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Old 04-15-2018, 04:45 PM
 
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My "favorite" way to get them is to hunt and kill them with a garden hoe. This method takes time and dedication. I go around the yard and flatten down all existing tunnels. Then, early in the morning, I go out and just sit and wait. Soon a mole will start traveling down one of his old tunnels (they prefer those to creating new ones), pushing up the soil as he goes. Carefully and quietly (they are blind, but have excellent hearing and sense of touch/vibration), walk out into the yard and stand near the tunnel. The moment you see movement, slam the hoe down BEHIND him, and with one quick move, yank him up out of the ground. Then it's just a matter of one more swing to dispatch him.
That kinda sounds fun !!! Coffee time & mole patrol.
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Old 04-15-2018, 04:47 PM
 
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From the photo it looks like either a mole or vole is making a bee line to your raised garden area..
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Old 04-16-2018, 05:55 PM
 
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three things:
1. if the tunnel is "raised" = mole.
2. if the tunnel is "sunk" = vole.
3. my neighbor's cats (Streak and Charlie) excel in mole/vole extermination.
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Old 04-16-2018, 06:15 PM
 
Location: Near Falls Lake
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Mole....not a vole. As noted, searching for grubs. Kill grubs and the moles will leave.
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Old 04-17-2018, 08:57 AM
 
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Thank you all.
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Old 04-18-2018, 01:15 PM
 
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Moles are pretty beneficial to lawns, aerating your soil and eating grubs that feed on your grass roots or that could grow into Japanese beetles or other damaging insects.
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Old 04-18-2018, 02:30 PM
 
Location: At the NC-SC Border
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Moles are pretty beneficial to lawns, aerating your soil and eating grubs that feed on your grass roots or that could grow into Japanese beetles or other damaging insects.
They are beneficial, but they drove my dogs nuts. They dug up my yard trying to get at the moles, and that wasn’t beneficial
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Old 04-20-2018, 01:06 PM
 
Location: SW Durham, NC
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This worked for me. Click image for larger version

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