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Re: Seriously?...Mole Trapping Illegal in Washington
« Reply #30 on: June 18, 2011, 03:31:38 PM »
Dito on the propane.  I've used it a number of times.  Sometimes you get such a percussion the mole comes out of another hole like a rocket :IBCOOL:!  Fun for the whole family including the dogs :chuckle:!  Tunnels have to be deep though.  Otherwise the gas escapes and you just catch the grass on fire.  The long propane torches used for burning garden weeds work best.

If you know someone with an old "Halon" fire extinguisher that works probably the best.  But, it is not nearly as fun as propane.
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Re: Seriously?...Mole Trapping Illegal in Washington
« Reply #31 on: June 18, 2011, 04:25:25 PM »
My Dad always used a shovel.  Packed the hill down and watched for when they dig.  He'd scoop them out with a swipe of the shovel and wack 'em.  He rid the whole neighborhood of them.

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Re: Seriously?...Mole Trapping Illegal in Washington
« Reply #32 on: June 18, 2011, 04:31:45 PM »
My Dad always used a shovel.  Packed the hill down and watched for when they dig.  He'd scoop them out with a swipe of the shovel and wack 'em.  He rid the whole neighborhood of them.

Does he just stand there waiting? I could see him standing there for a long time waiting. He must be a patient man. I couldn't do it...I'd freak out waiting.
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Re: Seriously?...Mole Trapping Illegal in Washington
« Reply #33 on: June 18, 2011, 04:42:16 PM »
i need to get a picture of my buddies mole gismo ... It shoots a 12 ga. shell and it works awesome but do not want kids around it ... he puts a garbage can over it and you cant hear the shot go off ... works awesome ...he needs to make and sell the dang things ....

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Re: Seriously?...Mole Trapping Illegal in Washington
« Reply #34 on: June 18, 2011, 11:04:28 PM »
i need to get a picture of my buddies mole gismo ... It shoots a 12 ga. shell and it works awesome but do not want kids around it ... he puts a garbage can over it and you cant hear the shot go off ... works awesome ...he needs to make and sell the dang things ....

Hello, illegal as heck. Doubt you would sell very many before the cops would swoop down on you.
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Re: Seriously?...Mole Trapping Illegal in Washington
« Reply #35 on: June 19, 2011, 08:09:19 PM »
fill mole hole with alot of propane and tape a sparkler on a long stick and light propane. Mole dead.

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Re: Seriously?...Mole Trapping Illegal in Washington
« Reply #36 on: June 19, 2011, 08:13:07 PM »
My Dad always used a shovel.  Packed the hill down and watched for when they dig.  He'd scoop them out with a swipe of the shovel and wack 'em.  He rid the whole neighborhood of them.

That's how my grandpa taught me to do it when I was a teen. Got a few of them that way...usually it was more luck than patience :)

Got one last year by flooding him out. He had been digging so I threw the hose down the hole and cranked it up. Next thing I know a mole is floating out of the hole gasping for breath. Quick smack with the shovel and I (or should I say it) was done  :IBCOOL:

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Re: Seriously?...Mole Trapping Illegal in Washington
« Reply #37 on: June 19, 2011, 09:17:12 PM »
My Dad always used a shovel.  Packed the hill down and watched for when they dig.  He'd scoop them out with a swipe of the shovel and wack 'em.  He rid the whole neighborhood of them.

That's how my grandpa taught me to do it when I was a teen. Got a few of them that way...usually it was more luck than patience :)

Got one last year by flooding him out. He had been digging so I threw the hose down the hole and cranked it up. Next thing I know a mole is floating out of the hole gasping for breath. Quick smack with the shovel and I (or should I say it) was done  :IBCOOL:

I'm really loving reading about these little vermin getting what they deserve. 8)   Way to go.  :tup:
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Re: Seriously?...Mole Trapping Illegal in Washington
« Reply #38 on: June 26, 2011, 07:53:34 PM »
Just got two tonight, good old 12 gauge   :tup:

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Re: Seriously?...Mole Trapping Illegal in Washington
« Reply #39 on: June 26, 2011, 07:59:21 PM »
Just got two tonight, good old 12 gauge   :tup:

Where are their tags???  :chuckle:

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Re: Seriously?...Mole Trapping Illegal in Washington
« Reply #40 on: June 26, 2011, 11:38:45 PM »
they're pinned to the under side of the moles lol, best part was that our new neighbors were moving in while this happened. welcome to the neighborhood lol the bigger one was only 7.5 inches, not a real wall hanger lol

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Re: Seriously?...Mole Trapping Illegal in Washington
« Reply #41 on: June 27, 2011, 07:38:22 AM »
But were you wearing blaze orange?   ;)
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Re: Seriously?...Mole Trapping Illegal in Washington
« Reply #42 on: June 27, 2011, 08:05:13 AM »
Maybe the state should have a special permit drawing for moles for any weapons.

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Re: Seriously?...Mole Trapping Illegal in Washington
« Reply #43 on: June 27, 2011, 08:30:47 AM »
Don't give them any ideas!!!   :chuckle:
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Re: Seriously?...Mole Trapping Illegal in Washington
« Reply #44 on: June 27, 2011, 09:06:18 AM »
Maybe the state should have a special permit drawing for moles for any weapons.
there were so bad here the state let some hound hunters come in to cut down the population.After losing two dogs to the mean bastage's they gathered the hounds and left.

 


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