[Bleep] Pocket Gophers!

[makemydaysissy]

sounds stupid but the little windmills the sell at harbor frieght worked for me.
all they do is stick in the ground a bit and the windmill viberates the ground
and drives them away. i have to replace it about twice a year but there cheap!!!

 

[criticalbass]

I like the rodenator. My grandma used pieces of sweet potato with a strychnine center. Chewey on the outside, deadly on the inside. CB

 

[snipes]

Giant Destroyers
http://www.domyownpestcontrol.com/giant-destroyer-p-837.html

you can get them from Atwoods or the co-ops.

 

[vvvvvvv]

Giant Destroyers
http://www.domyownpestcontrol.com/giant-destroyer-p-837.html

you can get them from Atwoods or the co-ops.

How do I determine someone is home? I've got just over 50 holes to choose from.

 

[Jwryan84]

I've always flooded them out. Go to the highest mound and put the water hose in for an hour or two. Then go to the next.

Of course we had a water well at the time so it didn't cost us much to run the water all day to kill them.

 

[CHenry]

How do I determine someone is home? I've got just over 50 holes to choose from.

They are likely all connected by a single tunnel.

 

[vvvvvvv]

They are likely all connected by a single tunnel.

So... close 'em up, pick the middle one, drop a few in there, hook up an 80mm fan to a PSU to help it spread?

 

[CHenry]

I never had any luck with the gas bombs and they are pricy here in my area. If you want to gas em, run a hose off your tailpipe on the car and into the tunnel. Let it idle for 20-30 minutes or whatever. That works. Very human also as they will just fall asleep and die.
You must use a gas engine for this as diesels don't produce hardly any carbon monoxide. I found that out the hard way after spending several hours trying to gas the gophers with my 2 cyl diesel tractor exhaust. The next week i still had LOTS of new mounds which told me it failed so i researched into it and sure enough....
Kick all the mounds down when done so you can easily monitor new activity...repeat as needed.

 

[dennishoddy]

I like the rodenator. My grandma used pieces of sweet potato with a strychnine center. Chewey on the outside, deadly on the inside. CB

I don't think you can get that any more.
problem using that or other poisons on them is my dogs can smell a gopher in the ground. If they dig one up, they also die.
I prefer traps. Shoot, I trap furbears in the fall and have to pay the state for the privledge.
Gophers are free, and year around entertainment!