Mole Control - What Worked? 

Great video. I appreciate that you showed the whole process and the final resolution. It wasn't quick, but it worked and seeing that will help me and others do it correctly. Your video is much more informative than many others on the same subject. Keep up the great work, (and include your nice dog and cat).

Excellent video! Thank you for all the detail of the hunt. This really helps me to keep at it.

Poison worms? Who knew, thanks for the tip. Another weapon in the eternal struggle between Man and Mole

Thanks for this video, I’m facing the same issue. Really appreciate the info

I feel your pain. I have moles and have been fighting them for two years. I finally bought some traps and put my first two out yesterday. No dead moles yet but I will not give up. I may try the poison worms too.

Thank you for a very informative video, enjoyed your beautiful garden too 🙏🏽

The best video in youtube ever. Thanks gentleman!

thanks for the great video! We are struggling with similar problem of mole. Your video serves as tutorial!

This is a great video!!! I'm entering my 2nd spring/summer of dealing with these jerks...going to adopt your strategy and pray!! :)

Ha, I just purchased the same product today and this video popped up in my youtube suggestions. I sure hope the worm works in our situation. I've tried everything else. Thanks for the well-done video.

Awesome video need to do more enjoyed it thoroughly. Poison worms sure hope I can buy them here in canada . Looks great your yard I mean . Thanx for posting 😊

Beautiful plantings!

Gummy Worms didn't work, poison pellets didn't work, gum didn't work, drowning the tunnels didn't work, 2 types of traps didn't work, Irish spring didn't work......I hate these damn moles!

Ive used the poison worms for years. For 20.00 for 10 worms in a box, 2.00 a worm. This seems to work best, vs traps.

I've had great success with the Wire Tech traps but some moles are in areas where it's not possible to set a trap. I think I'll try some worms. Thanks!

Thanks for the great info

I recently used the worms but still had some activity so i purchased a mole smoke bomb, placed it in the tunnel and with a leaf blower aimed it down toward the tunnel and you wont believe how far the smoke traveled revealing a lot of their tunnels systems. Now i just need to monitor for activity , hope it worked .

Thanks for this, Randall!

Congratulations on your success. You have beautiful landscaping...such a shame these creatures did such damage. I have to say you have shown tremendous patience and perseverance through it all.

Thanks for this! I’ll try this if what I’m going to try today doesn’t work. They started on my lawn, squirted peppermint in their holes and they went up one level (I have 5 levels to my yard) then did the same there and they lee going up and ruined my new lavender level! Spraying the heck out of the ground with a peppermint, cinnamon, rosemary mix

The pro's only use traps. This advice has never changed. It is always one mole doing all the damage.

It appears to me that you have gophers in your lawn and garden. I may be wrong but nearly all my mole activity is raised meandering trails in my lawns, beds and hay field. I suppose the mole bait may kill gophers, but I don't think so. The mounds are a common indication of gopher activity. Simply place a Gopher Hawk in the trail, that is usually about 6" away from the 'plug' of dirt (look for it!) that the gopher uses to deposit their unneeded soil. They then push enough dirt out of their trail to plug the hole. If there is the possibility that you've mistaken these mounds for moles but are actually gophers, I suggest you use a Gopher Hawk. These are incredible tools that work perfectly IF you know how to use them! They can also, but not as successfully, used for moles. The kit contains a trap, and a wallowing TOOL that has a probe inside of it, that is used to find the trail, then the wallowing tool is used to wallow into the ground, ending up in the gopher's trail (it's the size of the GH). Once you're in the trail, you back the wallowing tool out (with a slow twist, then set the trap, making sure it stands up straight. The trap is now set! If you have an indication the the trap has sprung (the spring elongates), then use a round shovel to dig around the GH, then CAREFULLY start prying up on the shovel a little, then go 1/4 the way around it, then 1/4th of the way around it , then 1/4 of the way around the GH. Now pry the GH out. The idea is to NOT damage the 'cage'! The cage costs about 1/2 as much as the entire tool! GOOD LUCK Gopher Hunters!!

I’m gonna have to try those. I feel like they are just playing with me now. They keep popping up everywhere but where I set the traps.

great for you. I've put out numerous poison worms in multiple runs and STILL have new activity. argh.

I usually use a bit of cardboard to cover the hole, then add dirt.

Can you make another video on how you grew those INCREDIBLE SUCCULENTS?

Good job❣️

They should pay you a commission. Sold me.

This works EVERY time!! Watch the tunnels, stamp them down, find a new one the next day, garden hose, drown em out, with a glove on, throw em in a bucket with 6 inches of water, go shopping come back and rid the body. Always remember, if you have one, the sister is still out there and repeat steps 1-6. Reseed!

Good job 👍

Beautiful succulents

Cinch traps work good for me. I use on pocket gophers and moles..

Can you link the product you used?

When do moles start working in the yard? Night???

I started using Juicy Fruit gum a week ago. Need to wait a few weeks but it looks like it's working. Moles love it but can't digest it. Just be sure to wear gloves so you don't leave your scent on it.

I use "Juicy Fruit Gum" to kill the moles in my yard. It works just as well as the poison worms and is a lot cheaper. I have read that the mole can't digest the gum and it plugs them up. I don't know, but it kills them. I'm on the third year- just remember that probably more than 1 mole is using that run.

I got 2 beagles that must hate that sound the moles make cause they get nuts and go right to them dig them up and eat them. My great dane caught one but rolled all over it and stunk so bad.

In the last shots with the dead moles - were they from the poisoned worms, and if so, how did you locate the bodies for removal?

Do you have Japanese beetles where you’re at?

3 years later…. Are they back?

I've used the Tomcat poison worms and they work great. You don't need to dig down to their tunnel, just use a dowel to find their tunnels (following the manufacturer's instructions on finding active/main runways), and drop it in that way. Much easier! Your kitty has such cute crazy eyes!

I have tried this myself and they do work great! I usé traps first but the poison grubs works better

They got a whole roadmap under your yard

I'm surprised that the Elkhound didn't dig them up and eat them. Mine love to catch moles.

Is it the poison or is it the plastic worm that kills the mole...I,m going to try plastic fishing worms to stop up their gut...

I've had good results using a sledge hammer and traps that kill. I bought them on-line. They are pushed by foot into the ground and have pinchers on both sides that kill the mole. Don't buy cheep kill traps made of plastic, these are made of high-quality metal and cost about 15$ a piece, they are sold as a pair (2). A sledge hammer works great but you have to see them moving and sneak-up quietly on them, the concussion kills them, you do not have to hit them directly. Peace to all.

Moral of story. Moles hate red flags? Jk hahaha

My whole front yard is infestation with moles. All in a week. I feel like on walking on sponges.

❤ the dog & the cat ❤

A support group for ummm...The Mole People...?? Ok, I will name it that😁 Mercy!! So...it's nice to know that so many others try to repell vs the other 😭. I can't bring myself to premeditate that action! I'm going on 2 yrs now. I've tried almost everything known to repell! For crying out loud, I even had a pool constructed! Prior to that...a tree had to be removed. Medium size. I even felt bad about that! But my goal in theory was...to cause extreme acute environmental stress and they move to greener pastures. The noise was immense, traumatized one of my dogs. The pool was immense too, and 6 weeks vs 1 day with tree removal. After completion, and noise calmed...the moles seemed to come back with a vengeance, and...in the exact same spot i had originally noticed their first tunnel. Something about that area...? Idk but there is barely any grass in that spot after pool finished and it's mainly shells above tunnel. Every day I pluck more grass out in hopes they want food elsewhere. I still have those loud solar sticks too. I've tried immense grudge mowing 🤬 to the bald look. These critters are unstoppable! Of course that spot is not the only one. They are everywhere! That feeling when ur foot steps on soft...🤮! I'm going to keep trying repellents. I planted a bird of paradise tree in backyard bout month ago, and by the next day...it was surrounded with tunnels galore! I'm about to use molemax granular, kinda like what he says don't use...but I've had this bag for a year unopened, so wtheck. I'm going to give it a shot. Between them and the snakes...and rabbits who startle but are cute...I feel like Dr Doolittle but watching vids like this, it makes me feel...not so alone! 😁 The grub pic, long story short...pure happenstance when I did an acc edit for the first time but seems appropriate for videos like this but it's probably the grubs, that make yard so desirable. I havnt seen any lately and they probably coming out soon. They are the strangest looking something or other! 🤮x2! The basic instinct to survive is...epic! They are important to our ecosystem and I just can't bring myself to the solution that would probably work. Sigh 😕...

Did you dig up the dead moles or they just appear dead on your yard?

I dug my hole up and noticed worm was gone and another hole half worm gone

Where to buy the Poison worms?

How did you find them after they died?

Holy moly

I get 10 new mounds on my large semi finished lawn a day which is probably a total of 1 arce. I've used box's of worms, 8+ full round containers of mole bait, I have 6 traps out, flooded the crap out of them and even dropped full bait bricks in holes... I have no proof that they have done anything to kill the moles, they just keep going.

damn what's wrong with your cats eyes? 🤣

I caught three moles in 5 days with the traps i use trapline mole traps

Worm baits worked

do you still have Moles?

These work great but are slow and cruel. I just had to beat a mole in the head that was in my driveway twitching around that was obviously poisoned. Not what you want to do first thing in the morning

The solar ones are hilarious. My neighbor has them up and like 5 mounds will be all around it 😂😂😂. You have to trap. Period. That’s the only tried true method. Poisoning them will harm your dogs. Many dogs will dig them up. Coming from someone that works for the department of ag / many golf courses trapping for over 24 years. Gopher hawk is amazing for both moles and gophers. The DK1 death clutch is amazing. And the original victor out of sight traps are great, the ones before like 2021 with the stronger spring.

I believe you need to careful to not cover the “worms” with dirt. They must lay undisturbed.

moles are great for the soil aeration ...bad for aesthetics

Use a long screwdriver to find the tunnel then wallow it around to enlarge the hole. Slide a half worn down the hole then close by pinching dirt with your hands. Use traps in their runs and you know what when it works plus much less expensive.

That seems like a lot of work. You sound like a nice guy Randall so I'll let you know my secret. If you find mole activity in your yard, take a little vinegar and pour it into their tunnel. Moles are blind and rely on their nose to find food. If they can't hunt they will move to another area. You don't need to kill them, just show them the way out of your yard.

here's a fool proof method that's guarenteed! use a road flare. just light it and bury in the hole, magic!

🚫☠️ 🪱💭 I'm not falling for that again!

Did not work….. used 20 poison worms ‼️ 9-6-2021 Going to try carbon monoxide from my lawnmower exhaust…..

Why not treat for the grubs they are eating? There are pet friendly options and once you get rid of the grubs the moles will disappear.

Best part about moles? When you poison them they bury themselves

The poisoned worms are the only thing that worked for me. The traps are all garbage.

Use juicy fruit to kill them