Victor Plunger Style Mole Trap, Spring Trap for Lawns and Gardens

I recently bought some land with a large mole problem. I remember my grandfather using these quite effectively growing up and catching moles. These traps definitely take some trial and error. Not only in learning how to lock them into place, but how to place them correctly in the ground to catch a mole. After a little over a month, I got the hang of it and over the course of about 4 months I have caught 11 moles with 4-5 different traps. These take some time to get use to but they do work great in catching moles. It definitely takes some time to get used to it and it is user error if people say it doesn't work. Major issues for me: A few issues for me is that it doesn't always kill the mole and I have to finish the job, which is not pleasant. Although I have figured out how to set them, they can still be a pain to lock into place.

The first time I set this, it was pretty easy. I literally took it out of the box and went straight to their tunnel and set the trap per the instructions (very crude instructions, I might add). After 2 days, nothing. It rained heavily, and they seemed to move to the other end of the yard, so I pulled up the trap and attempted to set it on the other end of the yard. Wow, could not get the little lever to stay on the outside while I set the trap. Took forever and when I was finally able to set it, it was in the wrong place. Third time I couldn't set it at all and it almost took my finger off. You literally have to hold that lever while you're setting it and that's very dangerous. My daughter asked me why I got such a dangerous trap and I thought, why did I? Well, I thought it was safe. It's really not. Unfortunately, I cannot recommend this. All of our neighbors have the scissors' type traps that look like bear traps. Those are scary. I thought this would be safer, but you could lose a finger setting this thing and it didn't work. To those who claim you have to be patient and wait weeks--that's not true at all. ALL of my neighbors had a mole within hours of setting the scissor's type traps. But they also dug up the hole, laid the trap, put a bucket over the top so it was dark, and waited. I don't have the patience for that so I guess I'll try the sonic ones next. I've uploaded three photos so you can see the trap, the box, the instructions, and the lever I'm talking about. The instructions really aren't clear at all. I had to watch several videos on YouTube.

Really hard to set - took quite an amount of time and strength to learn how to set this trap. Almost impossible to tell the tension on the trigger. When it didn't go off for several days - I could tell the hole was cleared by the mole so I tried to trip the trigger and had to use significant force - the mole was never going to push that hard against it. After 5 sets - I have not caught the mole - the hole has always been cleared or re-routed around the device or deeper. It's a daily use tunnel. I compress the tunnel and within a day it's fluffed up and you can easily push a stick through and feel the cavity of the tunnel - but it hasn't set off the trap. Could be that my soil is too soft? Regardless - tons of videos showing this thing catching moles but I've had no luck. The ground in the videos looks more clay and cracked than my forest dirt here in the mountains. My tunnels are also deeper I think - not right up on the surface. Not saying this doesn't work - just saying I it's not nearly as easy to set and use. And it's not as effective as the video claims.

These are absolute chore to get set correctly but work well once you learn. It comes with a chain whose purpose seems to be in the way. I had a couple of these for years till the spring got too weak to spear the mole. The new ones have great springs but are not manufactured to the tolerance of the those of 20 years ago. Some tweaking with bolt cutter, pliers and a file have them working fine. I bought the newer plastic model that is much easier to use but all 4 of them failed over the next 2 years due to plastic parts breaking

This thing is a God-send for me. I am mechanically minded and I read the reviews of folks having some problems with this. When I got it I could see how the instructions may be a little short. Below I will explain how to set it in detail (from my perspective). THE PROBLEM: I probably had 60 mole tunnels crisscrossing my yard, tearing it up and it was driving me crazy! I tried poisonous gas and over the counter solid poisons for moles and my professional pest control people gave me something stronger to put in the tunnels....nothing worked. I spent about 40 minutes driving over and flattening all the tunnels and then the next day watched about a 30-yard tunnel appear! I tried spearing the bugger but didn't have any luck with that. My neighbor told me about this type of trap so I ordered it. It arrived after dark and I went out with a flashlight to set it for the first time. HOW IT WORKS AND HOW TO SET: 1st flatten all your tunnels and then look the next day for a new active tunnel. You can flatten them by stepping on them with the back of a hoe or do like I did and drive over them the wheel of a car or a riding lawn mower. 2nd – once you identify the active tunnel find a narrow part of the tunnel and flatten the roof slightly with with shoe or the fist of your hand (thumb depression in instructions is too narrow, I think the depression needs to be as wide as the firing plate). This is where the firing plate will sit and when the mole tries to repair his slightly flattened tunnel he will push up on the firing plate and fire the mechanism. 3rd.Take the two WIDEST spikes of the contraption and straddle the tunnel where you made the depression. Push the entire mechanism down with the wide spikes going into solid earth on either side of the tunnel until the firing plate sets on top of the depression in the tunnel. These wide spikes will hold the trap down when it fires. 4th – hold the trap down while pulling up and down a couple of times on the top handle that has a spring. This will pull the kill spikes up and down through the tunnel clearing a travel path. 5th – Now it’s time to set: (some of the reviewers had trouble setting it and I am convinced that it is because the firing plate was too tight against the top of the tunnel…I almost always had to pull up about an eighth of an inch on the entire trap to loosen the pressure on the firing plate when setting it…..but not so much that the kill spikes would not reach their depth and target) hold the trap down and pull up on the top handle until the notch in the holding lever holds the plate with the spikes up in the air…adjust the depth of the whole trap as described above until it stays. MY GREAT RESULTS: My trap arrived after dark and I went out with a flashlight an set it as described above. I went to dinner and when I came back and it had sprung. I set it again and went to bed. The next day it had NOT sprung again but after several days I had NO NEW TUNNELS. I had a similar experience in the back yard with a tunnel. It sprung within a few hours but after setting it again it never sprung again. The tunnels stopped. I am so happy to find something that actually worked!!!!! Buy it and enjoy!

I normally use the scissor style traps and have found them to be easy to set and effective. i bought these Victors because i needed traps with a narrower geometry to fit up close to hard landscape edging. So far i have set and re-set these traps three times and had the following experience: As others have said they are really hard to set since you're fighting the spring tension, lining up that bottom plate leg on the trigger at the same time. Instructions are not good. So far they have done more damage to me than the moles as on my last set I ended up cutting my finger with it when it triggered unexpectedly (wore leather gloves and it tore those too). i think it was because of that worthless chain hanging off of the end of it that flew around and got me. The only way I can set the thing properly is to do it in my vice in the garage and then take it to the mole track - while putting a small screwdriver through the top hole as a safety catch until its placed. If i keep using them I will need to figure out how to modify them to work better. Bottom lines: These are very hard to set and can lead to user injury if you're not careful. Scissor trap types work better and are much easier/safer to set without having to get on the ground.

This does not work! It will not set! It seemed like our problem went away, however it just started again, so now 4 days out of the return window we needed it & there is no way it will set. I'll dispute this on my credit card if they don't refund me.

I have a large yard with several moles. I called a mole/pest removal company. I hired them and paid 200.00 to have about a dozen traps set (yes, they used these exact traps which is why I ordered some for myself). Anyway, they had 30 days to trap moles in my yard. They also charged 69.00 for each mole they caught. They got 5 moles in that time. That may not seem like many, but if you read about moles, you'll find out they are not like mice or rats. They breed slowly and live alone. They reproduce once per year and maybe have 2-4 offspring of which maybe half will live in natural conditions. When you see an area or network of mole tunnels (your grass pushed up), that's just one mole... If you study the tunnels, you'll usually see it comes in from the edge of your yard where there may be more moisture (forest or wild area). You just need to look at the branching of the tunnels and find a few areas where you can guess the mole may be re-using that section to go back and forth. Once you locate a good spot, gently push the grass down to collapse the tunnel, and set the trap. Be sure to set the trap so the spikes that go in the ground (not the spikes that kill the mole) are not right in the middle of the mole tunnel. The idea (obviously) is to set the trap in an area the mole will try to use again. When the mole tries to fix the tunnel, bam! I just trapped my first mole today. I saw the spring of the trap was down, took the trap up, and the mole was dead underneath. This trap does work to kill the mole. You just need to put it in the right place and set it correctly. The guy who worked for the pest control company told me most of this and it really makes a difference. I'm here to buy a few more traps. I would suggest getting two traps for each distinct area you think there may be a mole. I plan to just keep rotating 4-6 traps until all the moles are gone. Update: 11/15. I've been using these traps for years now. I have 1.5 acres and currently have about a dozen of these traps. Each season I have to take care of 6-10 active tunnels. Here's another tip: When you see the trap has been triggered, before you pull up the trap to check for the mole, step down on the spike part of the trap. This will make sure you finish off the mole. Sometimes the trap merely pins the mole down, and if you remove the trap, the mole can sometimes squirm away. I don't want to guess whether I got the mole or not. I'd rather put the mole out of its misery rather than have him get away and die a slow death.

Une seule taupe peut facilement détruire 1000 m2 de pelouse, il faut donc agir dès les premiers signes d'activité. Si on laisse les taupes tranquilles, elles creuseront un réseau de tunnels qui sera réoccupé en permanence par d'autres taupes. Ce produit est efficace, comme laisse imaginer sa forme "médiévale" mais seulement pour les galléries de surface dites "de chasse". Pour les galléries profondes, on a besoin d'une piège classique du type "ciseaux". Bref, il convient d'acheter les deux types de piège, et surtout bien apprendre à s'en servir. En effet les pièges à taupes c'est un peu un art.

ottimo

Muy eficaces contra plagas

Not easy to set but should work well if a mole surfaces beneath it.

POCO SENSIBILE, difficile da innescare e praticamente è impossibile che scatti. Nessuna cattura. ARTICOLO POCO UTILE REALIZZATO MOLTO MALE