Killed two moles in my garage in two days.

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So I tried to look up moles in Garage and it said it's very rare and they probably just came in on accident. But two in two days is a little odd. It's definitely not mice so is there anything to do besides more traps?
 
I've caught several in mine as well with traps.

My area is loaded with them, my little dog even snatched one right out of a hole in a neighbor's yard.

Make sure the seal on the bottom of the door is tight.
 
Cowboy said:
So I tried to look up moles in Garage and it said it's very rare and they probably just came in on accident. But two in two days is a little odd. It's definitely not mice so is there anything to do besides more traps?
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Now that you have that nice new lawn in the front yard they need a place to rest!!
 
Was it a mole, vole or shrew? I occasionally have the moles tunnel in the outer edge of my yard and have caught a few with a mole trap. I do from time to time find either voles or shrews just laying in odd places. They are smaller and shaped more like mice, while the mole has the big digging from feet.

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This is what the moles I trapped looked like. Scary looking.

I believe that is a shrew also. I find them from time to time. They look like a long nose mouse without ears.

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First two winters here I had deer mice in the shed. I finally killed them all with a shovel and then I dumped a bottle of peppermint oil along the floor seam inside of all the exterior walls of the shed. No more deer mice.
I still get either moles or voles in the back yard. Not sure what to do about them, been hoping the black snake I saw this summer would get em if the two owls didn't.
 
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beamernc said:
This is what the moles I trapped looked like. Scary looking.

I believe that is a shrew also. I find them from time to time. They look like a long nose mouse without ears.
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I didn't look that close at the one I trapped.
I just dumped it out of the trap, half stuffed it back in the hole, and figured a possum or vulture would come get it.
 
Timfoilhat said:
First two winters here I had deer mice in the shed. I finally killed them all with a shovel and then I dumped a bottle of peppermint oil along the floor seam inside of all the exterior walls of the shed. No more deer mice.
I still get either moles or voles in the back yard. Not sure what to do about them, been hoping the black snake I saw this summer would get em if the two owls didn't.
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worked pretty well
 
If you've got moles and/or voles, put out something to kill the grubs in your soil.
No food, they'll find somewhere else to live.
 
ronn47 said:
If you've got moles and/or voles, put out something to kill the grubs in your soil.
No food, they'll find somewhere else to live.
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That's my other nemesis. I've been putting down grub control every few months and I still lose the lawn every fall.
 
Voles donā€™t generally eat grubs, they are mostly herbivores.
 
We had a squirrel and chipmunk problem in NH.
We used 22 quiet hollow points, a 22 bolt action rifle with a scope, and an open bathroom window.
3-4 squirrels and 5-6 chipmunks a day.
One issue was getting enough ammo.
I think the Hawk and raccoon died from ingesting lead, but they put on a lot of weight.
 
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