Motomco LTD Tomcat Mole Killer - 39966

UPATE 2016 -- I'm still buying these worms and moles are still dying. We're surrounded by rural pastures, so killing all the moles is impossible. What these do is make it easy to kill the ones that venture into our yard.UPDATE 2015 -- After two full years of use, I'm ready to give away our traps. These mole killing worms work great! The secret is to use a dowel or something similar to poke a hole in the mole's run, not in the middle of a mound. Wear gloves, drop the worm in, cover the hole and you're done. So's the mole. I usually cut the worms into two pieces and put one piece on each side of a mole mound.FIRST REVIEW -- We've had more moles than usual this year (2014) on our five-acre rural property. I don't like using traps, because most require large holes in the lawn and the smaller type haven't worked for me. A shotgun has taken out six of the critters this year, but that takes a lot of time as I have to be there when the moles are pushing up dirt. When a friend said Tomcat's poison worms have done the trick for him, I ordered two boxes. In the first two weeks after putting out several of the expensive gummy worms, it seemed that they were acting like energy food. The moles pushed up holes all over the place. Then things settled down and there's only an occasional mound, none in our lawn. Truth is, however, that it's impossible to know if 95-degree heat or the worms have caused the slow-down in activity. Until we use the worms for a full spring-fall mole season, I'll give Tomcat a neutral 2.5 stars and the shotgun a solid 4.

People People People, don't be fooled like I have been by Tomcat and Sweeney products that use bait, castor oil, or even their silly plastic traps, they are all a complete waste of money. I don't care what these reviews say they simply don't work. It sounds good but moles simply don't eat them. As another reviewer said, “The only way to get them is either trap them or hunt them. Get a trap that is easy to set that you can step on to set”. I just bought “Around the Home Easy Mole Trap”, the kind you step on, and after setting it I got my first mole in 15 minutes, man did that feel good, I’m having a beer tonight. I got it at a local Tractor Supply store, cheaper than Amazon. The wire tek 1001 on Amazon is the same style of trap and I think that would work fine as well, especially if you have softer sandier soil since it has more surface area where it sits on the ground while you are stepping on the lever (so it won’t sink as much). These traps work good on surface tunnels. I might have to find an alternate solution for the mounds where the tunnels are deeper, thinking of looking into the Victor Out of site mole trap for that job.Again, don’t waste your time and money on these bait products, they don’t work. Also, don't waste your time killing grubs, another fairy tale, I pretty much destroyed every grub in my yard and didn't stop those moles for one second.

I'm extremely happy with this product, I used to by the more expensive branded version before I came across the Tomcat version and have noticed no difference in quality. I live on 5 acres and constantly have mole problems. I have found using these worms to be the most effective solution for my mole problem in combination with Sweeney's. Once the mole hills start popping up I immediately stomp them down, after a day I look for active tunnel use and proceed put the worms in the bigger mounds and sweeney in the smaller ones, this way I get maximum poison in the tunnels. After a couple days I normally see zero activity and typically don't have to apply again for a season. The reason why I use sweeney's with this product is that it is a cheaper alternative to get maximum coverage, though it should be noted that sweeney's by itself typically isn't as effective as the worms.

Here's my story, And I'm sticking to it. I have a large yard and these creatures have been totally destructive. I tried lime in one area and it worked, so it seams. I think they just moved to another are, with a vengeance. Looks like there are more of them or just more active. I ordered the 10 pack of worms, cut 3 of them into thirds using tweezers to handle them and a utility knife to cut, giving me 9 to put out. Took a wooden half inch dowel, put a point on it. I then cut up some old steel clothes hangers, used small white pieces of cloth and made flags as markers. Cut up some wooden lath into one inch pieces. I looked for the newest made mounds made by them pets and put a flag close to the area. Then used the dowel to poke a hole right in the middle of the mound. Went down till the dowel hit the open part of the tunnel, then using the tweezers grabbed a piece of worm and dropped it in that hole. Then pinched the opening shut and placed a piece of lath over the spot and pushed it down, by hand, just enough to sink in and not blow away. Did that in 9 areas. The next day I went out and checked my work. Out of the 9 spots, 6 had activity, the lath had been moved. I then cut up 3 more worms into thirds and reset my traps in 9 more spots that had recent activity. The next day, 7 had the lath moved. With the 4 worms left, I cut into halves and setup 8 more times. Today I checked and all 8 the lath had been moved. I think these worms are candy to them and it will not kill or even hurt them. But the odd thing I noticed is in some areas where they disturbed the lath, the ground had been really torn up. It wasn't just a mound, it was like someone took a small garden spade and roughed up the grass and dirt. Maybe I haven't waited long enough between settings for the bait to work and the next few days will be the end to them pests.