Holy Moley Holey

[Ilovebigcats]

We have a wretched mole in our front yard. It has caused SERIOUS issues. I can take a broom handle and shove it in the ground at least a foot cause the ground is so broken up.

Anyway... the question is this... do they do away in cold weather? Do they hibernate?

Here is the bigger deal. There has always been at sink hole in the front yard. About the size of a car tire. It gets filled in and slowly sinks back down. This is my grandfathers house. I know everything you can think of has been throw in there. Right now there are several bricks in there. It just needs some fill dirt. So that makes me think there may be sinking issues already or maybe a whole slew of moles.

The past 2 months there is NOW a sink hole at the end of the driveway. It is not HUGE but it is DEEP. It is over where the drainage ditch goes under the end of the driveway. I am not good at describing things... I can take pics. I can see about 2 foot down the hole. It is a concrete driveway.. it's all broken up at that spot now.

Could it all be from the moles or should I worry that there is a large sink hole problem and we are going to be one of those people whose house caves in one day.

[Paully_44]

We have a wretched mole in our front yard. It has caused SERIOUS issues. I can take a broom handle and shove it in the ground at least a foot cause the ground is so broken up.

Anyway... the question is this... do they do away in cold weather? Do they hibernate?

Here is the bigger deal. There has always been at sink hole in the front yard. About the size of a car tire. It gets filled in and slowly sinks back down. This is my grandfathers house. I know everything you can think of has been throw in there. Right now there are several bricks in there. It just needs some fill dirt. So that makes me think there may be sinking issues already or maybe a whole slew of moles.

The past 2 months there is NOW a sink hole at the end of the driveway. It is not HUGE but it is DEEP. It is over where the drainage ditch goes under the end of the driveway. I am not good at describing things... I can take pics. I can see about 2 foot down the hole. It is a concrete driveway.. it's all broken up at that spot now.

Could it all be from the moles or should I worry that there is a large sink hole problem and we are going to be one of those people whose house caves in one day.

If your local hw still sells the claw type mole traps, I'd recommend buying a few. Digout the mound a little, put it in line with their tunnel. That is the only way I was able to get rid of them from my yard a few years back.

Mole tunnels are relatively close to the surface. The ones I had were less than a foot down.

Not sure if they hibernate, but the activity slowed down. I got'em in the spring though.

[Carlene Prince]

You are a Tennessee girl…………get your shotgun.

We have one too, and he is tearing up our front yard and flowerbeds.


Thanks Paully for the information as well, we will use it too, and if it don't work, I still have a shotgun!!!

[Paully_44]

Thanks Paully for the information as well, we will use it too, and if it don't work, I still have a shotgun!!!

I live in the city limits so I couldnt use my shotgun.

I had tried everything before "the claw", including all the home remedies. Nothing helped. I called a Mole man, he used the claw and it worked. I immediately went and bought a couple. Just make sure you cover them with a bucket or something.

[forestwalker]

That sounds like much more than a mole problem. I don't suppose any of your buddies are geologists?

[DeWayneTN]

I know an expert. He normally deals with gophers. He's very effective:

[Pastor Bill]

We HAD one, but the dog got him! (I heard he had been around for years)

[free]

Buy several packs of Juicy Fruit gum...Put on a pair of gloves...Unwrap the gum and roll each piece into a ball...Drop the balls of gum into any holes you can find...The mole will eat the gum and it will get stuck in it's throat.

I know it sounds cruel but it is affective.

[Shellie]

DeWayne, you beat me to it. That is the exact thought I had.

Side note....look how young Bill Murray was.