GopherHawk® Trapping Set, Includes Wedge and Probe Tool

I used this trap to successfully catch a mole that lived in my lawn. Before using this trap I used some other traps with no luck. I consider myself seasoned armature mole hunter with thee moles caught alive just by hands and one with this trap. I give it five starts not because it is the best trap out there and will guarantee a success. A trap is a tool in person's hands. This is a decent, well made tool but not a silver bullet. The pros of this trap: - requires minimal size opening in the ground, which is essential in the case of a lawn - works for any depth of the tunnel - deep and shallow. There are complains about setting it up for shallow channels. I developed a simple hack that I use and it worked (see the photos). I am sure there are multiple solutions for shallow tunnel installations. - well designed and well made - relatively safe to use - it works Cons: - pricey - the metal straps that catch a pest are flexible and easy to bend. On my first try I almost ruined it. But they in most cases can be repaired. Replacement strap are available at Amazon for $8 - again pricey. - the trap is rather sensitive to its positioning - too low or too high, too much to left or to the right from the mole tunnel and the mole will go around. This happened to me before I figured out how to set it up correctly. This issue exists for most of the traps that are available, some are more sensitive to positioning, some less. This trap is on the sensitive side. Before you catch the mole you have to learn how to set the trap in correct position. There is no bait, so the mole just goes its ways and has to walk in the trap. Hence positioning of the trap is crucial. - requires some physical strength to set up, may not be good for everybody You will have to learn the behavior of your pest. To my mind catching a mole is more difficult than fishing. You can't force it to come to the trap, you cant attract it with the bait. The trap should be placed in the time-space location where the mole walks into. Sometimes its not that difficult and sometimes hard to figure out. Some online videos and ads seem like you just put the trap in the tunnel and that's it. Yes that's it, but which tunnel out of many? This is true for any trap product out there. Additional recent feedback - I used this trap to catch a gofer in my backyard. Took me 4 days before I found the right spot for the trap. But once I found it the trap worked in a matter of hour.

After the first couple weeks trying this trap, I thought it was garbage and was ready to return it. Then I started catching moles. We have been tormented with moles on our property for years in the Pacific NW. We've tried tons of mole repellent, smoke bombs, poison, etc but the only thing that has worked are in-ground traps--I've trapped dozens of moles with these over the years but they require digging up even more of the yard, are time consuming, dirty, and I'm just tired of them. The Gopherhawk looked interesting and the price wasn't bad, so here we are. I love how easy this trap is to set--just probe around a fresh mole mound for the tunnel, make a larger hole with the included tool, then stick the trap in and pull it back to engage it--no more digging! Then wait, if nothing happens after a few days then you'll want to find a better tunnel. I also love the yellow indicator that shows when it has been triggered, so you can check the trap by just looking out your window. Even after the first week or two of getting used to it, I have set the trap about 12 times and trapped 5 moles in the last month. These are better results than I ever had with previous traps and much easier. All it leaves behind is the small hole from the trap that you can step on to fill it in. There was only one "misfire" where the mole pushed dirt into the trigger and it fired with no mole to show for it. The action end of this does seem a little fragile but so far it is still working fine after several triggers, and I like that they sell replacement ends when it does finally break. Overall, highly recommend and happy with results!

EDIT… the company did reach out to me and offered a refund if I send the stuff back at my expense , I don’t really know much about shipping things back like that but I imagine it costs a lot so it was good of them to offer to do that but I probably won’t send it back cause by the time I send it back and pay for that and time and effort it’s not worth it but at least they did offer I have a terrible mole problem in my yard so I bought this and an extra trap after reading the reviews here and watching YouTube , I know this gets pretty good reviews but they do not work for me. I bought these in January 25 and couldn’t use them until the last couple of weeks which is now June of 25 , I started seeing activity again so I followed the instructions and videos I’ve seen and I found the tunnel and made sure it was an active tunnel and set both of the traps out, let say this these are very hard to set , I will admit that I have small hands for a guy but I have plenty of strength but I had to rest my chest on the top of the trap and pull the black part to Set the traps with both hands , but I finally got them set and waited a couple days and nothing if anything they just laughed at these things it’s like wherever they are set they will dig up to it and go back the way they came or go around them , I pulled them back out of the ground to find one trap was bent where it catches the mole they are flimsy pieces of metal and it was all bent up , I’m not sure why but if they won’t hold up better than that I don’t need them , the other one was in good shape so I set it again where the activity was and as you can see in the pictures they are going right up to the trap but then going away from it , I wrote the company to try and see if I could get a refund or something even though it’s outside the return window , but I’ve heard nothing from them as of yet so I assume there will be no resolution and I’m out a ton of money on junk in my opinion . I know folks do have luck with them but not me , BUYER BEWARE !!!!!!

This trap is a winner. I have used many different types of traps to catch moles, and this trap is way more effective. I caught two moles I had been trying to catch for two years. The trap is very easy to set up, with the mere use of a stick to poke a hole in the ground, minimally disturbing the mole's tunnel. The trap is best suited for tunnels that are six inches or more deep. I am very satisfied with this trap. Well designed. Just be careful not to crush the metal straps when you set the spring.

For the last 4 years we’ve paid for pest control to set traps to get rid of our mole problem. Living in a rural location with a large garden it was becoming too expensive to keep getting them in. So after god knows how many mole mounds in our front and back garden I read up about the gopher hawk. Seemed like a great option. Had to purchase from the US at a cost of £50. So far no results and I’m beginning to think it’s because I need a few of these traps but at 50 quid a pop it’s just not an option. Would like to see these in the UK at a cheaper price so you can have a number of them set at once. Will report back if I manage to catch a mole.

Un excenlente trampa para las tuzas y muy segura

It works! I purchased a second set.

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