Title: Controlling Nuisance Moles | MU Extension
Headings: Controlling Nuisance Moles
Controlling Nuisance Moles
Robert A. Pierce
Extension Fish and Wildlife Specialist
School of Natural Resources
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Mole activity
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Damage prevention and control techniques
Cultural methods and habitat modification
Repellents
Toxicants
Fumigants
Traps
Catching moles alive
Other methods
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Economics of damage and control
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Additional information

Content: Traps
Although trapping is challenging, it is the most successful and practical method to get rid of moles and eliminate damage. Three excellent mole traps are on the market. All of them, if properly handled, will give good results. Each of these three mole traps depends on the same mechanism for releasing the spring. A broad trigger-pan springs the trap as the mole upheaves the depressed portion of the surface burrow over which the trap is set. The brand names of these traps are Harpoon mole trap, Out O’ Sight and Nash (choker loop) mole trap (Figure 5). The Harpoon trap has sharp spikes that impale the mole when driven into the gr