Victor Easy-to-Set DeadSet Mole Trap

I bought two last year for my mole problem and used them for weeks with no results. I ended up having to sit outside with a spade waiting for the ground to move like a complete weirdo. I’m sure my neighbors thought I had lost my mind. But this had become a true Caddyshack moment between me and this mole. It was personal. Totally destroyed my entire front lawn and my garden beds. Ended up getting it with my shovel. This year another mole showed up and in five days almost completely ruined all of my annuals and started in on my lawn again. I bought two more traps. I identified where they were coming out from underneath the porch and their main tunnels that fed the secondary tunnels. About two hours after setting all four traps, one had tripped and my cat was standing over it staring intently. I could hear the spring twitching. I dug it up with a shovel and there it was, clinging to life. These things are solid pieces of equipment, well designed. Don’t get cheap knock offs, you get what you pay for. It comes down to this; if you only have a couple traps, you better know where they are coming from otherwise they will just make more tunnels and go around them. I hate to sound like a salesman, but you need to have multiple traps to catch the moles in the act. They work too quickly for single or few traps. But if you compare this to the hundreds of dollars I spent on annuals this year, and the hundreds of dollars it took me to repair my lawn last year, these traps are the best money I’ve ever spent. Also, make sure to set them deep enough or the moles just sneak out under them. These traps work perfectly if you know what you’re doing but you have to find the tunnels they use.

I purchased this trap several months ago. It would set (at first) and we tried it in several areas. Not once did it ever release or catch anything. So we pushed the little lever on the side to release it. Beware, though, it really snaps. After that, we tried over and over to set the trap again....my hunky husband tried, and I tried, but the spring won't stay set. In addition to that, the "pedals" on the side that you are supposed to put your foot on to push it into the ground, are so tiny that it's almost impossible to get your shoe on the side of it, even with my small feet.. Our experience with this useless trap is very negative. Since it doesn't catch anything, and mechanically doesn't work, it's going in the garbage.

Nice trap. Needs improvement. The Third time I moved it a plastic spike leg broke off at the screw that holds the trap together. The trap needs to be reinforced where screws are. Do not tilt the trap when removing it from the ground trying to see if it got a mole. That's how I broke mine. Over all it is a good trap. This one killed 3 moles that were destroying my yard. After it kills a mole, wash your trap with soap and water. The moles can smell death and will avoid your trap. I do recommend this trap but, be careful when you put it in the ground and when you move it. Hopefully Victor will see this and make improvements needed to make it more durable.

I have tried 3 diiferent traps, scissor and plunger types are difficult to set up and hard to release the mechanism. This one is easy to set up and simple to release the mechanism. I did not catch the mole because it has gone on to the neighbour's yard, but this is the one for regular folks for sure.

My house is situated right next to a quite popular local golf course in our town. The golf course is gorgeous and is maintained in pristine condition. The mowing, irrigation, and chemical spraying is a normal almost daily scene especially in the spring and summer months. Those months are also when some “unwanted pesky visitors called moles” migrates into our private yards. Had a couple of moles came and gone last summer with one of my dogs even caught one with her ninja paws 🐶. Try as I might, I couldn’t keep up with her and the score board remained 0-1 for quite some time as I tried my best to keep up. Then yesterday, after having exhausted every effort to catch this one pesky a-la-matrix of a mole that destroyed almost half of my front yard, I finally caught this bad boy with this mole trap 👏👏👏. Honestly, I felt relieved that my ordeal is over, but also quite sad seeing this chunky monkey of a mole impaled and still very much alive when I unearthened the trap (I love nature and animals and though I went gungho with my efforts to catch this mole, it’s just not in me to kill something alive). One of my neighbors had to remind me of the damage it did to my property (and hers partially) and of the sleepless nights I’ve had (worrying if a piece of my front yard will still be there come morning time) in order to convince me to just let it live and let die it’s last few moments in a covered bucket before giving it a proper send off to the garbage bin. Now looking back at everything and every effort and energy I’ve invested in creating battle plans (Sprayed the whole yard with castor oil + dawn soap, castor granules, mole poison pellets, mole poison worms, smoke bomb, flooding the mole runway, dozens of juicy fruit gums, a mole exterminator service, and last but not least three different types of mole traps) to combat this one terrorist of a chunky monkey mole...I finally caught it with the help of this device. So, does it work? Hell yeah! It’s the only one that worked for me and the only one I’m going to use for any potential future mole problems. I know the above might seemed extreme and exaggerated, but it’s all true and this mole has tormented me for months as if it was all fun and games. In the end, I’m glad to tie the score with my dog 1-1 and to say goodbye and RIP to this chunky monkey mole 🙏

Not for the squeamish! You will have to confront some "not dead yet" situations and dispatch a survivor here and there. There will be blood. I had a problem with furry little rototillers churning up my yard so bad they nearly destroyed a good portion of it. Tried eliminating the food source and using flavored deterrents to little effect. I didn't want to use poison because of the house pets. I didn't want to resort to wholesale murder by impaling the underground menace BUT this is doing the trick. I feel sorry for the critters but its us or them and I'm tired of my yard looking like a Word War One battlefield. The population is slowly diminishing. My only concern is for the longevity and sturdiness of the device. I understand from a manufacturing standpoint that plastics are the way to go, but critical stress points need to be stronger.

I work in plastics and can tell you from 30 years of experience they make plastic at least 3 times stronger than this. Very first use It went in the ground just fine. The next day it was tripped so I slowly pulled it out of the ground gripping it with both hands and on both sides. Pulling it up evenly I heard a Crack and this is what I found. I will not buy these again. It may still work but without both legs it may not perform as well. I'm looking around now for some metal traps that won't break or at least I can weld it back together if it does. Just in case you buy one of these be very careful installing and uninstalling because they are super cheap in material but not in price. BTW I wasn't going to do a review until my wife brought one to me in the same condition the very next day. I bought 2 of them and they lasted less then 24 hours. According to my wife she was very careful after seeing the first one break. Even being gentle with them didn't help. 2 stars because I suppose if you have a child install one it may not break. Plus even with just one spike/leg I think it may continue to serve its purpose. Only time will tell haven't poked one yet.

I've been trying to use these nearly a month now, have followed directions religiously and NO moles. Worse is that they have sharp ends that are easy to get poked with (really wish this thing would ACTUALLY drop on a mole as they would bleed out in a heartbeat). The catch that is supposed to hold the mechanism up functions about 30% of the time. Meaning the rest of the time you're gambling putting a spike in your toe. This definitely has some snapping down pressure, but it doesn't catch anything. I think for a larger critter than a mile in really really hard soil it might work, but don't rely on it to do anything for a decently kept lawn. Once set, it's actually pretty hard to trigger. To be fair it works the same as the scissor style traps in my opinion - which also have killed zero moles. And just as aside, juicy fruit gum doesn't work either. At this point, I'm thinking Bill Murray action, may be the best course of action.

Having used conventional traps with varying success I purchased one of these traps. It was delivered, I set it up following the online advice from other users and the next morning the trap had gone off and I had caught the culprit. The trap is effective as you don’t have to disturb the mole’s run to set it up.

This product lacks the expected quality. And then when I asked for a refund I was asked to pay shipping myself and would only receive a portion of what I paid for the item back. Item is sitting brand new in its packaging still but is useless for me to use or return at this point.

Le piège, placé au-dessus du trou de la taupe n'a pas empêché cette dernière de faire une belle taupinière sous le piège. Ce piège ne serait-il pas plutôt un piège pour l'acheteur ???

I have been trying to get rid of this shovel foot for over a year. It has wrecked my lawn and I have tried all the various devices to try and catch it without any luck. This device nailed the little perisher within a week. It's easy to set and works a treat although it only works on surface runways. The main problem with the device is that the foot pegs are easily broken. If the device has triggered then my advice is to withdraw the trap from the ground and then dig down to see if you have speared a mole. If you try to dig the device out complete with mole you stand a very good chance of breaking off the foot pegs with your spade.

Tried to set it but the mechanism wouldn't work. Even had an exterminator try it and he couldn't get it to arm it. I don't recommend this Victor M9015 Deadset Mole Trap, Black. If I could have left no star I would have.