How to catch a mole in the garden

Mole is an underground animaldigging long tunnels in search of food. He is not interested in planting summer residents, but during his digging activity, he can damage the topsoil along with the garden crop. For this reason, land owners trying to fight the underground inhabitants and they have at their disposal several ways to catch a mole.

On a note!

The first sign that a mole has wound up in the summer cottage is the presence of molehills on the ground. The animal throws out heaps of excess land from its deep burrowto continue moving on. Such emissions in the garden may be more than a dozen. This is where its negative impact on the appearance and preservation of the land manifests itself.

Mole capture methods

It’s not so easy to catch a mole. The system of its underground passages and tunnels is very extensive, and it is difficult to guess where the animal will appear again. But the experience and inquiring mind of summer residents allowed to come up with a few simple traps, make and install which is not difficult. In addition to traps, there are other options for catching a mole.

The following methods help to catch a mole:

• pipe trap;
• pit trap;
• mole fishing with a shovel;
• the use of gear with fishing hooks;
• rat traps and mole catchers crush.

On the Internet there are videos on how to catch a mole in the garden. They explain in detail and show all the stages of manufacturing traps, installing them and retrieving a caught predator.

All of these options for catching moles are divided into humane, not harmful to animals, and inhuman, killing or mutilating animals. The only difference is that the living mole needs to be taken to a decent distance from the garden and released. Often the presence of this additional action leads gardeners to choose cruel methods of catching a mole.

Pipe trap

The easiest way to catch moles is to use a pipe trap. On sale are plastic or metal pipes with a diameter of 10-12 cm with doors on both sides. The principle of fishing is that the doors open only inside the pipe. The animal can fall into the trap, but it has no chance to get out.

Pipe trap installation method:

1. It is necessary to unearth the entrance to the mole tunnel and place the pipe there.
2. After installation, sprinkle the trap carefully with earth and cover with a layer of turf.
3. Check the mole trap every 2-3 days.

The advantage of such a device is that several moles can get into it from different sides of the pipe. This method of fishing is effective and humane in relation to living beings.

Such a mole catcher pipe can be made independently of three plastic bottles with a volume of 1.5 liters.

1. Two bottles cut off the bottom and the narrowest part of the neck next to the thread.
2. The cone-shaped part is cut with scissors 5 cm in 3-4 places so that the mole can pass through this part, pushing the incised parts like petals.
3. At the third bottle, you need to cut off the bottom and neck to make a pipe.
4. Two bottles with notched necks are inserted from both sides into the bottle-tube so that the necks are inside the bottle.The animal creeps through incised petals into the central part of the trap, but cannot get out of it.

Pit trap

To catch a mole in a jar or other deep container, you must carefully dig its underground passage and dig a hole in it with a depth of at least 30-40 cm.In the resulting hole, install a glass jar with a wide neck or an ordinary bucket. Then the mole should be closed with a piece of cardboard or plywood and sprinkled with earth.

On a note!

The digger fishing vessel should have smooth walls so that the animal could not get out of it with the help of its powerful limbs.

When the mole follows its usual route, it will certainly fall into the pit. This way of catching a mole in a bucket is also safe for the animal.

Shoveling

You can catch a mole with your own hands with an ordinary shovel. This method is the most affordable of all, but also the most time-consuming. It is almost impossible to lure an underground pest out. A person needs a lot of patience and quick reaction.

The principle of operation is this: it is necessary to guard and observe where the mole will appear again. When the movement of the soil above the animal crawling under the ground becomes noticeable, at this moment you need to sharply stick a shovel behind the mole and pull it to the surface.

On a note!

When the animal is outside, it will be disoriented and will not be able to quickly disappear from sight. In such a helpless state, it is easy to put it in a bucket and carry it away from the garden. It is recommended to release it in places with loose soil, so that the animal can quickly hide under the ground.

Rat traps and mole traps

Moles can be trapped using rat traps and even ordinary mousetraps. To do this, a small hole is excavated in the mole passage and a trap is carefully set. The hole is closed with cardboard and sprinkled with earth. So that later this place could be easily found, it is marked with some kind of identification mark.

Particularly popular among the brutal methods of catching an underground pest were purchased crusher crushers. They are a plunger trap with a compression mechanism. The installation method of such a device is as follows:

• near the molehill, a cylindrical trap is lowered into the digger's hole;
• the plunger mechanism with the help of a convenient handle is cocked up to the stop;
• during the passage of the hole, the animal touches its head with the upper part of the gatehouse - a sensitive element of the trap, after which the plunger drops sharply down and squeezes the mole;
• in appearance of the device, it will be noticeable that the mechanism worked and you can remove the trap from the ground.

The advantages of such a trap: reusable, easy installation, high efficiency. The disadvantages include the inhumanity of the method and the high cost of the device - about 1500 rubles.

Mole fishing gear

Get rid of the mole on the plot possible with fishing equipment. One way is to catch a mole on hooks. To do this, you need a fishing line and several large hooks that are attached to the fishing line at some distance from each other. Some landlords use a tee hook in the form of a small harpoon that has 3 pointed ends.

The fishing line with hooks is placed in a mole hole, and the other end is tied to a stick and left outside. When the animal will creep along the tunnel, he will hook his hooks with his skin. Sometimes worms are planted on hooks so that the mole swallows the bait. The stick will move on the surface of the earth and will signal the capture of prey.

Important!

While removing the animal from the hole, the hooks can literally rip its skin. This method of fishing is very cruel and you need to be prepared for the unpleasant sight of a crippled mole.

The second version of the trap is performed by a shallow fishing net with hooks attached to it. The grid needs to be laid along the underground passage of the excavator.When he goes through this section, he will certainly get entangled in the net and hit the hooks.