More Moles

I think everyone is aware of our continuous mole problem. When Jim & I went to the St. Charles Home Show last year, we went for the purpose of hearing “The Mole Hunter” give his expert opinion on how to battle moles. After spending $150 for supplies, and a bit of trial and error, Jim has been successful in killing 4 or 5 moles. It seems we will never be all-together rid of moles as we live by the woods. I thought we had a whole family, including grandparents tearing up our front yard recently. Jim set his traps and it took a few weeks but he texted me one day before I got home from work that he got a mole. He was so proud that he saved it to show me.

My boss, Edson has come to me asking for advice because he has a mole tearing up his yard. He’s so desperate that he wanted the name and phone number of the Mole Hunter. I gave him the information but told him it would be very expensive and he should set traps like Jim. He agreed and I told him to buy 4 steel traps. Edson and I talked about it and arranged a time on the weekend a few weeks ago that Jim & I would stop by to show him how to set the traps. Unfortunately, our plans changed and we went to his house earlier and he wasn’t able to be there. Edson had told me the mole was on the side of the house to the right and we couldn’t miss the torn up yard. So, Jim & I walked around the yard and when I pointed to an area of dead grass in the front right section, Jim said it was zoysia and that’s why it wasn’t green yet. So we went further back and found tracks where Jim set the traps. After he was done, we were walking through the front yard where the “zoysia” was and we felt more mole tunnels underfoot. At that point, we realized that this was the spot Edson was talking about but we didn’t have time to move & reset the traps because we were in a hurry to go someplace. Jim was mortified that Edson would think he was an idiot! I told him that I’d pretend we didn’t walk on the dead grass and feel the mole tunnels.

Edson called later in the day to thank us for helping and didn’t mention that the traps might not be in the right area. Of course he wouldn’t mention it – he’s Japanese! Anyway, he said he would invite us over for a barbecue when he catches the mole. A mole barbecue, that is!