The mole trap has an indicator if the trap has been activated. After waiting for a few weeks there was no indication that the trap had been sprung and I was curious. I decided to check it out just in case it had caught a mole. I dug away the dirt and checked both traps and both had been activated, but there was no mole.
I’m guessing the trap was sprung when I put them into the mole tunnel. The traps are fairly sensitive. So I reset the traps and put them back into the tunnels and was very careful when I covered them up. This time I also cleaned up the rest of the mole hills so I could see if there was any activity. If they are not using the tunnels there is no way I’m going to catch any thing.
I remembered the lady at the garden store mentioned that you need to make sure the tunnels are active before you insert the traps. The she said to tell is to flattend the tunnels and then you can tell if they are active when the ridges reappear. The problem with these tunnels is that they are really deep in the ground so there are not ridges. The best way I could tell is if they are active and mounding up the dirt.
So after waiting another week there is no activity, so I guess they have moved on. Maybe they recognized the traps and moved on. Probably to my back yard so I’m going to relocate them this weekend. I will update in a week or so if I have any success.