Look what I trapped in my back yard

N. Eberhard · 05-13-2007, 12:22 AM

2nd one kilt so far this year. I will not tolerate these little basturdz digging up my lush green lawn. A few more and I will enough to make me a nice fur hat.

http://www.jetwaymodels.com/Images/Misc/dead mole 2.jpg

gospodin · 05-13-2007, 12:29 AM

Looks like my sister-in-law...come to think of it, I haven't heard from her for awhile.

N. Eberhard · 05-13-2007, 01:53 AM

Is your sister-in-law that furry? Oh wait, that could be TMI.

Planecrazy · 05-13-2007, 03:05 PM

Last fall I had to pay $300 to have a mole hunter get rid of ours. The trapper was really religious so we called him, "Holy Moley."

(My apologies to Larry the Cable Guy for stealing his line.)

John Youngs · 05-13-2007, 04:25 PM

Anybody out there collect Armour 1/48th scale models - particularly F-86 types &/or F-4 Phantom variants?

John Youngs · 05-13-2007, 04:30 PM

I'm looking in particular for the 2003, Stock # B11B584, Australian Black Panther, CA-27/Mk32 Sabre. I finally got a hold of a German Luftwaffe Canadair CL-13B/Mk6 Sabre - darn hard to find, I'll tell you! Found it on eBay for a pretty penny! But these "Black Panther" Sabres are literally non-existent! I've never even seen a photo of one, let alone the actual model. I'm thinking maybe these were never actually put into production. Can anybody shed some light on this - as to whether they were actually produced, and if so, what numbers, etc. Thanks - John

Bill-ay · 05-13-2007, 04:37 PM

John, what does that have to do with a mole? Your sounding like BrianB.

N. Eberhard · 05-13-2007, 05:07 PM

Professional mole killers are WAY overrated. I got 2 traps from home depot for $15 total. Took about 4-5 days to get each mole but now I know how these buggers operate.

Rammstein · 05-13-2007, 05:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by John Youngs

Anybody out there collect Armour 1/48th scale models - particularly F-86 types &/or F-4 Phantom variants?

Quote:

Originally Posted by John Youngs

I'm looking in particular for the 2003, Stock # B11B584, Australian Black Panther, CA-27/Mk32 Sabre. I finally got a hold of a German Luftwaffe Canadair CL-13B/Mk6 Sabre - darn hard to find, I'll tell you! Found it on eBay for a pretty penny! But these "Black Panther" Sabres are literally non-existent! I've never even seen a photo of one, let alone the actual model. I'm thinking maybe these were never actually put into production. Can anybody shed some light on this - as to whether they were actually produced, and if so, what numbers, etc. Thanks - John

Oh dear

. Come back when you have found the following:

1) Eyes
2) Most importantly, a brain

Just another N00B coming out of the woodwork.

gospodin · 05-13-2007, 05:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by N. Eberhard

Professional mole killers are WAY overrated. I got 2 traps from home depot for $15 total. Took about 4-5 days to get each mole but now I know how these buggers operate.

Nasty little butt-ugly critters. There was one guy who had the bright idea to electrocute the varmints, stuck some rods into the ground with wire attached, soaked the ground and plugged it in. Somehow, he got fried, but the varmints are just fine. Good luck with the mole hunt, remember Bill Murray and the gopher.

JB · 05-13-2007, 06:18 PM

Back in California I just took the neighbors cat and stuck him in the yard and he took care of the gophers. Left a bloody mess but no more gophers.

N. Eberhard · 05-13-2007, 07:20 PM

My cat is now 10 yrs old and no longer hunts critters but he is real good at sleeping on the freshly laundered clothes just out of the dryer.

knma'91 · 05-14-2007, 02:42 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by N. Eberhard

Professional mole killers are WAY overrated. I got 2 traps from home depot for $15 total. Took about 4-5 days to get each mole but now I know how these buggers operate.

Maybe you can get rid of some possums in my back yard

. I did the same for rats in my attic, went to home depot and bought the rat traps and got those suckers. It is so true exterminator are overrated and cost way too mcuh

GliderPilot · 05-14-2007, 02:45 AM

I've got a small brown rat in my garden. Kids love it and have named it "Rommel". I've set a trap, but so far it's taken the bait twice (chocolate) and the trap has failed to go off. It's a fine balance getting it right and not breaking my fingers. I'll have the bugger though!

Swine rat!

knma'91 · 05-14-2007, 01:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by GliderPilot

I've got a small brown rat in my garden. Kids love it and have named it "Rommel". I've set a trap, but so far it's taken the bait twice (chocolate) and the trap has failed to go off. It's a fine balance getting it right and not breaking my fingers. I'll have the bugger though!

Swine rat!

try a small amount of bread and peanut butter, that work for me. The size should be a little bigger than a pea.

B-16707 · 05-14-2007, 02:12 PM

how do those traps work anyways?

GliderPilot · 05-15-2007, 02:26 AM

A big spring on a block of wood held in place with a piece of metal through a hole in a hinged plate. Place bait on hinged plate, which when the rat steps on releases the spring............ka-ching!! One dead rat, or that's the theory. So far "Rommel" has survived 3 nights feasting on Mars bar chocolate. Must have been a cat in a former life and still had a few of his 9 lives left!

CZMike · 05-15-2007, 09:49 AM

Shot gun and lots of patients. The Elmer Fud approach. My neighbor shot one just yesterday. Of course this will not work in a city.

There is a case in the courts in the Seattle area against a mole trapper. It is illegal to use body grasping traps in the state of Washington. They can be sold but not used. Go figure.

Tom Rudisch · 05-15-2007, 12:46 PM

try this Take two moles, skin and guts removed and boil together. Take the liver and cut it small, and grind it to a fine powder; take grated bread and add, and mix with the broth, and mix it with egg yolks; and add powder fort. Boil it and add ginger, sugar, saffron and salt, and make sure it's thick; and garnish with ginger.
Also cuts down on your shopping list,enjoy

B-16707 · 05-15-2007, 12:59 PM

i wouldnt mind taking my bb gun and making that mole suffer everytime it comes up.

gospodin · 05-15-2007, 08:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tom Rudisch

try this Take two moles, skin and guts removed and boil together. Take the liver and cut it small, and grind it to a fine powder; take grated bread and add, and mix with the broth, and mix it with egg yolks; and add powder fort. Boil it and add ginger, sugar, saffron and salt, and make sure it's thick; and garnish with ginger.
Also cuts down on your shopping list,enjoy

Yum! Think I'll just take that dinner and toss it in the trash.

Sorry, but I equate eating a mole with eating rats. Now this is great for an end-of-the-world scenario, where eating moles, rats, gophers etc. will be after we all finish off our pets.

N. Eberhard · 05-15-2007, 09:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CZMike

There is a case in the courts in the Seattle area against a mole trapper. It is illegal to use body grasping traps in the state of Washington. They can be sold but not used. Go figure.

True, but they are going to change the law to address animals that are considered a nuisance (and invasive) such as moles and racoons. The law is very loosely enforced so why they are picking on one outfit I dont know.

A Tupolev · 05-15-2007, 11:08 PM

After this I considered starting a thread tilted "look what I just pulled out of my nose", but figured it would be just as gross as the dead mole!

Hapag-Lloyd · 05-16-2007, 07:33 AM

As long as the new thread doesn´t read "Look what I just pulled out of my as$", featuring a picture of a dead (albeit smelly) mole...

Hapag-Lloyd · 05-16-2007, 07:34 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CZMike

Shot gun and lots of patients. ...

WHAT?!?! PATIENTS????

Ahem... are there many patients with shotguns where you live?

05-13-2007, 12:22 AM	#1
N. Eberhard Dr. Diecast I presume? Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Spokane, WA Age: 44 Posts: 3,266	Look what I trapped in my back yard 2nd one kilt so far this year. I will not tolerate these little basturdz digging up my lush green lawn. A few more and I will enough to make me a nice fur hat. http://www.jetwaymodels.com/Images/Misc/dead mole 2.jpg

05-13-2007, 12:29 AM	#2
gospodin Diecast Blasphemer Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Nosegoblin, LA Age: 52 Posts: 2,796	Re: Look what I trapped in my back yard Looks like my sister-in-law...come to think of it, I haven't heard from her for awhile. __________________ Steve "Leave the gun. Take the cannoli."

05-13-2007, 01:53 AM	#3
N. Eberhard Dr. Diecast I presume? Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Spokane, WA Age: 44 Posts: 3,266	Re: Look what I trapped in my back yard Is your sister-in-law that furry? Oh wait, that could be TMI.

05-13-2007, 03:05 PM	#4
Planecrazy Senior Collector Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 483	Re: Look what I trapped in my back yard Last fall I had to pay $300 to have a mole hunter get rid of ours. The trapper was really religious so we called him, "Holy Moley." (My apologies to Larry the Cable Guy for stealing his line.)

05-13-2007, 04:25 PM	#5
John Youngs Senior Collector Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Tacoma, WA Posts: 8	Re: Look what I trapped in my back yard Anybody out there collect Armour 1/48th scale models - particularly F-86 types &/or F-4 Phantom variants?

05-13-2007, 04:30 PM	#6
John Youngs Senior Collector Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Tacoma, WA Posts: 8	Re: Look what I trapped in my back yard I'm looking in particular for the 2003, Stock # B11B584, Australian Black Panther, CA-27/Mk32 Sabre. I finally got a hold of a German Luftwaffe Canadair CL-13B/Mk6 Sabre - darn hard to find, I'll tell you! Found it on eBay for a pretty penny! But these "Black Panther" Sabres are literally non-existent! I've never even seen a photo of one, let alone the actual model. I'm thinking maybe these were never actually put into production. Can anybody shed some light on this - as to whether they were actually produced, and if so, what numbers, etc. Thanks - John

05-13-2007, 04:37 PM	#7
Bill-ay Bill-ay the A320 FO Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Dallas Age: 14 Posts: 2,138	Re: Look what I trapped in my back yard John, what does that have to do with a mole? Your sounding like BrianB. __________________ I all widebodied airbuses, except the bulbus A380 View my collection(if you really care, its only HE OG models). http://www.diecastaircraftforum.com/...tion-4996.html LONG LIVE THE DC-10/A300/A310/MD-80!!! http://www.jetphotos.net/showphotos.php?userid=34362

05-13-2007, 05:07 PM	#8
N. Eberhard Dr. Diecast I presume? Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Spokane, WA Age: 44 Posts: 3,266	Re: Look what I trapped in my back yard Professional mole killers are WAY overrated. I got 2 traps from home depot for $15 total. Took about 4-5 days to get each mole but now I know how these buggers operate.

05-13-2007, 06:18 PM	#11
JB Got Koalas? Join Date: Jan 1999 Age: 22 Posts: 5,152	Re: Look what I trapped in my back yard Back in California I just took the neighbors cat and stuck him in the yard and he took care of the gophers. Left a bloody mess but no more gophers. __________________ I'm a little tired, a little wired and I think I deserve a little appreciation!

05-13-2007, 07:20 PM	#12
N. Eberhard Dr. Diecast I presume? Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Spokane, WA Age: 44 Posts: 3,266	Re: Look what I trapped in my back yard My cat is now 10 yrs old and no longer hunts critters but he is real good at sleeping on the freshly laundered clothes just out of the dryer.

05-14-2007, 02:45 AM	#14
GliderPilot Collector Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: ENGLAND Posts: 414	Re: Look what I trapped in my back yard I've got a small brown rat in my garden. Kids love it and have named it "Rommel". I've set a trap, but so far it's taken the bait twice (chocolate) and the trap has failed to go off. It's a fine balance getting it right and not breaking my fingers. I'll have the bugger though! Swine rat!

05-14-2007, 02:12 PM	#16
B-16707 i need more space Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 5,936	Re: Look what I trapped in my back yard how do those traps work anyways? __________________ The Completed Customs The Airport

05-15-2007, 02:26 AM	#17
GliderPilot Collector Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: ENGLAND Posts: 414	Re: Look what I trapped in my back yard A big spring on a block of wood held in place with a piece of metal through a hole in a hinged plate. Place bait on hinged plate, which when the rat steps on releases the spring............ka-ching!! One dead rat, or that's the theory. So far "Rommel" has survived 3 nights feasting on Mars bar chocolate. Must have been a cat in a former life and still had a few of his 9 lives left!

05-15-2007, 09:49 AM	#18
CZMike Junior Collector Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Washougal, WA. Posts: 37	Re: Look what I trapped in my back yard Shot gun and lots of patients. The Elmer Fud approach. My neighbor shot one just yesterday. Of course this will not work in a city. There is a case in the courts in the Seattle area against a mole trapper. It is illegal to use body grasping traps in the state of Washington. They can be sold but not used. Go figure. __________________ " WESTERN AIRLINES THE ONLY WAY TO FLY" Wally Bird.

05-15-2007, 12:46 PM	#19
Tom Rudisch Junior Collector Join Date: May 2005 Location: Toronto Posts: 30	Re: Look what I trapped in my back yard try this Take two moles, skin and guts removed and boil together. Take the liver and cut it small, and grind it to a fine powder; take grated bread and add, and mix with the broth, and mix it with egg yolks; and add powder fort. Boil it and add ginger, sugar, saffron and salt, and make sure it's thick; and garnish with ginger. Also cuts down on your shopping list,enjoy

05-15-2007, 12:59 PM	#20
B-16707 i need more space Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 5,936	Re: Look what I trapped in my back yard i wouldnt mind taking my bb gun and making that mole suffer everytime it comes up. __________________ The Completed Customs The Airport

05-15-2007, 11:08 PM	#23
A Tupolev Grande Jefe Design Bureau Join Date: May 2005 Location: Russian Vodka Room, NYNY Posts: 1,417	Re: Look what I trapped in my back yard After this I considered starting a thread tilted "look what I just pulled out of my nose", but figured it would be just as gross as the dead mole! __________________ I am not a number - I am a free man. More Tupolev planes please, Ty-114, Ty-134, Ty-144 My collection: http://www.diecastaircraftforum.com/...tion-3750.html

05-16-2007, 07:33 AM	#24
Hapag-Lloyd Insane Collector Join Date: Feb 2004 Age: 39 Posts: 2,269	Re: Look what I trapped in my back yard As long as the new thread doesn´t read "Look what I just pulled out of my as$", featuring a picture of a dead (albeit smelly) mole... __________________ THIS SPACE 4 RENT!!!