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TreeHouser
I have been shooting them in my yard with a break barrel pellet rifle. Average shot is about 250' the pellet makes a "pop" sound at impact.
Moles!
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Burnham
Woods walker
That's a loooong shot for a pellet gun.
squisher
THE CALM ONE!!!!
That's what I was thinking too.
Mellow
BCMA
That is impressive. Must be a powerful pellet gun.
CurSedVoyce
California Hillbilly
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TreeHouser
It's very long! And it sucks. I wish I could use my .17HMR tho legal to shoot out here but I just don't have clear shots I am comfortable with.
Its a Beeman .177 cal it shoot at 11-1200fps, shoots clean thru the little buggers at that range too.
Playing the wind really sucks! About 4-5" of drop with a zero of 20yrds lotsa SWAG.
Nutball
TreeHouser
I hear shooting through the tunnels doesn't work well, the 1-3" of dirt will slow and break up a .22 too quickly do I heard from someone who tried shooting straight down at a moving burrow.
Burnham
Woods walker
I so very seldom see a mole above ground as to make any plan on shooting at them with a varmint gun worthless here.
I know one neighbor who likes to sit in a lawn chair with a cooler full of beer in the middle of his yard with a shotgun at hand, just bird shot, like 8's. He sees a hill move, sneaks over and shoots down into the hill. Concussion kills, not direct shots to body...he says
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He still has just as many moles now as I do...but he has way more fun, I think
I know one neighbor who likes to sit in a lawn chair with a cooler full of beer in the middle of his yard with a shotgun at hand, just bird shot, like 8's. He sees a hill move, sneaks over and shoots down into the hill. Concussion kills, not direct shots to body...he says
.He still has just as many moles now as I do...but he has way more fun, I think
kevin bingham
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what's wrong with moles? I always thought they were pretty cool animals. I used to pop my grandfathers mole traps all the time I could never see why he wanted to kill them. but maybe someone can explain.
MasterBlaster
Administrator Emeritus
I think it stems from the cowboy days - their holes would hurt their horses?
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TreeHouser
No issue with moles but gofers must die. Yesterday's long shot was 206' measured with a tape then two more one at 170' and one at about fifty feet out.
kevin bingham
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do they eat your veggies?
I used to mash down the tunnels and wait and watch for activity, see movement and slip a shovel under and pull a shovelful of dirt and the mole out. This year I tried jamming pine cones into the raised tunnels. Slows them up considerably. I guess they get tired of pushing the cones out of the way, they don't seem to want to go around, just want to use same tunnels. If they do go past the cones I've placed, I just add more along the tunnel, to make them work harder.
Stumpshot
General Purpose
As mentioned, I sustained a severe injury (w/permanent after effects) due to stepping in a gopher hole. Moles & gophers leave unseen perils for humans and animals, as well as unsightly areas in turf. Gardeners hate them for the crop damage.
SeanKroll
Treehouser
My field/ work area is lumpy bumpy. Mowers get damaged by hitting dirt and rocks. I have to smooth out the piles and take golf ball-sized rocks out.
You could think cow patties in your lawn are fertilizer, but its still a cow patty in the lawn.
If I let the grass grow, instead of mowing, I'd have a high fire-danger. As is, its brown, but short.
Mowing also mechanical weed control. I am fighting large amounts of thistles. Mow where I can mow, pay to have inaccessible thistle pulled, deplete the seed bank. Dandelion control as well. If you don't care about your weed seeds, but your neighbor will (my two downwind neighbors have manicured lawns). If my seeds go there, they will use more herbicides and/ or fertilizers, just uphill of wetlands.
I'm going to get soil delivered and use a 'drag' to level the area out. This can be a play area. The rest of the property is sloped and uneven, so soccer, baseball, etc, is limited. Those activities are good for child development. I'd like to have an area where I can play with D and not risk turning an ankle, putting me out of work.
You could think cow patties in your lawn are fertilizer, but its still a cow patty in the lawn.
If I let the grass grow, instead of mowing, I'd have a high fire-danger. As is, its brown, but short.
Mowing also mechanical weed control. I am fighting large amounts of thistles. Mow where I can mow, pay to have inaccessible thistle pulled, deplete the seed bank. Dandelion control as well. If you don't care about your weed seeds, but your neighbor will (my two downwind neighbors have manicured lawns). If my seeds go there, they will use more herbicides and/ or fertilizers, just uphill of wetlands.
I'm going to get soil delivered and use a 'drag' to level the area out. This can be a play area. The rest of the property is sloped and uneven, so soccer, baseball, etc, is limited. Those activities are good for child development. I'd like to have an area where I can play with D and not risk turning an ankle, putting me out of work.
Mick!
TreeHouser
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JHlARjbTGxs
This is what I use, kills em dead.
Basically you clear the molehill, the mole hates airflow thought the tunnel as it interferes with his hearing and smelling of earthworms.
He rushes to backfill and close the hole by pushing earth out, then he activates the plunger and sets off the explosive cartridge.
Even if it doesn’t blow him to pieces the shockwaves will rupture vital organs if he’s within a certain distance.
100% effective if put in right.
I have killed dozens over the years in my garden.
This is what I use, kills em dead.
Basically you clear the molehill, the mole hates airflow thought the tunnel as it interferes with his hearing and smelling of earthworms.
He rushes to backfill and close the hole by pushing earth out, then he activates the plunger and sets off the explosive cartridge.
Even if it doesn’t blow him to pieces the shockwaves will rupture vital organs if he’s within a certain distance.
100% effective if put in right.
I have killed dozens over the years in my garden.
Mick!
TreeHouser
Can’t get them in the UK either. I’d post you one but sending explosives through the post might be problematic!
BlackSmith
Uncivil
Never had trouble with moles but did have a boil lanced once...
Mick!
TreeHouser
Not a total success.
Dave Shepard
Square peg, round world.
For a break barrel it is. A different story for a pre-charged pneumatic.
https://youtu.be/fEcJEklb7Ok
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TreeHouser
They do not. They are tearing up my yard personally I don't care but my wife does so I must. There're at least seven colonies in my yard and growing. My shooting them has little to no effect on the population it seems.
squisher
THE CALM ONE!!!!
I poisoned the ground squirrels at my place this spring. Obliterated them.
Mick!
TreeHouser
What about the animals that eat the carcasses?
