100 Choker Loop Mole Trap

This is absolutely, without a doubt, the BEST mole trap on the market! Yes, it is VERY stiff and hard to set, but it seldom misses if set correctly. I have caught a LOT of moles with these.I had one that I somehow lost the piece that holds the loops down and so I bought this one about a week ago.I have already trapped 2 moles with it.

Well made mole trap. Got this to add to my collection of mole traps. This one for me is not suitable for the type of soil we have which is hard and rocky. It is scary to set as the spring is super strong. Almost like setting a bear trap. You don't want to get your hand in the way. I tried it a few times with no luck and have gone back to the old faithful harpoon type trap.

It's a little tricky to get this positioned correctly- but once you figure that out, it's extremely effective. There's no plastic here, it's solid and looks like it will last forever.

I bought 2 of these after reading about many models and going to stores and looking at them.Good:It is very sturdy and tough, corrosion resistant and i doubt the spring will ever wear out.Cheap at only $20.Shipped fast.Very sensitive.As demonstrations show, you only have to cut two slots in the yard.Low profile, safe for pets.Bad:Very sensitive. You must load/set the trap by hand, no tools and no safety for the trigger.Went off in my hands twice. Thankfully i was expecting it and no injury. But it could easily break a finger.Only goes 4-5 inches below surface and grass/dirt must be well watered to make install work, dry ground binds the loops.Trap MUST be armed before you put it into the slots you cut, so as you're positioning it, it can go off.I could not get it to set or be at the right depth without digging up a tunnel section and removing enough dirt to get down tothe tunnel itself. And after doing that i had to fill back in the dirt with the trap armed and scooping dirt into the hole betweenthe loops and under the trigger plate was not easy. It's been 3 weeks and have caught no moles in 3 different spots.Not saying they don't work, just not for me.Save yourself a whole lotta time and work. Search amazon for the Gophinator. They are simple, cheap and very effective.also search Castor oil. Traps only kill, the castor oil will move them out of your yard for good. Hope this helps.

The Nash choker mole trap is ridiculously impractical, difficult and dangerous to both set and use. First of all, if you don't spend $200 on their specialized proprietary tool to get these traps in the ground, you're going to burn a whole lot of your time setting these stupid things. You'll need to use a perfectly straight spade shovel, a regular curved blade shovel won't work because the loops will get hung up on the least little curvature of the slice you cut in the ground. You'll also have to space your slices with the spade EXACTLY to line up with the loops. If not you'll have to stand back up and cut another slice into the mole run to hopefully match that one up. You can expect to repeat this process three to four times. By this point you've done a significant amount of damage to the mole run and chances are high the mole will abandon this particular run and veer off at an angle once he senses the danger this damage represents. Moles are smart and they will hang a hard right angle turn the moment they sense too much damage to the run and just keep on going, avoiding the trap altogether. The spring is extremely powerful and unwieldy to set. God help you if you grab it the wrong way when you are setting it and it closes on a finger or two. It will break your fingers sure as sunrise. The trip pedal is on a hair trigger and will spring the trap if you so much as walk too close to it. I wasted nearly a half hour setting three of these traps and have no dead moles as of this morning. All three are getting returned. Do yourself a favor and just buy the scissor traps. They take ten seconds to set and you can achieve that by simply stepping on them. No risk of breaking your damn fingers, no frustration. I've caught several moles with the scissor traps with little to no hassle.