"Don’t be beastly to moles". Our response to a recent press article.
What an excellent article by Dr.Rob Atkinson in support of the many qualities and remarkable abilities of moles. Here I must declare my interest: I am the inventor of the popular Easyset Mole trap. Dr Atkinson rightly acknowledges that not everyone appreciates these...
Where are they all coming from?
The UK is currently experiencing a huge increase in mole activity. You may have noticed this yourself, either from receiving more enquiries about mole removal, or simply from seeing more mole hills in your own neighbourhood. The mole population has doubled this year...
A Mole Catchers Assistant
Last April I wrote about my daughter, Polly, and her mole catching hound Biddy.Two dead moles within a couple of weeks! No need for any Beagle EasySet mole traps in her household! What I haven't admitted is that a few weeks later her older sister, Lucy's hound ,a sort...
The Most Charming of Gentlemen..
A charming country gentleman walked onto the Beagle stand on the second day at last year's Badminton Horse Trials and enquired as to the price for an EasySet Mole Trap. I replied "Seventeen pounds fifty for one: Thirty pounds for two" "In which case I would like one...
Placing traps in mole hills!
I have always been told, and do believe that mole hills are the spoil of mole excavations and are shunted by the mole up a cul-de-sac and out onto the surface and form mole hills. I have been preaching that traps should not be placed in the mole hills themselves, but...
Mid summer blues!
We recently had one of our lovely customers, who in utter frustration, said he was going to sell his house and move because the moles were ruining his lawn! He had returned the trap that he had purchased from us 'because it didn't work'. Actually, it did work and...
On your knees
I suppose there will always some clever dick who will brag about their ability to bend standing and set a mole trap. Certainly not me! I don't think I have seen my toes since I was about ten! So for the majority of us we will have to get down on our knees to excavate...
The Beagle Run Clearing trowel – A real scoop!
The very careful preparation of the hole you have excavated into which you are going to place your Beagle EasySet Mole Trap is essential for a successful trapping. It is inevitable that when cutting your divot and digging out the spoil, some will fall into the run and...
The Ace of Spades
To trap a mole you have to access its tunnel network and the extent depends upon the trap you propose to use. One way or another the mole has to trigger the trap. For most traps you have to excavate the ground with a spade and expose the tunnel and then place the...
Probing for Moles
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Inventor of The EasySet Mole Trap is deeply concerned about the competition….
..from his daughters dog! The email exchange between David, the inventor of The Beagle EasySet Mole Trap, and his daughter Polly went something like this.. Polly: "look what I caught mummy. Must tell Grandpa!" Biddy, the Mole Catcher! David: Grrrrr!I can do without...
The Maintenance of your EasySet Mole Traps. Shampoo, Rinse and Set!
It needs little emphasis that the very nature of subterranean mole trapping means that sooner or later the effective performance of any trap will be compromised by environmental conditions and in particular the effects of soil, dirt and the wet. In simple parlance...