Finding Mole Runs

The first thing to do when finding mole runs is to stand back and have a good look at what's in front of you.  Ideally you want to find a main run, this will usually be between mole hills going in a straight line. In the picture above you can see them at the top of the picture.

With your heel or a walking stick feel for give in between these mole hills. If there is a run you should be able to feel a slight hollow there.  Dig out a trap size hole and clean out any obstructing soil from the mole run.

 
Having made sure there is no obstructions, carefully insert the trap so that the prongs are either side of the run.

Carefully put clods around the trap and cover with soil so no light gets into the run.  Though Moles do not see well, they do know the difference between light and dark.

One of three things will happen; the mole will ignore your trap, the mole will stuff your trap with soil, or you will catch your mole.  Hopefully the latter.

Happy Trapping.

Evan's first rabbit.

I suppose everyone remembers their first rabbit caught. It is when you join that exclusive group of hunters bound by skill and blood and loss.

Evans shot was a really good one, of coarse as his father I am biased.   He had been practising for a couple of days with my BRNO .22 and had become quite proficient with it.

We went shooting up in the hills of Mid Wales on a large farm with plenty of cover for rabbits.  Walking up to the hill gate we spotted a rabbit sitting by a fence at the bottom of the field.  Evan using the gate post as a rest for the rifle took careful aim at his quarry some 80 yards away.  The rifle is silenced and we were using Eley subsonics so a click as the firing pin struck the cartridge was followed by a load thwack as the hollow point round found its target and killed the rabbit instantly.

A very proud father took the photo of sons first rabbit.