A picture above shows the relative small size of the Trapline mole trap compared to several other well known mole traps currently available on the market. The other traps shown are large powerful devices that are designed to close through the dirt onto the mole if and when a mole digs its way through an artificial soil blockage that the trapper constructs in the run when the trap is placed. This through-the-dirt mechanism requires very strong springs, which make these other traps difficult and potentially dangerous to set for inexperienced trappers, but also has the very serious disadvantage of putting a great deal of tension on the trigger mechanisms making the triggers too insensitive to fire consistently if moles do pass through the sets.
The Trapline mole trap has a number of very important advantages over these other traps:
1. The Trapline trap is relatively easy to set and easy to place. Simply set the trap and slide it into an intact tunnel, and block off tunnel behind the trap. There’s no need to construct a dirt blockage or “speed bumps”.
2. Moles are more likely to enter the Trapline trap, as it’s inside-the-tunnel placement does not require the mole to push its way through an artificial soil blockage. Moles enter the trap as they come through their intact tunnels, which is something they readily do anyway.
3. Because the traps are tripped directly by the mole bumping into a trigger pan, the animals are in a consistent, predictable position when the trap fires, and this produces more consistent and humane kills. Notice in picture at right that all eight moles are caught with perfect catches right on the chest area.
4. The trap doesn’t have to close through dirt, as do the other traps pictured above. This allows for a smaller spring, which makes the trap easier and safer to set, and also allows for much higher trigger sensitivity.
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