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Started by Speedbag, August 23, 2010, 12:37:17 PM

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Speedbag

August 23, 2010, 12:37:17 PM
BASTARDS!!!!!!!

They are totally destroying my lawn.  >:(

I've tried smoke bombs and grub killer (they eat 'em) to no avail.

If anyone has any tips for killing these little make the beast with two backsers, I'm all ears.
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SacDuc

#1
August 23, 2010, 12:53:35 PM
HATERS GONNA HATE.

Speedbag

#2
August 23, 2010, 01:05:33 PM
A friend of mine sent me a link to that very clip.  [laugh]

Explosives have crossed my mind....
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Monsterlover

#3
August 23, 2010, 01:07:50 PM
Get a cat?

Rodents like that go away quickly when there are cat's on patrol
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Kopfjäger

#4
August 23, 2010, 01:08:57 PM
Borrow a friends Jack Russell for a few weeks.
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Speedbag

#5
August 23, 2010, 01:11:51 PM
Have 3 cats.

Trouble is, not one of them has ever been outside. They all freak out when you try to take them out. I think they'd disappear forever if left alone outdoors.....

I need the scarred-up old tom from my former workplace.
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Monsterlover

#6
August 23, 2010, 01:21:36 PM
do you live in a place where an outdoor cat would be ok?

they are highly effective.

how about one of those ultrasonic things that are supposed to drive away rodents (annoys them?)  Don't know if they work or not.

How about this?

Rodent Blaster in action.
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Speedbag

#7
August 23, 2010, 01:26:48 PM Last Edit: August 23, 2010, 01:28:48 PM by Speedbag
The problem with an outdoor cat is it pissing off the neighbors.

Used to have a cat that spent half his time outside. He did a great job of leaving various headless corpses on the deck for my approval. And kicking the neighbor's pussy yellow lab's ass. Unfortunately, he vanished a few years back; he was highly territorial and I suspect he tangled with a coon or coyote one night and finally met his match (or the neighbor did him in  >:( ).

I just came in from touching off the latest round of smoke bombs. They seem to be hit and miss.

I need something more positive.....

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SacDuc

#8
August 23, 2010, 01:35:37 PM


Some of the guys in charge of protecting new grape vines around here use a combination of poison and these:

http://www.pestdetour.com/store/pc/The-Black-Box-Trap-158p1190.htm

This is most for gophers though.

sac
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rgramjet

#9
August 23, 2010, 01:57:52 PM
A Jack Russell will take care of your mole and cat problem. And opossum.  And snake. And frog/toad. And groundhog. And rabbit. And squirrel.

My last one exterminated at least one member of the previous list.  He took on a beaver and that didn't end well, not to mention the cow that he attacked!

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fastwin

#10
August 23, 2010, 02:38:44 PM
I've got pocket gophers at my farm. Same sort of nuisance critter. Whenever I see fresh mounds pop up near the yard I'll back my Craftsman lawn tractor up to the freshest one and cram a section of garden hose (used just for this purpose) into the tunnel and stick the other end in the Kohler exhaust. Set it on idle and sit back and have a beer and cigar. The line from Wizard of Oz is very appropriate... "the poppies will make them sleep!" Funny how the trail of mounds tends to end right there. Weird huh? ;D

Screw you PETA!!! [laugh]

DoubleEagle

#11
August 23, 2010, 08:24:08 PM
We used to have Moles that would ruin a Golf Green.

Used the spring loaded pitch fork like devices that you set on the tunnels and when the Mole comes by it trips the spring and you have squired Mole.

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Speedbag

#12
August 24, 2010, 01:59:47 AM
Quote from: DoubleEagle on August 23, 2010, 08:24:08 PM
We used to have Moles that would ruin a Golf Green.

Used the spring loaded pitch fork like devices that you set on the tunnels and when the Mole comes by it trips the spring and you have squired Mole.

Dolph     :)

Hmmm....those things actually work?
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The Architect

#13
August 24, 2010, 02:13:13 AM
I had a mole problem in my back yard.  After the snow melted in the spring my lawn would look like some one plowed it.

I tried the spring loaded traps with no success.  I tried sprays with no success.

What finally worked was a combination of milky spore powder http://www.stgl.us/gstore/productcart/pc/viewPrd.asp?idcategory=44&idproduct=4006 and those reusable mouse traps.  It turns out moles like peanut butter.  Who knew?

Quote from: fastwin on August 23, 2010, 02:38:44 PM
I've got pocket gophers at my farm. Same sort of nuisance critter. Whenever I see fresh mounds pop up near the yard I'll back my Craftsman lawn tractor up to the freshest one and cram a section of garden hose (used just for this purpose) into the tunnel and stick the other end in the Kohler exhaust. Set it on idle and sit back and have a beer and cigar. The line from Wizard of Oz is very appropriate... "the poppies will make them sleep!" Funny how the trail of mounds tends to end right there. Weird huh? ;D

Screw you PETA!!! [laugh]

^^^^ That sounds like a good idea.

TJR178

#14
August 24, 2010, 05:17:10 AM
Mouse traps and PB worked for me too.  I was having the same issues with holes and "runways" as they call them, all through my lawn and landscaping.  I caught three in about two weeks.

I've heard the milky spore powder works too.  I'll be getting that next year.
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