What is the best way to get rid of yard moles? they are messin my yard up bad?

Answer 1

Pellet gun.

Answer 2

Buy a bunch of juicy fruit gum and put it in their tunnels every few feet or so. They really hate it for some reason. It worked for our yard years ago. However, this is considered a wives tale.

"Many people believe that killing the grubs in their yard will stop moles, but this is not the case because their primary food source is earthworms, and grub control pesticides do not affect them. There are many wives-tails regarding mole control including: putting "Juicy fruit gum" in the holes, pouring castor oil in the burrows, using "mole windmills" to scare them off, etc. None of these are viable methods for mole control.
Until recently, the only legitimate means of mole control was a mole trap. (There is a) new gel-style bait that independent studies have proven to be nearly 85% effective in eliminating moles, when used according to labeled directions. It is a rodenticide in a gel form, which mimics the texture and taste of earthworms and grubs, giving the mole a lethal dose with a single feeding."

Answer 3

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Answer 4

The Juicy Fruit chewing gum will work, they don't hate it . They love it, they just can't digest it, some town in New Jersey used it to kill off their mole problem a few years ago. A friend of tried it and it work in a matter of weeks. Check out the link

Answer 5

I have a problem with this too!!! I have heard that dogs and kids playing in the yard will scare them away but i don't think it really works out in the country where I live

Answer 6

We use a mole trap. It is spring loaded and kills them as they run under ground. Continue to move it around your yard and before long they are all dead! You can buy them at Hardware stores, we paid $19.00. Follow directions on the box.

Answer 7

I hate those little suckers; my landscaper put down some "mole-b-gone" (I don't know if that's the correct name, but that's what I call it), deep inside the holes; it's poisonous, of course, so other critters (chipmunks, rabbits, cats, dogs) may also be harmed if they come in contact with it; I think there are also mole traps (kind of like the sticky mousetraps) that are available....yuck...moles....

Answer 8

Spray your yard with an insecticide (available at Home Depot, etc) that will get rid of their food source. If there are no grubs etc, then they will go elsewhere.

Answer 9

Doberman

Answer 10

I asked the same question 3 months ago. I took the advice of Dr. Death and have caught six moles this summer in the Black Hole Traps I purchased. And I already had eight other traps of three different designs. Here is what Dr. Death suggested to me. And I suggest to you.

YOUR ARE IN LUCK. As a MASTER GARDENER for the univ of Calif coop extension for over 15 years, I am know as Dr Death. I've have sent more buck tooth fuzz balls to gopher heaven the any man in San Diego County. My first time kill rate is 98.5% on my first trap'n attempt.
1st, poison bait... 25 % kill rate. They only work in the colder season when there isn't much for the fuzz balls to eat. Face it, given the choice of a big, fat juicy root or some dried out poison grain, what would you eat? Also, for the poison to work, they have to eat it at least 5 days in a row for it to do it's job. If Mr Gopher eats it only a few time, all you get is a sick, and smarter gopher.
Trap'n is the only way to make sure you nail the bas****. But the real secrete has nothing to go with traps. The secrete is to cave in and or backfill as much of his tunnel as possible. Just because you nailed uncle jim doesn't end your problem. Because as soon as uncle jim gets nailed, cousin leroy next door move right into jim's old condo. You can have plant problems for years and never know you have gophers. If they have nice little empty tunnels waiting for 'um, they don't have to dig new ones. No digging, no mounds & you think you have no gophers. Also by caving in their tunnel, you can see when you do have activity and can nip it right away. Also the fewer tunnels, the harder it is for them to make babies. Except for mating, they like to live alone in their own tunnels. If the females and males are kept farther apart... you get the idea.
Best traps are the "Black Hole" traps you can find at most Home Depots, etc. This fellow in San Diego came up with the idea back in the mid 1980's. Got tired of pulling theguts out of the spear traps. He built it out of some 4inch PVC pipe. Simple idea that worked. He brought several over to the county farm advisor's office & several of us Master Gardeners took home to try them out. They worked great. His son made a million dollars off the design. Always buy 'um in pairs, one for each direction of the tunnel. No bait needed, but some old timerswear rubbing a bit of garlic on the trap is a sure way to get um. I've nailed thousands without the garlic, so i really don't think it matters?
Get yourself a long piece of steel rebar & bend up one end like a walking cane. Rap some cloth around the handle part so you don't get any blisters on your palm. You now have a great gopher "prod". You use that to poke around the ground feeling for tunnels. Believe me you'll know when you find one. Best place to start is inbetween two mounds, They seldom push soil out their main tunnel, but push it out on either side of the main tunnel. Set the traps via the easy instructions on the box & go have a beer. Between 1 to 12 hours later you'll have reason to have another. No more bloody spears to deal with. The trap is designed so yo never touch the fuzz ball. You just release the trap over the trash can & the late uncle jim just falls into the trash. Then the hard part begins. Use your probe and follow that tunnel. Back fill with soil or cave in as much as you can find. the more the better.
Each spring i used to give a full day, hands on class to homeowners on gopher control for the univ of calif. The class was limited to 50 people but swelled to over 100. So I started giving for each year. Many former students drop by to brag about their sucess. One 74 year old lady went home after my class and caught 14 gophers in that summer. If she can do it so can you. It's not as hard as it seems. It's actually more brain work the brawn. Gopher damage to crops & landscape in the state of calif each year top 3 Billion dollars. That was Billion, with a B.

I type with only one finger, so i tend to make mistakes with speed. But the spel checker is down again as usual & i'm tired of waiting for it everyday, so forgive my typos.

Source(s):
Garden Dok BS, MG, Univ of Calif coop extension MASTER GARDENER.

Answer 11

send in some ferrets thatll do the trick.