I have caught Moles a couple of mins after setting the trap in the past, but this chap was pretty much straight away I had not finished back filling as it went off. But the pleasing thing of all was how fast the mole died, i would say death was fairly instant as soon as the trap fired I pulled the trap and it was just twitching nerves coming from the mole, as he was caught just behind the front paws the usual but not always strike from the Talpex .
If only all the Moles was this obliging .