Moles? Groundhogs?

[AlphaDog]

Hey everyone...

I had a buddy send me several maples this week and one of them has been the victim of an attack... an attack from underneath!

I've got a resident mole OR groundhog. I do not know which and I can not find this little dude. All over my back yard are these tunnels that when stepped on, sink just a little. My dog hears and/or smells this little guy but can never find it. He's got a perpetually dirty nose to prove it. LOL

My question to you all is simply this:

How would you go about getting rid of an unknown burrower in your precious yard?

Traps? Poison?

I'm a humane person and I don't wanna kill it, but if I don't it'll never leave. See my predicament? I need some serious help!

Bill, you have some GREAT advice. Any words of wisdom on this one? Everyone is free and welcome to reply on this one. I'll try anything! I've GOT to get rid of this pest!

[maryataylor]

They say that caster beans are to keep them away, and they look really good in a land scape, and there are traps that you can use. You also can go to your home improvement store, Lowes or homedepot and ask them if there is anything that you can use to repell them away. Hope this helps.

[gardeningmom]

NOt to be a downer - but GOOD LUCK! We had moles at our last house and we could not get rid of them. They had dug so many tunnels that I seriously thought the side yard was going to cave in. One tidbit is that moles LOVE grubs so if you get rid of the grubs the moles will leave?

[ok_nurse]

Grubs are their food. As you start amending your soil-more grubs and more moles. I believe the grubs are immature june bugs. Anyway, the only sure way I know of to get moles to leave their food source is to make them a food source supplement to a female cat!
Good Luck!