Times are changing for mole catchers
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Times are changing for mole catchers
I haven't seen dead moles strung along barbed wire for many a year now. If today's find is anything to go by Mr M.Catcher throws them in a tub and leaves that as evidence he's done his job these days. Might be just enough there to make a waistcoat...
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They don't look they have much energy
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ChrisWales wrote: ↑Wed Apr 18 2018 22:06 -oi that was gonna be my lineThey don't look they have much energy
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I like moles
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Happy Hayes wrote: ↑Wed Apr 18 2018 23:03 -Me too!I like moles
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cookiesdaughtersdad wrote: ↑Thu Apr 19 2018 07:08 -You 2 obviously havnt got a nice lawnHappy Hayes wrote: ↑Wed Apr 18 2018 23:03 -Me too!I like moles
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Kev Berry wrote: ↑Thu Apr 19 2018 07:57 -OH YES I HAVE !cookiesdaughtersdad wrote: ↑Thu Apr 19 2018 07:08 -You 2 obviously havnt got a nice lawnHappy Hayes wrote: ↑Wed Apr 18 2018 23:03 -Me too!I like moles
We do get the odd mole and all I do is sweep the dirt up or get the leaf blower on it, if they became a real problem I don't know what I would do to be fair, but I wouldnt want to kill them!
The worse thing about our lawn at the mo is all the ducks orgies that are going on and the fecking canada geese making up a strong brass band
Cheers ALan
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cookiesdaughtersdad wrote: ↑Thu Apr 19 2018 09:07 -When I had my boarding kennels I had about half an acre of lawns and the road frontage to mow. The moles were a feckin nightmare, as fast as you did one lot the next lot would move in. Tried all sorts to discourage them---none worked for long.Kev Berry wrote: ↑Thu Apr 19 2018 07:57 -OH YES I HAVE !cookiesdaughtersdad wrote: ↑Thu Apr 19 2018 07:08 -You 2 obviously havnt got a nice lawnHappy Hayes wrote: ↑Wed Apr 18 2018 23:03 -Me too!I like moles
We do get the odd mole and all I do is sweep the dirt up or get the leaf blower on it, if they became a real problem I don't know what I would do to be fair, but I wouldnt want to kill them!
The worse thing about our lawn at the mo is all the ducks orgies that are going on and the fecking canada geese making up a strong brass band
Cheers ALan
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Looks like marvellous (surface) floated deadbait' potential to me.
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Moles are another part of the eco system.....but because of humanity's vainty to have nice lawns we endeavour to erratic them.....
Mankind the worst pest the world has ever seen....
Mankind the worst pest the world has ever seen....
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Jason Skilton wrote: ↑Thu Apr 19 2018 12:33 -they could have been part of the eco system in the thousands of acres around my boarding kennels, which all seemed molehill free---but no, they wanted to be on my bit of landMoles are another part of the eco system.....but because of humanity's vainty to have nice lawns we endeavour to erratic them.....
Mankind the worst pest the world has ever seen....
rags dipped in creosote/paraffin, paint, ferret pooh, moth balls ---you name it and it went down their holes to no avail. The little feckers just went down deeper or became surface runners just under the turf (if you were quick with the spade you could catch these feckers)
Those caught in the traps wernt wasted, they got chucked on the stable roof for the owls
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I would be concerned and phone the
It looks like they are be “trafficked “
Call the appropriate authority’s
It looks like they are be “trafficked “
Call the appropriate authority’s
Crack Hargreaves...........far out of town.
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Ah Dave
Chinning moles on a barbed wire fence, now that brings back some fond memories.
Somewhere I have a 100+ pic if I can find it.
Although I have my traps they haven't been used for a couple of decades (never used strychnine) these days green house fumigation cones are the instant remedy, thats if I cant snaffle the blighter when he is 'pushing up'!
At £3.12/patch that tub could be worth a bob or two?
https://www.theessentialfly.com/mole-sk ... gJwGfD_BwE
Chinning moles on a barbed wire fence, now that brings back some fond memories.
Somewhere I have a 100+ pic if I can find it.
Although I have my traps they haven't been used for a couple of decades (never used strychnine) these days green house fumigation cones are the instant remedy, thats if I cant snaffle the blighter when he is 'pushing up'!
At £3.12/patch that tub could be worth a bob or two?
https://www.theessentialfly.com/mole-sk ... gJwGfD_BwE
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Caught thease a while ago
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"I haven't seen dead moles strung along barbed wire for many a year now."
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Ace Dave
Bet they are not along a well used road or the namby pamby greenies would be up in arms, to say nothing of the hound snatchers objecting !!
Bet they are not along a well used road or the namby pamby greenies would be up in arms, to say nothing of the hound snatchers objecting !!
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It's a main road from nowhere to the middle of nowhere!
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Here are some moles in 1981.
Been searching all over for this pic.
Been searching all over for this pic.
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Mike J wrote: ↑Sun Apr 29 2018 11:18 -I'm no green namby pamby ,Mike I just dont like the killing of things for killings sake so I ask is there a reason for the killing of all those moles is is it just for the sake of killing?Ace Dave
Bet they are not along a well used road or the namby pamby greenies would be up in arms, to say nothing of the hound snatchers objecting !!
Cheers Alan
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Is Google broken, Alan?
"The soil they push to the surface gets into grassland silage fed to cows and sheep in winter months, potentially contaminating meat and milk with listeriosis bacteria."
"The soil they push to the surface gets into grassland silage fed to cows and sheep in winter months, potentially contaminating meat and milk with listeriosis bacteria."
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I'm seeing moles hanging on fences everywhere I go now.
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I like Moles but I did kill the one that got in my well fed watered lawn during a hosepipe ban. I saw the earth moving and twatted it with a 2 1/2 pound sledge hammer Felt awful after.
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Felt awful after.
Because of the big divot you left in the lawn
Should have used a spade
Because of the big divot you left in the lawn
Should have used a spade
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Freako wrote: ↑Sat May 19 2018 18:16 -I bet the mole felt worse!I like Moles but I did kill the one that got in my well fed watered lawn during a hosepipe ban. I saw the earth moving and twatted it with a 2 1/2 pound sledge hammer Felt awful after.
Somewhere I have a very bad photo of a mole swimming in a well known Midlands stillwater.
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could never understand why mr fox, badger owl buzzard etc never nicked them off the wire
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Excuse my ignorance , but what`s the point of hanging them on the fences ???
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It is an odd one. You'd think magpies would have them away if nothing else did.
Another reason for stringing them up was to stop mole catchers taking moles from one job to another to get paid twice. In the days they were paid by the mole!
Another reason for stringing them up was to stop mole catchers taking moles from one job to another to get paid twice. In the days they were paid by the mole!