30-6 Posted February 16, 2017 Report Share Posted February 16, 2017 What is the cause of the hole you see sometimes in a mole tump ? Which always seems to be perfectly round, and about 30mm or so diameter. I have read it is for ventilation to the tunnel system, the mole has moved area or something has dug into the tunnel system. Anyone got a definite answer ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UKPoacher Posted February 16, 2017 Report Share Posted February 16, 2017 What is the cause of the hole you see sometimes in a mole tump ? Which always seems to be perfectly round, and about 30mm or so diameter. I have read it is for ventilation to the tunnel system, the mole has moved area or something has dug into the tunnel system. Anyone got a definite answer ? If the hole is permanent then it is a sign that the tunnel system is not being used by a mole. The cause could be simple subsidence caused by rain or another animal can be using the vacated tunnel system. I have come across field mice, voles, salamanders, weasels, toads and even a 5 foot constrictor in mole tunnels. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
30-6 Posted February 16, 2017 Author Report Share Posted February 16, 2017 Another question, why is a putange trap used with the end pointing up, while the no mole are suggested for use with the ends pointing down ? Or will either work either way ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UKPoacher Posted February 16, 2017 Report Share Posted February 16, 2017 Another question, why is a putange trap used with the end pointing up, while the no mole are suggested for use with the ends pointing down ? Or will either work either way ? Some of the Putanges that come stuck on cardboard also have the prongs down illustrations. But in my opinion that is the worst way to use them. I normally set prongs up unless the tunnel is wider than normal or the tunnel bends in which case I put the trap in on its side. A lot of the larger moles are caught sideways on in the trap. They have turned onto their sides to wriggle through the prongs so setting the trap on its side makes more sense than prongs up. But I don't suffer any loss of results by setting them the way I do. What i have found over the last few years is that these traps catch better in clean tunnels. I rarely place them amongst new molehills as the mole can set the trap off as it bulldozes soil in front of it as it cleans out the new tunnels. Older, more established tunnels give better results. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danger-Mouse Posted February 16, 2017 Report Share Posted February 16, 2017 I have come across . . . a 5 foot constrictor in mole tunnels. I bet that made you jump. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UKPoacher Posted February 17, 2017 Report Share Posted February 17, 2017 It was well dead. The trap had killed it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hendrix's rifle Posted February 18, 2017 Report Share Posted February 18, 2017 It was well dead. The trap had killed it. Like a scene from anaconda :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moondoggy Posted February 18, 2017 Report Share Posted February 18, 2017 A lesser man would have been hiss-sterical! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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