How many of you OOS mole trapper just push the OOS trap down through the sod into the mole run?
or do you dig up the run and place them accordingly.

I dig up the run and place the trap. I make the trap go off so I know that there is no rock or root in the way. Just what works for me.

Just ordered my first shipment of these. Interested in all information about these

Been using albano but having to dig each one up to check them and having to use two at each location just slows me down too much.

Mole trapping student last week setting mole trap in a run deeper than it looked


I get very consistent catches by burying trap instead of through the top...the tunnels are sometimes deeper than it looks and many times i find tunnels coming straight up...

For me I would say digging for both would require same amount of time. Just one less trap, and being able to see if trap went off with OOS. Some have written of putting the flags used to mark location a certain way with trapline that the flag is leaning over when tripped.

Kurt temple

First check on first job. One mole cannibalized to the point of all the meat was basically gone except for the skin, skull and feet. 48 hr check. This one will most likely be a high harvest job. When I catch 6-8 the first check there are usually many more to come yet. 3x to 5x more likely on the next 3 checks. Very common. We do get those small catches on occasion but not often.

All Trapline trap catches. 2 doubles in these catches. Lots of doubles here on the properties with several years of activity.

I can do a one set very quickly with my system of two traps. Those working other traps I am sure have developed their own method of trap setting mechanics. I have developed a tool that is used with these traps that speeds up the setting and efficiency of the system greatly. It will be available soon.

You do have to check each set visually but it is fast the way I do it. Just takes a few seconds to access the set up to see if the traps are fired. We price our jobs accordingly for time spent. Mole work, is work in our areas if you do it well. You have to set a lot of traps to get a good harvest reduction in these parts.

I can get about 20 doz traps in a 5 gal bucket if I place them well. Very lightweight. I can set 30 to 60 traps per job many times on high activity areas. That is 15 to 30 set ups. I can probably do a dig in and set up in 90 seconds or less of two traps per location. Maybe faster if I wasnt being too distracted from the homeowner watching me set traps over my shoulder in her yoga pants.

The most time consuming part of mole work is reading the tunnel system to determine the best locations for your traps. If you are good at maze puzzles and search a word puzzles you will most likely be a good mole trapper.

can't see the OOS being faster if your digging to set them. Set on top of tunnel yes.

Bob:
Will be interesting to see your tool that you have come up with! Any idea on how far down the road before we see this tool. I use 100% Trapline on first set, if dug under I will set and OOS or a No-mole in some cases. As it gets dryer I will use more No-Mole. But mostly Trapline traps.

We are close to a national release soon. We are putting advertising and the language together now. Only so many hours in each day. We have been wanting to launch this 2 years ago however it has met some delays due to my busy schedule in running two companies and caring for my wife.

Where bob is setting for hairy tailed mole with 30-60 traps i am setting for the eastern mole with 3-5 traps. Results? We both are cleaning out the yards...easterns being a solitary territorial animal...in avg acre 3-5 moles is common and earlier in year i am doing 2-3 per acre if damage is wide spread...have alot of repeat business but it is not like 1-2 weeks after i pull traps...most times it is several months in between

I can set an out of sight under ground in under a minute each trap set and that is digging open hole using potato rake (same width of trap), setting trap off in hole, resetting trap, building mound in middle is critical, putting trap back and covering up trap above springs. All under a min and most under 45 seconds

TRapper:
How high do you make the mound? As high as the top of the hole or less? I like using the OOS is some cases and could use them more. One thing I can say, YOU ARE FAST!

Mound has to conform to the pan and pan has to nestle down into mound...trap when in final set postion needs to be solid like u would a foot trap for coyotes (for those of u that are fur trappers).... Go on my website to watch a mole getting caught in an oos so you know why it needs to be solid
www.callthetrapper.com/catches.html and watch first video