Mole Trapping & Mole Traps

[Trapper John]

About four years ago just before I sold my Business I went down and watched "The Mole Guy" case in court.
The Prosecutor asked him "How much did you make on an average year?"  He replied $500,000.00 and his best year he made $750,000.00.   

Yes Sir he made that much up in King and Snohominh County.  But remember he used scissor traps and knew that they were against the law.  He didn't care.  The Department caught him several times, at a matter of fact when they brought him to court they had him on four counts.  After two days of trail, he paid a fine of $16,000.00 and didn't do any jail time.  But the department have him on 23 more pending cases, so he promise to stop his business.  If they catch him one more time, it is straight to jail, don't pass go and don't collect $200.00 (Monopoly game).  He's retried in Hawaii now.

Anyway I came across a "Live/cage Mole Trap" the other day that looks like it might work.  I think I'll pick up a half dozen and field test them.  Cost for them seem high until you start to think like The Mole Guy did and make yourself $500,000.00 - $750,000.00 a year.  The #1 problem I can see is Initiative 713 where you would have to check you traps every 24 hours (live trapping).  That in itself could be costly.

So .............. if I try these traps out and they work good, would anybody be interested in mole traps?  Cost is right around $40.00 each.  Ya that sounds high (that is what I have to pay for them) but than again all one would need is a couple hundred or less of them.  A $10,000.00 investment or less to make $100,000.00 or more for your first year doesn't sound bad.

My thought is if they work good, I would talk the guy into a distributorship.  I don't want to do moles any more, my knees hurt and I need a knee replacement now but holding off for as long as I can, but you guys can do it, plus I'm semi retired.  Anybody interested in mole trapping and would you pay this price for such a trap?
JC 



 

 

[Bigbadwolfwdc]

I would be willing to give it a go. Ive tryed building live mole traps in the past with mixed results was not working the way I hoped. But if you think this is a good design Im always looking to expand into other things.

Mike

[DishBogget]

I'd be interested as well


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[Possum197]

So what do you do with the live Mole after you've trapped it? Hit it in the head with a hammer? Stupid regulations!

[fatslinger]

Have you tested these traps yet? If they work I am interested in a few of them. Moles are terrible right now in my area.

[JJB11B]

So what do you do with the live Mole after you've trapped it? Hit it in the head with a hammer? Stupid regulations!

release them in the state capital building grounds

[wildmeat]

 

[Mudman]

A good old Victor (Modified) is the best.  Works great.  I used to drive by a Sheriffs house every day with multiple traps and buckets in his yard.  Stupid law.

[Bigbadwolfwdc]

So what do you do with the live Mole after you've trapped it? Hit it in the head with a hammer? Stupid regulations!

release them in the state capital building grounds

If I remember right they got busted on the news for using ilegal traps to keep there grass nice.

[Boss .300 winmag]

@Trapper John how did these traps do?

[opdinkslayer]

Crap I've been breakin the law for over 15 years and didn't even know it. I'm guessing they would frown on one homemade with a 12 gauge shell as well?

[JJB11B]

Crap I've been breakin the law for over 15 years and didn't even know it. I'm guessing they would frown on one homemade with a 12 gauge shell as well?

I have seen commercially available traps like that. although I think they were .22LR or .22 short

[Humptulips]

Set guns whether with a 12 gauge or a .22 are illegal as I understand but they do make ones that use blanks that I understand to be legal. http://molecat.com/
I have never used them so this is not an endorsement.

[garrett89]

Silly that there would be a regulation on how to trap a vermin. It's like saying you have to live trap mice/rats.

[Trapper John]

Silly that there would be a regulation on how to trap a vermin. It's like saying you have to live trap mice/rats.

"Silly"  Come On 
When I was in Business I use to have people call my office and ask if we would trap them alive and relocate them.  Yep "mice" ................. and rats!

We told them "NO" but some still wanted us to do it until we told them what we would charged 
and than for some reason they would always say: well I need to talk to my  "wife"  to see what she wants to do     
JC