Chapters:
0:00 Intro
1:12 Choosing a Location
2:08 Test Holes
2:43 Victor Out-of-Sight Mole Trap
5:24 Mole Eliminator Step-to-Set Trap
6:24 Trapline Products Mole Trap
8:20 Harpoon-style Trap
9:44 Marking and Checking Traps

[@kennyg9018]

I have several kinds of traps, the Gonzo Mega Grip, Trapline, Cinch Trap, and the Victor Harpoon trap. The harpoon trap is the only one that I've ever caught moles with. We have real rocky soil and scissor traps are almost impossible to set. The Gonzo Mega Grip is like setting a bear trap the spring is so strong. The Cinch traps are terrible about rusting, and I have never caught a mole with the Trapline.

[@floraspec]

It took me watching your video specifically on the trapline trap dozens of times to realize some keys that you don't show clearly how to set all the key points. I'm new to using trapline traps, I recently bought my first dozen. I primarily use cinch type traps on gophers and the occasionally squirrels, holes twice size of a gopher.
On one 34 acre rolling hill hay farm I have trapped here in Marion County in last 6 years, 300+ gophers. 34-1st yr, 37-2nd, 90-3rd, 78-4th, 36-5th, 24-6th, plus this years +7. It takes a lot of digging to get to side runs for gophers. The extra challenge of half dozen squirrel's. Gophers, squirrels, moles overlaying runs. Then you have voles that take over once you get rid of the other 3. We have flesh eating black beetles that clean up the body count once the fly maggots get going on them and yellow jackets help too.
One thing you don't show or say and which is important yet vague visually without words. At 7:28 in the video, the long rod that holds the sensor on the spring side in place, on the jaws side the long rod loop barely holds one side of the jaw open. That is a key not shown well in other videos either.
That has led to some channels showing the damage done to their fingers when all parts of the trap aren't correctly positioned. Always wear gloves when setting traps, best to use leather instead of cotton. I use lined leather for durability to help clean out tunnels.
I learned back in the 1980's the Out of Sight traps triggers had to have sensor bent if soil too hard to push claws into the ground so that the mole would trip the trigger.
Out here in Western Oregon we have a wide variety of species of mole sizes. Out of Sight traps work well for medium to large size moles, as well as do mole bait. Smaller moles won't take the mole bait since the worms they eat are smaller than earth worms. Some mole species are very small, more like a shrew or a vole or even smaller, with tunnel sizes from

[@brianredban9393]

I have a ton of moles and voles I put down mole max because I'm afraid to trap and kill chipmunks. Is there any way to set traps to make sure it only catches moles and voles and won't get chipmunks?