Victor 0631 Out O'Sight Mole Trap

by Victor

• Get rid of destructive moles and protect your yard with this durable, weather-resistant reusable mole trap - no bait needed
• Malleable iron jaws for superior strength and durability.
• Setting levers and safety clip included for secure operation. Moving parts are completely below the ground surface, safely away from children and pets
• Come fully assembled and with a sure-fire design for use in any soil type, and is ideal for sandy soil
• Professional's mole trap of choice

Product Details

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• Product Dimensions: 2.8 x 5.5 x 8.3 inches ; 1.8 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B00004RAMY
• Item model number: 0631
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (232 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #519 in Patio, Lawn & Garden (See Top 100 in Patio, Lawn & Garden)
  • #33 in Patio, Lawn & Garden > Pest Control > Traps

Product Description

Features malleable iron jaws for superior strength and durability (setting levers are included). Ideal for sandy soil. Fully assembled, sure firing trap.

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

465 of 471 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Don't follow the directions November 1, 2007

By Geoffrey Klos

Amazon Verified Purchase

Hallelujah!!! The wicked mole is dead.

For 2 years I have hunted this critter. I have read the entire internet. 2 years of research led me here.

For those of you with mole problems, let me save you some time. Forget everything you think you know. The only way to deal with moles is to kill them. The only way to kill them is to trap them. Baits don't work. Treating for grubs don't work. Moles primarily feed on worms, not grubs. Sonic vibration thingys don't work. These traps work.

BUT...

Don't follow the directions on the package. I will do my best to explain how to employ this product.

First of all, if you have to, stamp down all mole runs in your yard. Ordinarily, you don't want to do this, because it just encourages the mole to dig new runs, thus doing more damage. But you need a current picture of where the mole is active in your yard.

The next day after you have stamped down all the runs, observe any new runs. You are looking for long straight runs. Long straight runs are like mole highways. The curvy short runs are hunting roads. The curvy runs are less traveled. Hunt the highways.

Open the trap and set the safety catch. Set the trap down next to the run where you want to place it. Take your foot, and stamp down the mole run just where you want to place the trap. Should only be about your foot's width. Don't push down hard. You want the ground you stamp down to be level with the rest of the yard.

Now take a straight blade shovel and create a notch on either side where the trap blades will go. You don't have to go real deep. Just a couple inches. Wiggle the shovel if you have to, to create those "pockets" for the blades of the trap to go into....

Carefully place the trap into the notches or pockets you just created until the trigger of the trap is level to the ground.

Unhook the safety.

It took me 3 days to catch my mole once I set my trap this way. I moved it once after the first day because I wasn't happy about the run I had originally placed it. If you don't catch your mole after 3 days, then look for a better spot.

Warning!! If you go out to check your trap, bring a shovel and wear shoes. When I got mine, he wasn't dead. The trap had just got him in the back and he wasn't going anywhere, but he was alive. So when you pull up your trap, go slow and be gentle. You don't want to accidentally release him. Be ready to whack him with the shovel.

For 2 years this mole has terrorized my yard. I was at my wits end. My yard is destroyed. Let the healing begin thanks to this product. Now kill some moles!!

EDIT 3-24-09: I just wanted to give everyone an update. I got my third mole last night using these traps. Add that to the 3 my parents have killed, our family alone is responsible for killing at least a basketball team of moles. If anyone has any questions about how to kill moles, post or email me, and I am positive we can kill your mole too.

EDIT 3-16-10: I've been reading some other reviews here and I wanted to clear up some misconceptions and misunderstandings.

First, if it looks like the moles are going around your trap, the most likely cause is that the trap is set too deep. That ties to another reviewer who said they set the trap with the trigger at grass level. That would be too shallow. Before you set the trap, tamp down the run to GROUND level (not grass level). When you cut the notches for the trap blades, and place the trap in the ground, the trigger should lay even with the rest of the ground.

Second, while true that moles will eat grubs, their primary food source are worms. Worms are usually more plentiful, and they move through the ground, thus making them easier to find for a hungry mole. Grubs are more stationary. A mole will eat them, but it requires more luck to find them.

Third, if you don't get a mole in the first day, don't panic. Give it a few days. Remember, the best place to put the traps are in the long straight runs. Those are the mole highways. Just because it's a highway though, doesn't mean your mole will use that highway every day. Give it some time. It's not necessary to move your traps too often. Even if your mole seems to be active in another area of your yard, if you picked a good spot to place your trap, he will come back and use his highway again.

Fourth, moles are territorial. There may be some overlap, but it's minimal. HOWEVER, keep this in mind. Just like you, moles prefer to travel along pre-dug roads. You don't build a new road every time you want to go to the grocery store. Moles don't like to either. So, even if you kill your mole, it is VERY likely that another mole will move into your yard. Keep in mind also, that the runs you see at ground level, are only a fraction of the amount of tunnels that might be running through your yard. Moles don't hibernate. They follow the worms in the winter, and worms dig in deeper during the winter. For a mole to survive the winter, that mole has a whole labyrinth of tunnels deep under ground. Easy pickings for another mole looking to move into your yard.

EDIT 4-29-10: Taught my boss how to use these traps and he got his first mole this weekend. The moles in St. Louis are having a bad day!

EDIT 5-28-10: Got another one last night. I've had a mole kicking around the area for the last few months and just couldn't get a good run to trap. Finally, the idiot moved into another area of the yard, and to do that he had to make a couple long straight runs to get there. Well, that was his last mistake. I had the traps in the ground less than 12 hours. I woke up this morning to dead mole. There really is nothing better with your Corn Flakes than dead mole.

EDIT 7-22-10: So about a week after I killed my last mole in May I got another one destroying my yard. Took me 2 months, but that mole is now dead. What a wonderful thing heavy rain is. When it rains, it brings the worms up, and the moles are soon to follow. Right into the waiting arms of the sharp teeth of my mole trap.

EDIT 9-9-10: Pics are up! If anyone has any suggestions or questions about the pics, just leave a comment and I'll see what I can do.

EDIT 9-10-10: Less than 12 hours later, I'm the proud parent of a dead mole. I kill more moles before 9am than most people do all day.

EDIT 9-30-10: Posted 3 pics that show how to prep the trap itself before setting it. I also tried to label some components just so if there are questions in the future, we all have a reference for terminology. I'm sure my verbage isn't right, but as long as we all understand the different parts, that's all that matters.

EDIT 10-22-10: There have been a number of commenters and reviewers that have asked about sandy/loose soil. We haven't been able to give a very good answer because I don't have any experience in that kind of condition. Another reviewer does though, and he did a really good job of explaining his technique. The following is a link to his comments. Thanks Bjay25.

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So it looks like Amazon won't hyper link in reviews, but just copy that link and paste it into another tab on your browser and that will take you right to Bjay25's comments. That should be real helpful for people in the south that are dealing with sandy soil.

EDIT 1-25-11: Doesn't everyone hunt moles in the dead of winter? I got my first winter mole last night. I have all but moved in with my girlfriend, and after taking care of her yard last summer, we started noticing some mole activity. Mostly in a flower bed, which is a tough place to trap. I kept waiting for a good run to trap, but never got one. Then winter came, and I kind of forgot about it. I figured I'd get him next spring. So then I was out taking down xmas lights, and the yard was TORE UP! I tried stomping down runs, and was hoping I would get a highway to trap, but couldn't get a good one. I finally got fed up, set a few traps and stomped down all the other runs. About a week ago, it snowed pretty good here. So the traps have been covered. Yesterday was warmish, and the snow started to melt. That allowed the traps to peek above the snow, and sure enough, the trap was sprung. I figured a kid prolly kicked it. When I pulled it up, there he was. In the middle of winter, on a day when we got freezing rain in the morning, I got a winter mole. Remember, moles don't hibernate. Usually they are deeper, to avoid the cold during the winter, but this one must have been desperate. Maybe he thought he was safe since there was snow on the ground. Wrongo buddy!

EDIT 6-9-11: This year is the hatch of the 13 year cicadas in St. Louis. What does that have to do with moles? Well, the cicada larvae emerge from the ground to mutate and mate. What are they while they are in the ground and preparing to emerge? They are mole food is what they are. I've read a few articles now about the effects of cicadas on the ecosystem, and one thing that is consistent is that up to 2 years before a cicada emergence, mole activity is increased. On the other hand, you can expect to see decreased mole activity after they emerge. So, that might explain why so many in our area have been having mole issues. Hopefully after the stupid cicadas are gone, some of the moles will go with them.

EDIT 5-3-12: I would love to talk to the 3 people who didn't find this review helpful. I'm not gonna dwell on it, but I'm just sayin...

EDIT 2-6-13: A new study was released today that shows that moles can most likely smell in stereo. This acute sense of smell is how moles locate their food. Why does this matter to people who don't like moles? I'll tell ya. Reading the story made me think about the poison worms. I'm skeptical that they work very well. I suppose it's not impossible that a few have eaten one and died, but we just don't have very good evidence and most of the evidence that we have goes against suggesting that the poison worms work. If they worked as well as the manufacturer claimed, then people wouldn't be bothering coming to Amazon to buy a mole trap and learning how to trap moles. That to me is all the evidence I need to know they don't work very well. Not to mention my own experience with them. But anyway. If you see the videos of the moles using their stereo smell, they sweep their nose side to side and then immediately head straight for the food. The poison worms may look like worms, but how close do they smell like worms? After a human has been handling them? This is most likely the biggest reason why poison worms don't work. So, if you want to get rid of your moles, trap them. Worms dont' work and now we understand a little bit better why they don't work. Read more ›

91 of 92 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars The only trap I've found that has worked for me! August 6, 2011

By Joseph L. Hurtsellers

Length: 5:25 Mins

This is the way I've had luck using this type of trap. I've killed over 35 moles from my yard this way but keep in mind that techniques may vary depending on your area and soil type.

55 of 57 people found the following review helpful

4.0 out of 5 stars The trap works if you DO NOT FOLLOW DIRECTIONS November 1, 2007

By Irish Lace VINE™ VOICE

This type of trap is highly effective IF you do NOT follow the directions about how to place it. If you bury it (which the directions will tell you to do) it will simply NOT work. If your "out o sight" trap is out of sight it is TOO DEEP and all you will get is holes in your yard and perhaps an annoyed mole.

When the very expensive exterminator (who we now refer to as "Mark the Mole Man") came to our house, I showed him our "out of sight" mole trap. He tried to be respectful but finally just said, "Ma'am, that's too deep. Ain't gonna kill nothin'." As it turns out, this is exactly the same type of trap he uses. He just knows how to use it correctly.

He pulled it up and knocked the dirt off and walked around the yard for a while telling me stuff about moles. He clearly took great pride in his mole murdering skills (please don't give PETA my address.) Finally he stopped, stood silently for a moment, then he stepped his boot gently on a run until the soil was level with the surrounding soil. Next he took his special tool for making the slits that the previous reviewer described making with a shovel, and he made his two slits in the run for the blades to fit into.

Then, artist that he was, Mark the Mole Man pressed the trap blades slowly into the slits he had made until the flat trigger was sitting gently on the soil. Released the safety and - Done. He placed three more in the back yard (BIG yard) and 24 hours later we had a dead mole.

It was a wonderful (and for us expensive) experience. Go get your nasty little critter with this trap, but don't follow their directions. Listen to reviewer Geoffrey Klos.

17 of 18 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars finally something that really works!!! March 24, 2005

By Jeffrey Schnabel

after $100.00 in smoke bombs and spring loaded spike traps, we gave up on the mole invasion. we called and exterminator who used these same traps. they didn't miss. he caught six in two days. we found these traps on-line and ordered two. about a month later we saw another mole tunnel. next day we had him. be very careful setting these traps, they are very powerful. by the way, the exterminator gets $50.00 a mole.

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Victor 0631 November 11, 2008

By Saeed K. Rahimi

Amazon Verified Purchase

This is an excellent product. I had to play with the sensitivity of the trigger a bit before I used it. Once set, it worked very well. Trapped a couple of moles in 24 hours and problem has gone away now.

I did not like the manufacturer's instructions. I had to find out how to set it myself. Here is what I did:

1. Armed the trapped with the safety clip on.
2. Found a straight area on the mole's runway
3. Flattened a straight part of the runway a couple of inches wider that trap by stepping on it
4. Used a putty knife as wide as the trap jaws and cut two lines perpendicular to the run. I widened the cuts a bit for the jaws to push trough the cut easily
5. I pushed the trap jaws in the cuts until the trigger tip just touched the top part of the grass.
6. Removed the safety clip

You can protect the trap if you are like me and have neighbors with kids and/or dog by covering the trap with a large bucket and a heavy weight on top of it.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful

4.0 out of 5 stars It Worked for Me September 8, 2009

By T. Chen

Amazon Verified Purchase

As many other reviewers, I had tried pellets, castor oil repellent, giant smoke bombs (two packages), and a sonic mole chaser to no avail. Every morning during the summer I would surely wake up to fresh mole hills and pebbles on our front yard, and I was losing the war. Then I purchased the Out of Sight trap on Amazon based on reviews and because it was available through Amazon Prime. Also, surprisingly no mole traps were available at my local Home Depot and OSH stores.

After placing the trap in three different locations over the span of a week, I finally nailed the bugger. Here are some tips that I learned on my own or from various sites on the Internet:

(1) Many of the reviewers on Amazon said that they encountered only shallow mole runs that were visible on the surface. They cited a good technique to set the trap for the shallow runs. However, my mole burrowed only deep runs. No runs were visible from the surface; only the mole hills. To set the trap for the deep runs, I followed the directions on the box, which called for digging a hole along a main run. I had to dig around 6 inches to get down to the run. Then, just as the directions say, I created a "speed bump" and filled the hole with some very loose soil. Then I placed a large 39 oz coffee can on top of the hole and trap. In fact, the coffee can made for a good template to carve out the hole, which should not be much wider in diameter than the length of the trap.

(2) I found out on some website (I don't recall which) that when you first get the Out of Sight trap that you should stick it in dirt for a couple of days so that the odor of the freshly machined trap metal, which the mole can apparently smell, gets diffused.... I don't know if that is fact or fiction, but my first unsuccessful experience with the trap seems to support that theory. The mole kicked dirt into the hole where I first placed the trap and also plugged up the runs leading to the trap. Smart little critter!

(3) I found that a good tool to locate the main runs was a weed remover. The tip of the weed remover is thin enough to poke into the turf, but thick enough to have you sense whether you are still poking through dirt, which may be loose, or have discovered a run. Keep in mind that the main runs are still only around 1-1/2" in diameter. The key to placing the trap is to find an active, main run.

(4) If you have deep mole runs (like I experienced), a good way to locate them is to draw a straight line between adjacent, new mole hills. There is a good likelihood that there is a run that connects the mole hills. Place the trap between the adjacent mole hills, but more than 18 inches away from either mole hill. If you place the trap within close proximity to a mole hill, you will invariably just get dirt thrown into the trap by the mole.

(5) Once a mole is trapped, you may get another mole (or some other critter) moving into its place. Moles are individualists. They stay away from other moles, but take over a territory when there is no other mole present. Moles do, however, get together in the spring when they mate. So, even after a kill, stay attentive to your lawn.

In conclusion, I attest to this trap and its quality. It should last a long, long time. I would not allow my wife or a child to use the trap, however. As others noted, the spring is heavy duty and takes a fair amount of strength and courage to set. Also, it can be dangerous, and a set trap needs to be handled very carefully and with the safety latch on.

Now that I got my mole, I can wake up without the anticipation of me having to rake over mole hills and replug grass. Also, now that I am confident about using the trap (I have one kill under my belt!), I am assured that if another bugger shows up (and one surely will), I know how to effectively deal with it. Read more ›