I have one or two Talpex in my armoury against moles but find that these on the whole get false fired more times than a barrel trap.
I also find the barrel trap is more versatile than the talpex,but saying that the Talpex has its place, but if you can set a barrel trap correctly there is NO reason why you should not catch every time.
It takes a lot of time and effort to learn how to set traps properly and in an effective manner it is not a case of just shoving them in the ground and hoping for the best.(not saying this is what you are doing) but the amount of people who buy traps and think t