Tips from Toby: Best ways to stop moles

[@rlw120149]

I had moles all over my yard and I tried everything I heard of that did not include traps or something bought to kill them. Most of my yard slopes from front to back ( 1 acre ) and I had several different moles creating raised tracks in my grass. I finally got an idea that worked everytime and it was simple and safe for everyone but the mole. I found the highest point of the raised mole trail, took my garden hose and inserted it into the trail, turned the hose on and let it run. Some times it would take 20 to 30 minutes for me to find how far in the trail the water had made it before it started to over flow. Usually the trails length amazed me and sometimes I used a dry stick to poke in the trail to see if the water had made it that far. Usually I found a mole making tracks to get out of the water and I removed his muddy self and took him to the woods away from my house. Some times I never found them but the trails went away and I have to assume they drowned. It worked, watered the ground, and I tamped down the trails the next day when they were dry. Problem solved.

[@amen98]

I have 2 pups who seems to be pretty good at getting the moles. One of them Kills them and the other is No kill.

[@sammylacks4937]

No wonder Lake Meade is going dry.

[@sharnadejong1345]

Wish I could do this but my backyard is close to a gold course and I think it's all connected so it would be so expensive to drown them all!

[@ricaard]

Just like in the cartoons!

[@IowaKim]

I have three different traps and and haven't caught any moles this year. My most effective method this year is as soon as a new mound is made, scrape off the excess dirt and run a garden hose in the new hole. I have caught seven moles this year doing this method.

[@misssweetpea24]

How does it work? Do you turn the hose on and how do you know if you caught them...do the come out from the hole?

[@IowaKim]

@@misssweetpea24 After you sweep away all the excess dirt, run the hose into the hole. You might have to poke around with the hose if the water runs over, and all the sudden the water will go down the deep tunnel like a toilet flushing. Keep it running for up to 10 minutes. If one is in there it should come up within the first 5 minutes. I kneel next to the hole. If the mole is there and comes up the water will actually start to overflow again as the mole swims up (slowing the water draining down). Be ready to grab the mole as soon as it surfaces! It won't bite because it is struggling to breath and I throw it directly into a bucket. Be quick about it. I missed one as I was standing up and by the time I bent over, it had gotten a breath and went back down, probably to a side tunnel.

[@misssweetpea24]

Kim X thanks

[@adammills8612]

@@IowaKim daaaang. Nice!

[@Indyjeeplover]

My neighbors and I have five acres each in the country. Few years back we had LOTS of moles. We’ve used scissor traps and the three of us have killed probably 35-40 moles. I have five of those traps myself. You’ll get multiples out of the same run once you find a main run. Easiest way to find the active runs is to use a lawn roller to push down all the runs, then see which are the first to get used again. If you don’t want to use traps, find the active runs and poke a small hole. Insert a funnel and pour a cup of ammonia immediately followed by a cup of bleach. Keep your head back as it will immediately give off chlorine gas. Pull the funnel and close the hole with your foot. The chlorine gas is heavier than air and will drop down to the bottom of the runs. Do it multiple times until all the runs get gassed.

[@Joshua-of2dp]

This has to be the most dangerous advice I’ve seen on YT. CHLORINE GAS is very deadly to humans

[@musicjunk8266]

Jesus Christ I can't do any of those things.

[@DreamReality222]

Horrifying!!! 35-40 sweet sentient beings? These beings have every right to exist on earth as you do, otherwise they wouldn't be here. As humans we are encroaching on the land of wildlife and then getting upset wildlife is showing up on your "property". The land belongs to all creatures, not just selfish narcissistic humans who think they are more entitled then other sentient animals, who all have families and experience a full range of emotions just as humans do. We all us the bathroom, look for food and want to exist in peace. Shame on you. "The Bible teaches that we are not to abuse or punish animals in a cruel way. God has created them, and while mankind is given dominion over the animals, we are not to treat them cruelly.”

[@musicjunk8266]

@@DreamReality222 I'm trying out the castor oil granules.

[@pennyatkinson7797]

You do know don’t you animals are all a part of the food chain. Every living thing has to eat, so what is the difference if we as humans kill them, or they get killed by another animal that eats them. Yes God made all living creatures for a reason, to provide food!

[@chrisspelhaug37]

My Uncle made a mole IED from some scrap steel, pipe and a spring. Shoots off a 12 gauge shell when triggered. 100% effective every time

[@johnherman3261]

The only way that I have been able to kill moles is to grab a six pack a lawn chair and a shovel and wait for the little suckers. Sometimes the six pack turns into a half rack and by then who gives a crap.

[@DyLemmaOG]

LMAO

[@map4853]

Hahahaha

[@julesjames593]

Excellent reporting! Owls and hawks are pretty good too (but expensive to train).

[@mjkane217]

I watched a youtube video a few weeks ago about moles. this guy stuck a garden hose down the hole and turned it on...the mole can't swim, it came to the top and ...well...got dead real soon after. I tried that too. I had to put the hose down two holes, the first had nothing in it. The second had the mole. He came out about 3' from where the water going in. You can see the ground move. I stabbed the ground with a pitch fork, then turned the sod over. I have no more moles in my yard...as of now.

[@jolinewalker4925]

My gardener told me to use chocolate ex lax bars broke into pieces- put 4-5 pieces in each hole and within 24 no sign of them in the area again. I swear by this method, it has worked great for me!

[@DowntownSound1]

😏wait a minute......so you gave them ex lax.....they are them....they had such a diarrhea problem.🤣👍🏼... that they went away looking for better grounds ...? ....this is Hillarious!

[@lopezalehandro1666]

Thats brilliant

[@klj2382]

It is shit bricks and died

[@jsparlin1]

i'd probably get confused and eat the candy..umm good

[@manyourcoolchris]

Thank you Toby, I'm picking up a dozen of these easy foot stomp traps

[@PennySmart]

I've used traps, not so good as those, mine have to be completely buried into the mole tunnel. I did catch a 2 or 3, but most of the time, it did not work, they just digged a "bypass" round it. Yet I used gloves to handle the traps, etc. My guess is once they see one mole caught, they're intelligent enough to avoid the trap. Smoke cartridges worked for me in the end but I had to use loads of them.

[@margricks]

I'm finding they DUG around the traps I had set. Still have a problem.

[@gearhead5555]

I completely buried 24" wide 1/2" hardware cloth around my flower bed years ago. Haven't had mole or vole problems since. They could easily go to the surface and walk to my flowers but they don't.

[@bobbywrongway6494]

I have some experience with these pests. 1st you have to apply bug killer to the lawn every 3 to 4 months all year. When one of them does show up I flood the trail - and I mean flood it good - they really don't like water and they don't come back for quite a while.

[@dave5185]

I found a simple solution - put on vinyl/latex gloves to mask your scent and drop a half piece of juicy fruit gum in the hole. It works most of the time. Sometimes I need to do a 2nd treatment but they're gone or dead after that as they can't digest the sweet gum. It's a fraction of the cost of the poison worms and there's no danger from poison, traps, etc.

[@lovepeony1478]

Did you mean chewing gum or gummy fruit candy?

[@sherbear2016]

This really and truly works? Do you use the stick gum and break it in half? Thanks!

[@Steve-cm2ys]

Not Juicy Fruit

[@ЛотариоЛибертини]

Dave you have no idea what you're talking about. Gloves? Gum? Come on dude.

[@lovepeony1478]

I thought I was able to chase away the fatty mole under my concrete back patio in a warm afternoon for the first time in years, just before the cold temperature dropped to freezing point the following day. To my surprise, I found the covered old opening was reopened again the next day! My hope to let the critter find a new home vanished at that moment. Now I must look for a way to kick it out of my backyard again as all those tunnels caused my concrete back patio breaking a long gap in the middle and the patio might break into 4 big pieces next year.😭

[@Time-A-paradigm-shift]

Where do you buy that trap? What was the name of it?

[@MrAirtaz]

Who the hell makes a video of this without a link for the device?

[@mikey9094]

I walk along the run with a pitch fork jabbing holes along the way. Every once in a while I hear a little squeal. Seems to work.

[@thefrenchgardener1865]

I use my lawn aerator on the back of my lawn tractor and I really enjoy killing them. Ha!

[@kevinabalo]

I heard that `squeal` the other day. Thought I might have imagined it. Satisfying.

[@bernardpoole9123]

How do you catch them when they dig straight up and make them big hills

[@randyy1964]

thanks for the link for the trap you suggested. NOT

[@rapaent]

I have one of those traps "NO GOOD" I've even loosened the frame bolts. Sensitivity is terrible.

[@iobenborbiliac5960]

@S.M.C. Kennels What is the brand and model of the trap? Thanks

[@Indyjeeplover]

You can file the trigger to make it more sensitive. Also push dirt hump down the area where the trigger pan is. Leave a very slight gap between the dirt and trigger. I have had excellent success.

[@ashtonlyons1435]

we use the 22

[@patriciagantz377]

Stomp down runs and mounds , come back in an hour make small hole in each end where they resurfaced , figure highest spot , add about 2 shots Clorox to top hole and either they will come out or die ! Repeat if necessary .

[@hundragant]

Putting harsh chemicals in the ground isn't very smart

[@LazyPirate8]

Or use Celine Deon

[@russellws07]

Squeaky Squirrel 😂

[@billludolph1696]

ROFLMAO

[@billludolph1696]

I just read using small pieces of ex-lax bars... Longtime sho I had a co-worker who I had to train as a aviation parts inspector and as a holiday was coming around who ever worked a holiday was paid 3 times their normal salary. This asshole was going to be making 4 times his salary and I couldn't stand him. I was told that I would be working that day New years day. So this guys name was Gary and Gary had bought himself a brand new car with leather seats etc. And the night before we were asked to work and their was Gary so I had realized Gary would come into inspection and eat all of our treats,goodies and Gary just loved chocolate. So I gave a woman $10.00 to bake a pan of brownies and had her include into it a couple of bars of ex-lax and she put in a couple of cups of benefiber which is a dry laxative. Well Gary and our boss John ate almost the whole pan of brownies and bought of these two men never came back to work for four days and Gary was pissed off he had shot his pants on the freeway and had a fender bender and had ruined his brand new leather seats.. I laughed silently at both of them for weeks afterwards

[@kirataylor4981]

I just watched that video lmao

[@JK-ug7rm]

Buy Victor scissor for 1/3 price, and more effective on deeper tunnels.

[@Jones5150]

I went to the pound 3 weeks ago and rescued a 16 month old male German shepherd and he went right to work and has caught 3 so far “ note” he doesn’t kill them He just plays with them till I relocate them to other peoples yards that I don’t like ,,,,,Your Welcome

[@skydivecis]

I used the exhaust gasses of my electric generator group. Just place a tube in the mole hole and on the exhaust of the generatorengine, start it and let it turn long enough. In my case 45 minutes and no more mole since.

[@patrickbush9526]

My favorite method 🗣here, boy ! 💣

[@FredaBryant-tg6xp]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@annieoakslee]

Bleach and vinegar down the holes....The toxic fumes kill them

[@21gonza21]

Pour water in there they will come out and then go after them

[@Equismaximus]

The Victor Black Box is more effective and costs less than $20. It works much better at less than half the price.

[@patcampbell189]

What is the name of Tovy's mole trap he is using on u-tube?

[@organikbademcim]

If you plant the castor oil bean plant on your land, it will definitely not come again, do not kill a piece of land, it is a very useful animal for nature. don't kill, miss forever

[@oldtimer5111]

What happens if the runs aren't just under the surface? Any other trap you can use at all sorts of depths .

[@BONESnCMA]

Then you have a vole problem, different rodent, different solution.

[@jsparlin1]

golpher hawk some have luck with them.

[@inkedtoo1097]

Safe around horses?

[@congamike1]

Thanks!

[@transgenderedmuhammad8817]

These traps are hands down the best

[@lydiarobi5030]

that is a good way to stop moles. But putting traps is not a bit good

[@lydiarobi5030]

yeah

[@lydiarobi5030]

yeah

[@paflyfish]

I thought a good grub control pesticide would help to greatly reduce mole numbers.

[@christopherangeli8847]

Our trapper company wants to charge over 400 bucks for the year. My yard is probably average size, less than an acre.

[@flamenco1961]

How do you get that carcass out of that trap without losing a couple of fingers?

[@IAmHumanJake]

Don't reset it with the mole attached

[@jam5533]

I've been finding a lot of mounds from moles around the town I'm at. December 21, 2020.

[@copout1405]

This "eliminator" device? I've had one in my yard for about two months now. Change location every day or two. Haven't got one yet. Stupid, I guess.

[@groverengle5051]

Mike's gone off a few times over the past three months. Nothing in it.

[@groverengle5051]

Correction. Mine's.

[@scottodonahoe9505]

Moles only go through a feeding tunnel once . The long squiggly ones . You need to find the home tunnel that runs to their burrow . Stamp down any ground that is sticking up and wait for a day . If you find an area that you stamped down lifted that is the run you need to stick a trap .

[@gybx4094]

You can use traps short term, but long term requires Diazanon. That's what the golf courses use and it works. Unfortunately, it kills earthworms as well as grubs. But there's no other long term solution than Diazanon.

[@mvmv5883-e3g]

You can't buy it anymore. It's been replaced with useless stuff. Vinegar - panacea for everything in universe rejoice!

[@wyyrdojim]

Blowem up!💥

[@alchilds3710]

grub ex works the best. Get rid of the food and they leave

[@MrArdissono]

What about the earthworms? That is their preferred source of food even above grubs and no product on the market is detrimental to earth worms and for good reason

[@SuperDarkrock]

Administer one Elmo cat, done.

[@esthersias3559]

What kind of cartridge do i get...and where.

[@muffa9125]

Toby told me

[@georgebarnes8163]

I have never seen a mole in my life

[@tavishf.degroot8181]

Do the traps kill them ?

[@dross10001]

Yes

[@DM-gb9xq]

I just got an estimate. $500 to set trap. $125 a mole. No way!

[@ivanochoa3042]

Where did you get those traps..?

[@skittlesyumnum]

Or have a varmint hunting dog and let em do their job lol

[@philipjohnson6662]

I used a grub control product. When grubs are eliminated, so go the moles. How can a .22 work? The bastards are underground.

[@davidgibson1386]

Philip Johnson Works for a year or two and then they come back.

[@philipjohnson6662]

@@davidgibson1386 referring to grub control? Yes need to re apply annually prn. Buckets half filled with water seeds floating on top is a good trap for mice and chipmonks.

[@davidgibson1386]

Philip Johnson Thanks.

[@XMoonLightX-z3m]

*looks like the Diglett are invading....*

[@dobermanpac1064]

Best way to stop moles?? Have my Doberman over for lunch. Problem Solved.

[@pzavis25]

Or you can call Marty Molenation!

[@ahnguyen1]

try Gopher Hawk

[@Lone_Star_Proud]

Get a Blue Heron.

[@FrankJSmith-ky3zj]

Carbon dioxide is far easier and works much better.

[@Makeitliquidfast]

Used motor oil down the holes, moles are territorial one mole will dominate an entire acre. It works.

[@Nickker4]

:D :D motor oil?

[@Makeitliquidfast]

@@Nickker4 would you want to crawl through used motor oil?

[@robertboykin1828]

leave them alone. they eat grub worms that eat the grass roots. they also aireate the lawn. when the grubs are gone, so are the moles.

[@edenartgardenamusementmuse7253]

This is the comment I was looking for...can you elaborate?

[@screwybruce]

Clicked on this as the intro picture shows what others call pocket gopher mounds. Us common morons refer to as "mole hills". Two different species, two very separate means of killing since one is herbivorous, other is carnivorous.

[@lindifuller9113]

Yeah at 50.00 bucks a mole, I would have to get a second mortgage.

[@frankbates7663]

I am a professional mole trapper. There is a lot of miss information in this video.

[@sparkfire1223]

Care to explain?

[@vanuss120]

You have to certainly be careful with the product you use if you have an organic garden or a well near by the mole holes .

[@venturefanatic9262]

50 bucks a Mole...GFYS

[@dw7444]

Meh..... all you need is one of those small weed burning torches... turn it on, put it in the hole, wait 10 seconds, and hit the igniter..... POP! Problem solved.

[@jamesturner7728]

This trap is the biggest piece of crap there ever was put on the market US OR UK

[@Spiegelradtransformation]

Oh yes, i don‘t like Moles on my Personal Green.

[@TeamProsperity]

According to Arms Family Homestead Juicy Fruit Gum works better than Mole poison

[@kristenraver1395]

You should not kill animals this is their home 😢

[@cameronblades2394]

Toby, you’re talking too fast, slow it down.

[@cameronblades2394]

I also need the phone numbers you got this info from as slow as you can deliver them. Nothing slower. And leave the cookies out of it

[@sheppard19851]

Thats not true what he's saying. There is another way to get rid of moles. Get rid of their food supply. A good application of grainual bug killer should kill the grubs the moles like to eat, thus making them go somewhere else

[@MrArdissono]

You sir are an idiot. Earthworms are a staple of their diet and there isn't a product out there thatt will kill earthworms due to their numerous benefits. There goes your entire theory. Back to trapping I guess

[@patrisha7487]

Sevin granular will kill DOGS. So BEWARE of Granulated applications.

[@Cuzntime]

Moles eat worms too and your not gonna get rid of those, that's why grub control never works.

[@lovepeony1478]

Moles are vegetarian, aren't they?The fatty mole living under my concrete back patio always attacks my garden during the growing season like other critters. After that period, the mole went after my leaves of oregano and even my one foot sage became bare twice!

[@sherbear2016]

@@lovepeony1478Sounds like you have a Vole not a Mole. Voles are herbivores and moles are carnivores-they eat grubs and worms and insects. Voles eat plants and vegetation.

[@joshSmacknMouths]

Now we got chinese moles.

[@brummiebiker76]

that stupid and cruel to be honest , Seriously we want to kill anmals even living underground ?

[@trudyhattendorf1821]

You're ridiculous they destroy your lawn

[@janiceholsey942]

Do moles come in your house

[@simonmcmillan3613]

Mo

[@NunYa953]

I'm not even watching this video. I came to tell everyone a .22 rifle with a scope will take care of it. Have a nice day.

[@MrArdissono]

You sir are an idiot. Guessing with that comment you either don't even know what a mole is OR you're just full of shit and have never shot a gun. Moles are ALWAYS sub surface.

[@NunYa953]

@@MrArdissono Whatever you say.

[@Smorss2011]

WARNING: Shows tortured and killed moles. Not cool.

[@ttramos2203]

Yeah but what bait do you put at the end of trap???

[@flyfliker]

Juicy Fruit Gum

[@o925now]

Clorox

[@waldoparsnip1025]

I heard Juicy Fruit gum in their holes , clogs them up or something ?

[@SAVEAMERICA-cf6kf]

Myth

[@whenmountainsmove]

Not myth. Worked for me. Doesn’t work for some people. Those are the ones who call it a myth. Just like traps didn’t work for me.

[@whenmountainsmove]

@Darell Smith Interesting Ill have to try some high test gas! Sometimes the gum works but low and behold, this morning i find 7 more holes.

[@neonblowfish]

Jack Russell terrier, rat terrier, dachshund.... problem solved.

[@NK-tl3mn]

We are keeping moles out of our garden in an humane way; with a sonic repeller in the ground.

[@brucelinville3665]

Juicy Fruit gum in the hole

[@josephrapoza6453]

50 BUCK TO KILL MOLES. WTH..

[@jeanhewitt9291]

That is cruel

[@homesteadleeedgecox3005]

What mole trap was that

[@RonSavage01]

Lee Edgecox He says the name in the video. Duh

[@jamesbronson8408]

Lee Edgecox i

[@SANTANA1deep]

666,136 views. Okay.

[@supersonicknockout5143]

its not damage it is nature

[@dejapollo]

Supersonic Knockout and humans killing them is out nature.

[@congamike1]

You are welcome to think that until your wife/child/grandkid gets a sprained or broken ankle for stepping into a tunnel. After that, not solving the problem is negligence.

[@noidretlaw]

Out O Sight is the best - kzbin.info/www/bejne/hJndYqd4m82IpdU

[@sruano1982]

Hearts less people 😢

[@kingmole9491]

So mean, don't kill the poor animal just because it's messing up your lawn, do you want to naturally get rid of your moles. You can get a vulture and let nature do the work

[@jaypatel6574]

It's not mean at all...They ruin your lawn and makes your lawn look hideous.

[@kingmole9491]

@@jaypatel6574 but they are good for nature, would you kill someone's innocent dog just if they pooped on your grass?

[@timewilltell5476]

And what's the vulture going to do. Dance the night away?

[@timewilltell5476]

​@@kingmole9491That question is totally redundant. Want to try that again?

[@sruano1982]

Why kill the moles 😢they help the world

[@DmitriChoulanov]

It may not be good to kill moles for your own comfort at the back yard. You better think how to protect wild nature !!

[@SchindlersFiist]

Go hug a tree hippie and search why certain animals are hunted or killed

[@kevinconnor6921]

Death to all moles Only good mole is dead in hole

[@philipjohnson6662]

Think of it in this manner, killing a mole saves a lower life form, worms, and bugs.

[@jeanx58]

The best way of protect wild nature is to stop all the activities...like...lie down and do nothing for at least one month, and then forever.

[@DmitriChoulanov]

@@SchindlersFiist Go and read so called the Red Book about all kind of animals, birds and more wild nature organisms that are gone for ever because of various human activities if you're such a " smart ass"

[@telabib]

Leave them alone.

[@itztractorjohn]

Why?

[@eh6971]

Leave Britney alone!

[@kenoroblox_yt2040]

that is so sad why did you kill the mole

[@jaypatel6574]

I haven't killed any hence I am on here researching how to get rid of them but they ruin your lawn.

[@kenoroblox_yt2040]

i honestly dont even remember me saying this and watching this video

[@777greenice]

@@kenoroblox_yt2040 🤣😂🤣😂🤣 I do the same thing…someone will make a comment on something I casually watched/commented on like a year or 2 back and sometimes I read what I said and just shake my head, lol