Mole or Gopher… And how to eradicate

General Forum
1

These mounds are starting to pop up more regularly. In the Charlotte, NC area

mole-or-gopher-and-how-to-eradicate-v0-tfgsr2e5yj4e1
mole-or-gopher-and-how-to-eradicate-v0-tfgsr2e5yj4e11512×2016 1.29 MB

2

You’re gonna need a driver’s license and a clean record.

12-28 gauge, a lawn chair, case of beer and a few days off work will take care of them.

3

Bowie said:
You’re gonna need a driver’s license and a clean record.

12-28 gauge, a lawn chair, case of beer and a few days off work will take care of them.

Love it.

4

Is this area consistently wet? This looks like crawfish.

5

Sawyer said:
Is this area consistently wet? This looks like crawfish.

That’s what I was thinking. When you see like balls of mud, that’s how they dig their homes.

6

Hadi said:

Sawyer said:
Is this area consistently wet? This looks like crawfish.

That’s what I was thinking. When you see like balls of mud, that’s how they dig their homes.

Same, live outside of RVA and it looks a lot like crawfish.

7

Looks like crawfish mounds to me. They look stomped/kicked over if that is what they are though. If there’s a water source nearby or that area is regularly wet, it could be something to consider.

8

I had one this summer. I used three different poisons that I stuffed down its tunnel, sprayed the lawn with castor oil, and used 8 solar vibrating spikes. Each spike is good for 800 sq ft. I used all 8 around my 700 sq ft front lawn. It’s either dead from the poison, deaf and gone crazy from the vibrating spikes, or repelled from the castor oil. I basically threw the kitchen sink at it. No signs of it since. Not sure which method worked or if it was a combination of them.

9

@Keelan
Wouldn’t castor oil smother the grass?

10

Oak said:
@Keelan
Wouldn’t castor oil smother the grass?

I did not have any issues:

Mole Repellent https://www.lowes.com/pd/Victor-1-Quart-Pest-Repeller/5001600433

11

Looks like moles to me. Gopher mounds tend to be bigger.

12

Riley said:
Looks like moles to me. Gopher mounds tend to be bigger.

Agreed. Too small for gophers. Almost looks like mudbug mounds, but I can’t really tell what I’m looking at in the pictures.

13

Riley said:
Looks like moles to me. Gopher mounds tend to be bigger.

Definitely not moles. Moles make little raised tunnels, not these mounds of pellets.

14

Dynamite. The Carl Spackler Special.

15

Kai said:
Dynamite. The Carl Spackler Special.

C4. That’s what my man Carl used; it’s much more moldable into friendly looking creatures that it may like and want to chat with.