I have been catching them in the sand with the oss. I still have a few get through but have taken some flashing and made pan covers for them. they are 1 1/2" wide and 2 1/2" long. i was placing them long ways as in lying on top of the tunnel but had the traps going off too soon. now i place the flashing cross ways over the tunnel and under the trigger. I still set the trap deep but have had great success in the sand. give it a try and see what you think.

Concerning sandy soil: With OOS traps, I always made a wedge out of clay and coated it with sand.

Thanks for the advice, will give it a try.

Jerry W.

Then post us some pic's!

Post us some pic's if you can!

I went to one of my customers home this morning to check the traps. She comes out to tell me that the Topeka Police stopped by yesterday. It seems that a concerned citizen complained that there were bear trap in the yard of my customer! Once the officer saw where the traps were located, he realized that they were mole traps.

That is a first for me! I don't know when the last wild bear was seen in the eastern part of the state.

Lions, tigers and bears! Oh, my!!

"oh my", indeed!

Obviously never seen a bear trap

No probably not! Ha!

well, im still waiting to get a call for mole removal... all i can do right now is land bat proofing and attic restoration jobs, im almost full time doing this but want to catch some moles!!!

I have a family, aunts, uncle and cousins, that I am doing their trapping for moles. It is nice, they are all within 1 block.

But isn't it hard to charge family?

It isn't my family. They are all related. Makes a great referral.

I caught this odd colored mole today. It has an orange face.

I see lots of orange on our eastern moles here. Some yellow as well.

We also get plenty of orange and yellow and even some white. Customers ask what the orange color is from, I tell them it is most likely from old clay tiles deteriorating in the ground but honestly I have no idea. Does anyone know what its from?

It's called DNA, Twavee.

i think i would tend to agree with LT grey

Well I ordered some traps from steve off of ebay last week, when I get them and catch the buggers I'll try to post pics.

JBR

Allright sounds fair enough, I didnt figure on that easy of an answer though.