The mole catching season is now upon us, and we usually find that customers start to ring up at the tail end of November when moles start to become noticeable on the land.
Since the banning of strychnine in September 2006, we now only use trapping for mole control in lancashire. This approach may seem old fashioned to some but there is no questioning its efficiency when there is a pile of dead moles at the end of the day. We find that farmers like the visual evidence that moles have been trapped and caught and they can then see what they are getting for their money.
The amount of moles caught on a farm can vary greatly. Our best tally to date for one farm was 15 moles short of 1000 for the season. It was particularly annoying to the lads not to have 15 more moles from the farm as it would have been nice to say a round 1000. I can’t begin to imagine what the silo must have been like on that farm before we started trapping the moles, it must have been almost inedible.
We are well suited to jobs such as these and usually send out two men per quad for the trapping of large numbers of moles. We then try to keep costs to a minimum by sending two men on two quads to do the follow up visit, where the traps are emptied and reset.
Should you be interested in a quotation for having your own moles caught, please don’t hesitate to contact us.
Ring early, mind, because we seem to be getting booked up well in advance nowadays. With it being a number of years since strychnine was banned and having had a couple of wet summers means that moles have survived very well and are now showing up in greater numbers