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Advice on mole traps
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06/09/12 11:00 PM
06/09/12 11:00 PM
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jdl9986
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What are yalls opinion on the best mole and gopher trap?
as for me....i will serve the lord!!
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Re: Advice on mole traps
[Re: Peskycritter]
#3180235
06/09/12 11:25 PM
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trapperpaw
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I don't have gophers but for moles my favorite traps are the old victors like Pesky had in the video and the out-a-site. If I didn't have so many I would buy Steve Albano's. If I was going to buy new spear traps I think I would buy the sweeney brand. Use vaseline on the spears it preserves them and keeps the hole lubricated getting it to the mole. I stopped in Rural King the other day and they had the out-a-sites for 8.99. Thats the cheapest I've seen them anywhere for a while.
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Re: Advice on mole traps
[Re: jdl9986]
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06/10/12 07:17 AM
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trapper4hire
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pesky i just watched your mole video, what in the world is a "No see um" mole trap?
Last edited by trapper4hire; 06/10/12 07:27 AM.
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Re: Advice on mole traps
[Re: jdl9986]
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06/19/12 09:20 PM
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Jeff
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With the Steve's traps i like to stake them right through the loop with little 6" tent stake or my flags...this helps to keep the trap solid in place from moving back if the mole is plowing his way through. This works very well for me.
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Re: Advice on mole traps
[Re: Jeff]
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06/19/12 10:19 PM
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With the Steve's traps i like to stake them right through the loop with little 6" tent stake or my flags...this helps to keep the trap solid in place from moving back if the mole is plowing his way through. This works very well for me. I also stake them right through the rear loop with a marking flag.
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Re: Advice on mole traps
[Re: jdl9986]
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06/20/12 12:41 AM
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Personally, I avoid staking through the metal trap loop. It must be free to rotate since it is part of the right jaw, which performs most of the appoximately 90 degrees of rotation. The left jaw (mole's perspective) is part of the more stationary base. If you've wedged a Steve's trap in a deep clay run, you'll see that left jaw won't move much, since the spring handle is against the top of the run and the base is wide. I don't need anything more to impede or reduce the force of that trap (same reason I swing the T-handle up on a set spear trap or pre-fire OOSs.) I use both nylon string and cable on Steve's, but the zip ties would work.
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Re: Advice on mole traps
[Re: jdl9986]
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07/07/12 05:07 AM
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I've been having some issues with the sod plug being dry and crumbling and filing the trigger with dirt. Has anyone used wax paper to keep the dirt out of the trigger sort of like on a foothold set?
Third year trapping goals Bobcat 1/10 Cougars 2/0 Coyote 0 Opossum 14/0 Nutria 0 Beaver 0 Raccoon 0 Muskrat 0/10 Mink 0/5 Skunk 3/0
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Re: Advice on mole traps
[Re: jdl9986]
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07/07/12 09:06 PM
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I like your idea with the marking paint. As for a tether I'm using 150# mono fishing line with crimped sleeves that I have lefty over from making my own tuna rigs.
Third year trapping goals Bobcat 1/10 Cougars 2/0 Coyote 0 Opossum 14/0 Nutria 0 Beaver 0 Raccoon 0 Muskrat 0/10 Mink 0/5 Skunk 3/0
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