I don't remember asking. Out of curiosity, does anyone use moles for predator bait? I've trapped plenty this year, and got to thinking that maybe some folks have tried them for bait.
I know Trapper Art uses pocket gophers for bait.

From my experience moles are like a bullsnake they must have an odor that repels predators. Throwing out moles and gophers together animals will pick the gophers out pretty quick and moles will just rot away.

I have made mole bait years back when I was catching several hundred a month. I did catch predators with them at the time just out of curiosity to see how it would fare. I ground them and added some glycerin just for paste like consistency.

Thanks, Bob for sharing your experience with moles.

I believe moles are more of a toy to yotes versus a steady food source

I agree Tony, I have found my share of dead wet looking moles over my lifetime while out on the line. I believe they provide a torture toy to predators. My dogs toy with them as well on our place when they dig them up. We have lots of moles in my area.

ive witnessed cats eating them but never a k-9

For some reason I think that moles secrete some sort of toxin that doesn't taste to good. I think animals mainly just carry them around. My fur buyer used to buy mole skins, stretched them on cardboard like a small beaver. They bite.