Things are looking up now, fresh air and a groundhog 

Picture it through their eyes...you’re asleep in your comfy bed. You hear a noise. You see a bright light. Then a strange being abducts you. A being whom is frugal at buying lures. Probing is a concern. Your life is never the same...

6 minutes ago, Smells like fish said:

Picture it through their eyes...you’re asleep in your comfy bed. You hear a noise. You see a bright light. Then a strange being abducts you. A being whom is frugal at buying lures. Probing is a concern. Your life is never the same...

What size treble do I rig them on? EWG?

4 and 6 on Bandit lures ?

46 minutes ago, Smells like fish said:

4 and 6 on Bandit lures ?

I see what you did there 

Dead mole

For such tiny creatures they make big hills.  My dad trapped this one.  I got tired of waiting for the trap to go off, so he took over.

On 5/24/2021 at 12:46 PM, HaydenS said:

Dead mole

For such tiny creatures they make big hills.  My dad trapped this one.  I got tired of waiting for the trap to go off, so he took over.

Nice! That’s the best mole trap going for a long time, although the same model with more coils on the spring were even better (no longer available). 
 

there’s a very happy medium when it comes to waiting for the trap to go off. I always stomp down all the tunnels I can find, then check again a few days later. The new ones that pop up are a good place to set on. Early in my career I would move them around like crazy, my coworkers always said make good sets and leave them, don’t outsmart yourself. The best method, in my opinion, is somewhere in that happy medium. Don’t move them around too much but do keep them on some fresh tunnels 

5 hours ago, TnRiver46 said:

Nice! That’s the best mole trap going for a long time, although the same model with more coils on the spring were even better (no longer available). 
 

there’s a very happy medium when it comes to waiting for the trap to go off. I always stomp down all the tunnels I can find, then check again a few days later. The new ones that pop up are a good place to set on. Early in my career I would move them around like crazy, my coworkers always said make good sets and leave them, don’t outsmart yourself. The best method, in my opinion, is somewhere in that happy medium. Don’t move them around too much but do keep them on some fresh tunnels 

Thanks for the info!  I'll keep it in mind as we continue are crusade against the moles!

On 5/24/2021 at 1:46 PM, HaydenS said:

Dead mole

For such tiny creatures they make big hills.  My dad trapped this one.  I got tired of waiting for the trap to go off, so he took over.

I hate them things, they will tear up your lawn in no time at all. 

On 5/25/2021 at 6:21 PM, TnRiver46 said:

Nice! That’s the best mole trap going for a long time, although the same model with more coils on the spring were even better (no longer available). 
 

there’s a very happy medium when it comes to waiting for the trap to go off. I always stomp down all the tunnels I can find, then check again a few days later. The new ones that pop up are a good place to set on. Early in my career I would move them around like crazy, my coworkers always said make good sets and leave them, don’t outsmart yourself. The best method, in my opinion, is somewhere in that happy medium. Don’t move them around too much but do keep them on some fresh tunnels 

Do the poison baits work? They sell them at Lowes here in N.C.

31 minutes ago, Biglittle8 said:

I hate them things, they will tear up your lawn in no time at all. 

Do the poison baits work? They sell them at Lowes here in N.C.

Not really, although most people will claim they do. Moles find food by sensing movement/vibration with their whiskers so I’m not sure why they would eat a stationary chunk of poison. They also sell snake and other critters repellents that flat don’t work, but boy do they sell

Just now, TnRiver46 said:

Not really, although most people will claim they do. Moles find food by sensing movement/vibration with their whiskers so I’m not sure why they would eat a stationary chunk of poison. They also sell snake and other critters repellents that flat don’t work, but boy do they sell

I was little skeptical about it... So, traps are the best measure against those critters?

Just now, Biglittle8 said:

I was little skeptical about it... So, traps are the best measure against those critters?

Absolutely 

Sometimes you are walking around on the roof of a massive commercial building and a light bulb just comes on and you figure it out......... or you see grimey raccoon tracks leading to the point of entry 

Don’t forget to snap us a pic of the little rascal 

I think I should have made the title “the case of the missing OSB”

Wish we had vid footage of him going to and from. Awesome door he’s got there! 

On 6/3/2021 at 6:10 PM, Smells like fish said:

Don’t forget to snap us a pic of the little rascal 

well it went halfway in the trap and left footprints all in there.................

 

game on raccoon......... ? 

 

Oh, hail no! 

25 minutes ago, J Francho said:

Oh, hail no! 

I got them all in about half an hour, had to get slightly creative. Got 3 to walk into traps and lifted the other 4 out (one by one) in a bucket 

4 hours ago, TnRiver46 said:

I got them all in about half an hour, had to get slightly creative. Got 3 to walk into traps and lifted the other 4 out (one by one) in a bucket 

Didja get skunked?

You had 7 with you and I had #8 with me at a farm pond. My lil nephew out fished me 2 to 0. Although I did Texas rig myself into a big snapping turtle. 
I had a couple pet skunks that size as a kid. Fefe and rose were their names lol great skunk names, right?

10 hours ago, HaydenS said:

Didja get skunked?

Negative, they were all friendly . Although the small ones kept bluff charging everything I lowered down into the well, it was pretty funny 

11 hours ago, TnRiver46 said:

Negative, they were all friendly . Although the small ones kept bluff charging everything I lowered down into the well, it was pretty funny 

lol cool!

Look who snuck into my groundhog trap