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  1. earth-thrower
    Thats what i thought "foul catches" meant too, Talpa,..lol
  2. earth-thrower
    wrong again your changing. "catching it by " From "catching it with" For the sake of clarity; I mean that I think the moles back leg may activate the trigger (knocking it forward) as the mole climbs over it. Hence the jaws not having anything in them. Yes, and i may have 'misinterpreted' what you meant by "foul capture", also.Cause i thought you meant caught or even 'pinched', the mole, in an undesirable part of its body ? But maybe you didnt ? ( just to confuse matters, further) ha ha ha . Someone else described having moles pinched under their belly. Do try and keep up.
  3. earth-thrower
    wrong again your changing. "catching it by " From "catching it with" For the sake of clarity; I mean that I think the moles back leg may activate the trigger (knocking it forward) as the mole climbs over it. Hence the jaws not having anything in them. Yes, and i may have 'misinterpreted' what you meant by "foul capture", also.Cause i thought you meant caught or even 'pinched', the mole, in an undesirable part of its body ? But maybe you didnt ? ( just to confuse matters, further) ha ha ha .
  4. earth-thrower
    Catching the trigger hoop by its back leg causing it to go off after the mole has cleared the jaws. ha ha ha , apologies, what am i like today ? What im saying, still applies,..lol confused you will be,....and i am,...ha ha ha,...but, I KNOW WHAT I MEAN, lol
  5. earth-thrower
    Catching the trigger hoop by its back leg causing it to go off after the mole has cleared the jaws. ha ha ha , apologies, what am i like today ? What im saying, still applies,..lol
  6. earth-thrower
    wrong again your changing. "catching it by " From "catching it with" lol im just not with it, ha ha ( and thats without a drink !)
  7. earth-thrower
    Catching the trigger hoop by its back leg causing it to go off after the mole has cleared the jaws. ha ha ha , apologies, what am i like today ?
  8. earth-thrower
    I gather these 'putanges' are a similar design, to the 'nomol' ? My brother sent me over the 'nomol', (lives in the states) long before, they took off over here.I tried them out for the 'novelty', and caught with IT (only set one , without pegging it with the cane) lol,....so i dont doubt at all, you can catch well, with them.
  9. earth-thrower
    " in my opinion some of the foul captures are caused by a mole going over the top of the trigger hoop and then catching it by the back leg " ,..... i doubt it, the moles body has cleared the 'jaws', by then ? (hope i understand what you mean, this time ?) lol
  10. earth-thrower
    Valid points. In my opinion some of the foul captures are caused by a mole going over the top of the trigger hoop and then catching it with a back leg. This got me thinking about the design of them and I did wonder about all that wirework the mole has to clamber over before it gets to the trigger. All the machinery is slap bang in the middle. Possibly they may work better on their sides? Never, had a mole caught by the "back leg", in one. Me neither. The mole has long gone past the jaws by the time its back leg hits the trigger. Sorry, i misunderstood you,on that one,...lol
  11. earth-thrower
    Valid points. In my opinion some of the foul captures are caused by a mole going over the top of the trigger hoop and then catching it with a back leg. This got me thinking about the design of them and I did wonder about all that wirework the mole has to clamber over before it gets to the trigger. All the machinery is slap bang in the middle. Possibly they may work better on their sides? Never, had a mole caught by the "back leg", in one.
  12. earth-thrower
    I wouldnt necessarily agree, with all youve put here.Discussing some of your "trap improvement" ideas with Steve, should be interesting,though.See if theres any 'validity', to them ?
  13. earth-thrower
    Well , i suppose this highlights,how much opinions about mole traps, can differ among us ? lol
  14. earth-thrower
    ha ha ha, good one bryn27. (i bet your not kidding, either) ?
  15. earth-thrower
    Ha ha , i know EXACTLY , what you mean,.. Dear old 'Fidgety' off here sent me a couple to play with a very kind gesture, I must say, but I wondered why he put a sticking plaster in the parcel with the traps right up to the point where I first set one Not for me I'm afraid It's 'Dodgy Duffus' or Talpex down here right now... until we get the new 'wonder trap' I hear you , mate. (know where your coming, from) lol & it still doesnt feel ,.....quite right. (probably never will) so i will be looking forward, to the "improved" duffus ? lol
  16. earth-thrower
    Ha ha , i know EXACTLY , what you mean,.. Dear old 'Fidgety' off here sent me a couple to play with a very kind gesture, I must say, but I wondered why he put a sticking plaster in the parcel with the traps right up to the point where I first set one Not for me I'm afraid It's 'Dodgy Duffus' or Talpex down here right now... until we get the new 'wonder trap' I hear you , mate. (know where your coming, from) lol
  17. earth-thrower
    Ha ha , i know EXACTLY , what you mean,..
  18. earth-thrower
    I must admit, i DEFINITELY underrated these traps,initially,......and thats ALL im saying, LOL
  19. earth-thrower
    Good news that, then ? lol
  20. earth-thrower
    Think i read somewhere once, it wasnt as effective for moles, as strychnine,& the taste of it, puts them off ?
  21. earth-thrower
    If we keep going like this, your gonna do 'ole Jeff ', & ' Brian & co ', out of a career,....lol.You wouldnt want to , upset , (what was it i read again,once, on the BTMR site ?) " our revered founder " ha ha ha
  22. earth-thrower
    ha ha , even if the 'decimal point',was moved a digit, i doubt they would shift it !
  23. earth-thrower
    Nice to see this version, of a "vintage trap design",being put to good use,.....lol Nice to talk earlier earthy If only I had mains gas or water, a modicum of technical engineering ability and really short arms I'd be knocking those things out on ebay left right and centre, and using the money I made to buy some nice shiny stainless steel duffus traps It sure as hell is nice to see them in use though all credit to you Perthy... Feelings mutual,Matt.
  24. earth-thrower
    Nice to see this version, of a "vintage trap design",being put to good use,.....lol
  25. earth-thrower
    Is that dibber of yours pointed,at the end ? you can still use them,like that,...but i prefer a "bullet" ,on the end,....lol Yes the probe is pointed, has always worked for me, know nothing different, but may buy a "bullet" probe just in case it is actually better I find a dibber which tapers, at the end, is better to use in really "stony soil", than one with a tip,....
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