MOLECAT Extermination Kit

For all the folks out there with bad reviews, all I can say is, you must be doing something wrong.After struggling for years waiting for my husband to set scissor traps, which he would usually do, when he got around to it, long after the moles were gone, and tearing up just as much if not more of my garden than the moles did, I finally took matters into my own hands and got myself a molecat.I received it and set it aside, and today I noticed a huge, new mole hill that wasn't even there early this morning. I set up the molecat per instructions, and not even five minutes later I hear the thing go off. Sure enough, it was fired, and the bag all ripped up like in the video. In five minutes I got done what would have taken my husband days....days to get to, and then more often than not, not succeed at (scissor traps have a hit or miss success rate).I can't think of another purchase that has delighted me so thoroughly. Well worth the expense, and I know I'll be relying on this thing for years to come. Awesome product. Five minutes!

Getting rid of the Northwest's Townsend's moles when you live next to a forest and creek is a big challenge. We've tried just about every product we could find and nothing really works all that well. Conceptually, this is a good product and the quality is good. Getting used to arming it is a matter of carefully following the written directions and then practicing until you are comfortable with it. On one or two occasions, I accidentally triggered the device while trying to put the dual safeties back in their safe positions. The Molecat fired its .27 caliber blank cartridge with a loud bang that certainly got my attention but did no harm since the cartridge expended its energy into the ground. I bought four of these devices and have set them repeatedly with only 3 "possible" kills for my time and money. Still, I think the only way for a homeowner to have much chance to control moles near a forest and creek is to use a multi-facet strategy consisting of repellant, gas, sonic sound emitters, and possibly even a galvanized hardware cloth barrier installed in a two-foot deep trench as one expert advised. So far, I'd say the moles are winning in our yard but I plan to keep using the Molecat devices as part of my battle strategy against the moles.

After reviewing the included instructions and the video online to be successful with little failure, I have gone from killing no moles with this thing to using my old traps to bat cleanup when it fails.I follow the instructions to the letter and even tried using plastic gloves to prevent scent. After following the steps with the included scent free bag.. turning it inside out without touching any of the inside, our moles somehow do not trigger this machine but come up and chew holes in the bag. I have called the one man support team who suggested helpful hint #14 which after hanging up and reviewing, says "Buy more traps."This is Not a case of you get what you pay for. I wanted to clear out the moles completely, so I went with the most lethal expensive option I could find. I've wasted countless hours without one kill and the one man support team says "even when you hunt deer or elk, you don't always kill something." Although I have fun hiking and roaming the woods doing so.I am disappointed with the product, it does not work for me or our moles are just too smart for this device. Although I follow each hole with a traditional trap and kill it.

The media could not be loaded.  I purchased the Molecat about a month ago. I watched the video at the manufacturer's website and made instructions for myself using screenshots from the video because I found that to be more clear than the instructions that came with the device. But if you're smarter than me you probably will be fine with the included instructions. I cannot stress enough that you need to be very fastidious in setting up the Molecat. First, you need to follow the instructions for loading carefully. Second, you need to make sure you avoid getting any of your own scent on the trigger end of the device, including the scent-free bag. The first mistake I made was expecting the ball to bottom out in the first step when you screw it clockwise until it stops. I called the company and said that it never stopped. The person there was very patient with me and said to just keep turning it. Sure enough it did finally bottom out. It took about 20 turns. You also have to make sure you are holding the trigger end STRAIGHT DOWN toward the ground when you push the ball down and then push the trigger lever down. When you push the ball down the red dirt cover will want to fall off. There is not enough clearance in my opinion. Just hold the dirt cover so it doesn't fall off during this step. I deployed the MoleCat 5 times and it fired every time but I could find a dead mole in the tunnel. I just deployed it again today. I think you have to keep practicing. One time it kept triggering when I was trying to arm it in the tunnel and it was raining so I gave up. Since I didn't want to unload a live round, I held it out in space, unwound the ball to the fire position, put it on the ground and triggered it with a 2x4. That is shown in the video. In the photos of the rounds (AKA casings or shells) you can see the firing pin dent on the ones that fired and you can see that the explosion that occurs opens the round all the way against the firing barrel. This is when you need the plastic rod to push the fired round out of the barrel. I drilled a hole in a 2x4 big enough to slip the threaded end of the firing barrel in it and tap the rod with a hammer to dislodge the fired round. I'm giving it 3 starts due to how hard it is to successfully kill a mole with it but it is built very well so I think if you keep trying you will succeed as others here have said they have done.