Moles Leave my garden alone.

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I have one or maybe more moles in my garden and the yard area around my garden close to a quarter acre of area. As far as I can tell, the moles are not eating plants, but their tunneling under the rows and across the rows. The moles are not making hills, but the tunnels are visible on top of the ground. Plant roots are drying out and dying.

I have been using two Victor Out O'Sight mole traps for the last month, and I still have not caught one single mole. I used a Victor spear trap for a couple weeks too, but it never got tripped either, so I returned it. I found a deep tunnel which was about eight inches down, and nothing on that tunnel yet either. I have set the Victor trap two different ways. Excavating the hole, and then sifting dirt back in on top of the trap, and cutting a slot across the tunnel, and setting the trap that way. The traps have never been tripped either. I let the traps set for two to three days before I move it. I have been using gloves too.

Got a Nash Choker Loop mole trap yesterday, and it is set now. The Nash trap is harder to set than the Victor, and the Nash does not have a safety either. The Nash trap does have a hair trigger on it from the factory. Hopefully the Nash will be the trap that gets the moles.

It's not rained for a while around here, so the moles activity has slowed down at least on the ground surface. I am beginning to think that I have the Einstein of moles in my garden.

Mole poisons are not legal to buy in the state of NC because of the star nose mole in the southeastern part of NC. It is on the state protected list. I would not use poisons anyway even if they were legal to buy.

What would you do to get rid of moles?