DIY Mole Control-You Really Can Do This Yourself!

Looking out at your yard or property with all those mounds of dirt is really frustrating isn't it? Now who ever gave you the idea that DIY Mole Control was the best way to go? We did! It all depends on how you go about it though!

If you live in a rural area you may get a kick out of taking target practice when these little critters pop their little heads out of the ground. City dwellers might have some problems with the neighbors. Folks tend to get a little cranky when a load of buckshot or a bullet heads their way!

All kidding aside....DIY mole control is very important for a variety of reasons. If you decide to try and take care of the problem on your own it's best to know the right way to do it

Before getting to that it is probably better to discuss some of the common things people try and why they fail. One of them is poisons and chemicals.

You might be tempted to pour some of the products that you find on the market down into the tunnel. The picture that you see below is an actual depiction of what mole and/or gophers do underground.

Now let's stop and analyze this for a second. Do you honestly think that pouring a poison in a hole is going to nail these little boogers? You might get rid of a few of them but they are probably long gone by the time the chemicals saturate their tunnels.

Mole gopher control requires quite a bit of patience and persistence. It's hard to imagine but these creatures can push 32 times their body weight. They dig 100 yards of tunnels each and every day! Now you see why it's a little difficult to poison them sometimes.

The primary food source for moles is worms, grubs, ants and other small invertebrates in the soil. They can't stay in one place very long looking for food. If they go longer than 6 hours without food they begin to starve.

You might want to take a shot at poisoning their food supply but that is very expensive if don't know what you are doing.
organic gopher control is a better option for many folks.

Just keep in mind that no matter what you do it's probably going to be a little expensive and time consuming.