Cats make great mole catchers! I have dead moles laying around all over the place! The moles cannot feel the vibration of their feet when the cats are walking overhead. The cats can hear the moles shuffling around a few inches below the surface near a mole hole. They simply reach in and grab and pull...

The technique I learned for getting rid of moles from my grandfather was quite simply put, an eight year old (with big lawns to mow) kids' dream come true. Here's what ya do… Get yourself a can of Union Carbide® calcium carbide chips (for use in a miner's lamp). Then get a hand trowel and a watering can with warm water in it. Go out to the freshest molehill you can find and open the tunnel with the trowel. Put about three tablespoons (~1/4 cup) of carbide chips deep into the hole. Pour some of the warm water down the hole and quickly cover with the remaining outside dirt. When the warm water hits the calcium carbide chips you get acetylene gas. It's highly flammable. Do this with ALL remaining molehills. Then, you can sit quietly back and watch your neighbors' lawn go quickly and completely all to hell… Or, 'kick it up a notch' and ignite the acetylene. I rigged up a hand cranked magneto from an old telephone, and used a few strands of "0000" steel wool clipped between the two leads from the magneto as a spark generator. But batteries work well, too. Is this "safe"? It was in 1961… The only thing that's changed, is that the per capita IQs of the general populace have taken a steep nose dive since. That being said, I think I should include the following disclaimer… Disclaimer: DO NOT TRY THIS AT HOME WITHOUT THE PROPER GOVERNMENT PERMITS AND/OR THE SUPERVISION OF SOME GLADHANDING, INCOMPETENT, UN-ELECTED, FEDERAL, STATE, COUNTY, OR MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT BUREAUCRAT(s). Furthermore, mynorthwest.com, The Dori Monson Show, KIRO 97.3 FM, and the author of this post, assume no liability or responsibility whatsoever if you decide to do something stupid. You've been disclaimed.

My dog would get moles, but she dug up all the tunnels chasing them so the yard looked like WW1 trench lines...and she wouldn't give up till she got them. It cost thousands to put it back together. BTW the dog died of old age... I like the quad naught steel wool...

..the illegal traps. Go get a couple and just dont talk about it with your snoopy, Gregroire voting neighbors and all will be just fine.