Warning - This trap is only to be set when the jaws are in the ground. This is a powerful trap. Do not set the trap by hand. Never use fingers or hands around the trap mechanism or when set. Keep away from children, pets and domestic animals.

The Easy-Set Mole Eliminator is ready to use. No assembly is required. This device is the most effective and humane mole control device available. Burrowing moles will crete unsightly and dangerous ridges in a manicured lawn at up to sixty feet in an hour. This amazing patented invention eliminates pesky moles from your lawn and garden, not just driving them out to relocate and cause damage elsewhere. When used properly, the Easy-Set Mole Eliminator will work safely and effectively and will not harm the environment. No baits or chemicals are used.

How and Where
Setting the Mole Eliminator properly is very important for effective operation. Locate an active run (tunnel). An active tunnel will have fresh, moist, worked-up soil. Using a pencil or a small stick, poke it into the mole tunnel several times to determine the approximate width and depth. The greater the width usually indicates that the tunnel has been in use for a longer time and more often. A 4 1/2 inch depth or less tunnel is an ideal location to set your trap.

Setting the Trap
Press the center of the mole tunnel down with the heel of your foot until the ground feels solid. (You are actually closing a small area of the tunnel.) Push both pairs of the closed jaws straight down with a rocking motion into the mole run and in line with it. Position the trap so that the trigger disc is above the flattened area and the outer frame is flush with the ground. Both jaws must be centered in and in line with the direction of the tunnel. This will allow the jaws to open across the tunnel when they are set.
Step straight down on the lever until the trap is set. (Levers will go slightly past center when fully set and will be parallel to the ground.) In hard or rocky soil a repeated stepping motion may be necessary to set the trap. Also, try to keep the trigger stem as vertical as possible. This prevents bending at the trigger disc as well as maximizing the sensitivity of the trigger.

Disarming, Removing or Relocating
If after one day (or even half a day), the trap has not been triggered by a mole, we suggest removing and relocating it to another run or tunnel. Not all runs remain active as a food source for the moles.
To release the trap from its "set" position use a stiff stick or screw driver and lift up under the top lever until the springs take over, the lever will pop up and the jaws close safely underground. Pull the disarmed trap out of the ground and relocate.
Warning - To avoid potential injury, never remove the Mole Eliminator from the ground unless it is disarmed.

Discarding the Dead Mole
When the levers of the trap pop up, it should indicate that a mole has been caught. To remove the dead mole from the trap, pull the trap out of the ground with a rocking motion. Grab the frame on both ends and pull the levers against your body just enough to allow the mole to drop out.
Warning - Never open the jaws all the way as it can cause injury.

Moles: Helpful Hints
Earthworms are the primary food of moles. The only proven way to rid your lawn of moles is traps. Chewing gum, flooding, gassing, noise or vibration makers, spraying for grubs and other methods to rid your lawn of moles do not work. Moles often leave active areas. You still hear other methods touted as successful, but that is because the mole has moved on. The only proven method is traps.
To trap the mole the trap must be set in an active tunnel. If you collapse three to six inches of a tunnel and later find evidence the tunnel has been repaired, the tunnel was active - you found a good place to set traps. You will often have good results within 24 hours.
If the evidence is a hill of dirt, you may not see a tunnel. In that situation the mole's tunnels are deep. Spread the dirt, feel around the center a few inches below the surface, you will likely find one or two tunnels sloping downwards from the hill. Trapping this one may require carefully stripping some of the soil off the top of a tunnel.
Moles are territorial. If you see lots of activity confined to a small area it's usually only one mole wreaking the havoc. The mole may not return to a feeding area. Long tunnels typically stay active longer. Most successful trappers who find activity will use more than one trap. They like to "flood the area" with traps. Persistence leads to success.