TIGHTCHOKE Posted June 11, 2020 Report Share Posted June 11, 2020 Well it is keeping me amused! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7daysinaweek Posted June 11, 2020 Report Share Posted June 11, 2020 The Ode goes on! So continues the mole saga That continues to drive Ditchy gaga To remove these Everest type hills Will require particular skills So far the results have bee NADA! Keep at it Ditchy, we have every faith in you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchman Posted June 11, 2020 Author Report Share Posted June 11, 2020 (edited) im going to need councilling........my hands have got the shakes...............i have murderous intent...... the thing that is annoying me is that ive planted the traps 4 bloody times and i have had 4 "hits"....i think either the mole is triggering the trap whilst well inside the trap so the jaws close around it not on it it is earth pushing what triggers it it comes in sideways if i add a further jaw to the middle that will take care of items 1 & 2............. tomorrow i will see if i can rivet a 3rd jaw to one of the traps Edited June 11, 2020 by ditchman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billytheghillie Posted June 11, 2020 Report Share Posted June 11, 2020 15 hours ago, Sako7mm said: Get on Youtube and check out Putanges, The Movie. They're the only traps I use now. THIS THEY ARE EXCELLENT! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walker570 Posted June 11, 2020 Report Share Posted June 11, 2020 3 hours ago, TIGHTCHOKE said: Simple, the mole is brighter than you are! Now don't wind him up Dave. I have some sympathy, been there done that but in my day a few worms and a tiddly bit of strichnine did the job. Big NO NO these days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benthejockey Posted June 11, 2020 Report Share Posted June 11, 2020 If its any consolation @ditchmanI caught 3 in a week and then number 4 turned up. For a week I tried to catch the *******. Every morning the excitement of seeing a triggered trap abaited to seething fury as the little black goblin had yet again outsmarted the trap. Shortly after I saw a mole flattened on the lane which made me very happy until the next day and more mountains appeared!!! But that one has obviously got the message to cease and desist, for now at least. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchman Posted June 11, 2020 Author Report Share Posted June 11, 2020 im not the only one that gets outsmarted ................thank god............. if i were to ring MOTTY up to-night ...he would have killed at least 257 by saturday morning Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old farrier Posted June 11, 2020 Report Share Posted June 11, 2020 You need a visit to the arsenal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchman Posted June 11, 2020 Author Report Share Posted June 11, 2020 wooow.................there's sum mighty stuff there boi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
la bala Posted June 11, 2020 Report Share Posted June 11, 2020 Do you want to borrow my mole plough. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchman Posted June 11, 2020 Author Report Share Posted June 11, 2020 26 minutes ago, la bala said: Do you want to borrow my mole plough. yeu wud need sum traaap fer that bu............... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenholland Posted June 11, 2020 Report Share Posted June 11, 2020 stop moanin ditchy, think of all that free top soil you can sift with a fork, cannot buy that in the shops, don't forget 2 metre distance when you press that plunger , good luck, your gonna need it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchman Posted June 11, 2020 Author Report Share Posted June 11, 2020 2 minutes ago, kenholland said: stop moanin ditchy, think of all that free top soil you can sift with a fork, cannot buy that in the shops, don't forget 2 metre distance when you press that plunger , good luck, your gonna need it. stop depressing me................ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old farrier Posted June 11, 2020 Report Share Posted June 11, 2020 1 hour ago, ditchman said: wooow.................there's sum mighty stuff there boi You’re needing the spike one in the lower picture 🤔 it has a trigger on it and you plant it on top of your mole hill when the critter pushes the hill up off goes to trigger releasing the spring loaded spikes and then his furs no good for your waistcoat 😂😂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchman Posted June 11, 2020 Author Report Share Posted June 11, 2020 17 minutes ago, Old farrier said: You’re needing the spike one in the lower picture 🤔 it has a trigger on it and you plant it on top of your mole hill when the critter pushes the hill up off goes to trigger releasing the spring loaded spikes and then his furs no good for your waistcoat 😂😂 im just looking for enuff pelt to keep my tackle warm during winter......... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old farrier Posted June 11, 2020 Report Share Posted June 11, 2020 1 minute ago, ditchman said: im just looking for enuff pelt to keep my tackle warm during winter......... There interesting when you skin them and Strech the pelt it’s a almost perfect square 👍😊 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
39TDS Posted June 11, 2020 Report Share Posted June 11, 2020 I genuinely feel sorry for moles at the mo. The ground is so dry and baked hard they must be having a really hard time of things. Found a dead one last week, I assumed he couldn;t get in the ground it;s too hard. I was digging with a mini digger last week and the soil is baked solid dust down to 2' 6" and beyond, I have never seen it so dry. Having said that, Jasper's method has always worked best for me. Close your eyes though, or wear goggles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchman Posted June 12, 2020 Author Report Share Posted June 12, 2020 well im up ...i looked out of the bedroom window........................more mounds...i have the traps set round the back of the yew tree..........i will call that the mole version of the M62 thank you all for sending me advice............ but what i will say at the juncture.....is sending me comments like "sell your house and move"........is not very helpful.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lampwick Posted June 12, 2020 Report Share Posted June 12, 2020 Right you lot! I think it's time I offered some free lessons!!! Ditchy, if your not too far away? You can be the first recipient. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchman Posted June 12, 2020 Author Report Share Posted June 12, 2020 3 minutes ago, Lampwick said: Right you lot! I think it's time I offered some free lessons!!! Ditchy, if your not too far away? You can be the first recipient. lay it on me bruver...................... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walker570 Posted June 12, 2020 Report Share Posted June 12, 2020 (edited) 12 hours ago, Old farrier said: There interesting when you skin them and Strech the pelt it’s a almost perfect square 👍😊 Done that been there. It was my job backin the the late 40s early 50s. My grandfather caught a load back then as the skins fetched good money. My job was to skin as instructed and then pin them to a board just inside the coal house door. Yes they are virtually square in shape and dry like parchment. Granddad would put a couple of dozen in an envelope and I got sixpence for my toils. Sixpence then would almost buy the contents of the local sweet shop. Grandfathers favorite spot was along a meadow where there ran a shallow stream and he said that moles need to drink and their runs used to go down to the stream. If that is true I do not know but he was a dab hand at catching them. The botom dropped out of the market and that was when he would make a trip to the chemist shop in the village and sign the poison register. Edited June 12, 2020 by Walker570 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchman Posted June 12, 2020 Author Report Share Posted June 12, 2020 well im sure you are all amused by this ...and stories of my shallow life.....1200 bloody views this thread has had............ the story continues.................must say i defo need some of those "poontang"....traps...ideal for deep runs where you need depth charges..........i have slightly modified the traps and have reset them...................its a bloody good job there is a swear filter....i have never been more incensed by a little black animal..............i think i will call this mole Clive......... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itchy trigger Posted June 12, 2020 Report Share Posted June 12, 2020 (edited) those look to be a very shallow mole run, I have always had the runs at around 4-6 inches down what are you putting over the traps to block the light with all that activity, the will be some in the daylight, looks perfect for the chair, glass of red and the beretta Edited June 12, 2020 by itchy trigger tread softly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIGHTCHOKE Posted June 12, 2020 Report Share Posted June 12, 2020 Aparently some of the runs are 12 or more inches down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchman Posted June 12, 2020 Author Report Share Posted June 12, 2020 2 minutes ago, itchy trigger said: those look to be a very shallow mole run, I have always had the runs at around 4-6 inches down what are you putting over the traps to block the light with all that activity, the will be some in the daylight, looks perfect for the chair, glass of red and the beretta im puttings wadges of turf back over the runs..................Beratta traps are the answer....think it will be the semi automatic version 1 minute ago, TIGHTCHOKE said: Aparently some of the runs are 12 or more inches down. i KNOW THEY ARE I JUST BLOODY TOLD YOU THAT Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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