Many myths on how to remove these elusive creatures are circulating, however, only trapping has proven to be a reliable and positive method of long-term mole control. Lets take a look at some of the outlandish methods that have made the rounds.

1. Poisonous Fumes

Specifically mole bombs and car exhausts. With those big feet, the mole has probably burrowed out of range at the first whiff! Also, fumigating your soil with poison gas has the tendency to kill all the good bugs and bacteria that assist you in your gardening.

2. Mole Baits

Remember that long narrow mouth? If the bait doesn't have the consistency of a 'wet noodle' then the mole
probably can't eat it. Besides, it is dangerous to spread poisoned pellets a few inches under the soil surface
because small pets and other animals may dig them up. So far, there is no hard evidence to prove or disapprove of the effectiveness of mole baits.

3. Chewing Gum

With such narrow mouth parts, the mole isn't capable of biting into a piece of gum - no matter how badly we would like to gum him up!

4. Noxious Substances

Ocasionally, moth balls or Draino placed in the tunnels will temporarily move your mole next door, but he will be back to cover or expel the substance out of the ground in no time. Just remember not to put these chemicals near your vegetable garden. Environmentally speaking, this is a very unsound practice.

5. Drowning

Flooding is a natural occurrence that the mole has evolved over millions of years to deal with. In fact, they are capable of traveling through water and mud filled tunnels during periods of intense flooding. Moles are excellent swimmers and that long snout allows them to travel between available air pockets within a flooded tunnel system. Also, mole tunnels are so twisting, turning and uneven that they are almost impossible to totally flood.

6. Vibrating Windmills

Perhaps if you happen to place one directly over its nest you may move him four feet or so - but don't count on it.

7. Hair

As a repellent, it is hard to believe that an animal covered in so much hair would find a handful of it offensive. However, if human hair does disturb moles, then a quick plug of soil would immediately bury the
inconvenience and the tunnel could be easily re-routed.

8. Others

And there are many for example: broken glass and blackberry branches inserted into the tunnels for the
mole to cut themselves on, buckets or pails for them to fall into, open bottles buried into the ground above
tunnels to produce distressing noises, mixtures of soaps and laxatives inserted into tunnels, used oil and even
kitty litter!

Dogs will often go after moles and sometimes even capture them, but the mounds and holes they leave behind often put the mole's work to shame.