How to get rid of Voles??

[HeavyD111]

These little jerks are destroying our yard, have been active for what seems like s year and love our fresh sod. Tried traps, pads, flooding holes with water, wife freaked out and poured gas down the holes, nada, still going.

Any suggestions? Have put up with the dirt moundd and soft grass area for way too long, am tired.

[Greatwest]

Have u tried the sonic spikes that go into the ground and send sound and vibrations into the ground supposed to keep them out and get rid of them. I know there is solar ones not sure if there are plug in ones as well. There are also smoke bombs to gas them out.

[badbrass]

Had them! Not no more! Works Great!

[ghostguy6]

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I have never had a trap out for more than 12 hours without a catch. All you do is open up the tunnel and stick the trap in so the white end is sticking out.

[Dean2]

We used the sulphur gas bombs you get at home depot. Most effective and easy to use.

[The Cook]

You can hire my wife, she just beat one to death with her broom. Thank Christ she had it in park. We have a serious infestation and are setting out traps.

[Prairiewolf]

Originally Posted by Dean2

We used the sulphur gas bombs you get at home depot. Most effective and easy to use.

This is the only quote you need - Dean2 nails it. Its called a "Giant Destroyer". My wife and I periodically deal with voles at our place and the only thing that really knocks the population down is these things. Make sure to look for any holes, plug all but one (wetting the surface helps to trap gas below ground) and have a bit of dirt on-hand to backfill the hole you shove the bomb into. You can hear this thing emitting gas for a few minutes - very effective.

[MountainTi]

Originally Posted by ghostguy6

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I have never had a trap out for more than 12 hours without a catch. All you do is open up the tunnel and stick the trap in so the white end is sticking out.

Pocket gopher or vole? Big difference.
Those traps work well for pocket gophers

[204ruger]

Originally Posted by HeavyD111

These little jerks are destroying our yard, have been active for what seems like s year and love our fresh sod. Tried traps, pads, flooding holes with water, wife freaked out and poured gas down the holes, nada, still going.

Any suggestions? Have put up with the dirt moundd and soft grass area for way too long, am tired.

I’m thinking you mean moles, not voles. If you use traps they are very easy and effective. Find the hole dig it out in the direction of the tunnel that shoots off of the hole and stick trap in with the little hole in the one end of trap sticking out. Don’t put a pail or board over the hole you stuck the trap in or they will just backfill your trap and it won’t get them. A mole tries to cover up the light so that’s why you need to leave the little hole in the end of the trap uncovered, it’ll shine light down the tunnel and the mole will try to go cover the light and “wammo” you have yourself a mole.
Caught hundreds this way and if set properly they’ll hit it in a few hours. Moles hate the light shining in their tunnels. Flooding holes isn’t very effective unless u can rush gallons of water at one time as they will have a fail safe for floods, set of tunnels dug deeper for heavy rainfall to go so it doesn’t drown them out. Just like gophers do.

If it is actually a vole They are a different creature (big mouse like) and I don’t have any suggestions.