Amazes me book shops still operate with the thoughts of some on here. I'd say start reading as much as you can, buy good quality traps and get out and practice.
Now some on here may have been born with a natural gift to trapping moles from birth.
However the majority of the population was not born with such a natural gift and they need to learn the basics to begin with.so if reading helps them achieve their goal so be it, to me and what I know after 40 year in farming is that the mole catcher is very worried of competition from new comers and likes to over complicate how difficult the trade