Thank you thank you thank you! This video is awesome! I have been devastated for 14 years by a huge community of gophers! It has driven me to tears many times! I have tried everything I could think of. Finally, I talked my husband into building me very expressive screened bottom raised garden beds so we could harvest our food. That hasn't fixed the massive holes ALL over though, so I'm off to your next video to learn how to use your favorite trap. Thank you!
So glad you found this, then, Toni - you sound just like us. Hope this works for you, too! (PS- we had to line our beds with hardware cloth in our last house to keep out voles - field mice - if it's not one, it's another, lol)
Thanks for the laughs. Great video and I’ve had these same experiences with most all the products you’ve shown. They did not work. Just hired a professional gopher capture company who work the farms here in my county and are very successful in catching gophers. You know what they use? The DK trap. One thing the professionals told me is how SMART these varmints are. Go figure.
I tried the road flare the first time I had gopher signs in my front lawn. I sealed off all the holes except the one I put the lit flare in then covered that hole. Within 10 minutes I saw movement at one of the holes and I nailed it with a garden fork used for loosening soil. This method worked for me.
What ever happened to the ol' gopher snare idea made with binder twine? Once you snared one, you could do what ever you wanted to do with them. My favorite pass time growing up on the farm was snaring gophers. I used even go out before church Sunday morning and snare 5 to 10 of them in no time. I just tied a snare at the end of the binder twine, then looped it around the gopher hole, then i laid flat in the the grass maybe 4 or 5 feet away from the hole, and waited, and when the gopher poked his head out the hole, one quick pull, and i had it snared. I loved your video!
Thanks for the laugh, I've been trying all these things also and it is frustrating but after seeing you in the same boat feeling it I feel better now. I'm using everything at once, hitting them form all angles and there will be no peace for these demon gophers until all evidence of them is erased.
I had many successes with the air rifle. Only works when you see a new earth mound coming up, and the digging only lasts about 30 minutes. It won't work if the mound is hours old. Clear the mound to open the tunnel, then wait with the barrel down the tunnel. Usually I only need to wait 10 or 15 minutes, and you need to be quick on the trigger. The pest will dart in the tunnel or throw dirt at the opening. The problem is you don't often see a mound actively coming up. Tried gopher hawk with no success so far.
I enjoyed this video very much because I know your pain! I watched gophers slowly destroy my lawn for 2 years and I tried much of what you tried. I did get rid of them finally, in a way that you wouldn’t believe, but it depended on me being there when the gopher popped up and started eating. What I learned about the gophers in my lawn was (for unknown reasons) they fed at pretty predictable hours in the day. Since I could see them from the house window, I learned what those hours were. So I too bought a pellet gun and feel I could get them next time that way, but that’s not how I killed them at first. If they come back (and I’m sure they will) I’ll use the pellet gun. I learned also what you said about baiting them with peanut butter / seeds/ carrots/ potatoes and was quite surprised they didn’t touch any of it. They seemed not interested in the least. My gophers were feeding on grass and that seemed all they were interested in. Another thing I learned was that they would zip out of their hole, eat grass, and zip (backwards) back in. That means that if I snuck up behind them on their blind side, they didn’t see me! Of course you still had to be very stealthy. This is manually intensive though and wouldn’t work over a large area. But I got the whole colony in my 1/4 acre yard that way. In the future that would be with the pellet gun assist. 😊 I think a lot of the mis-information out on the web exists because there are many varieties of pocket gopher out there and their behavior and sizes are all different.
I recently got a Gopher Hawk trap. It's kind of spendy and you really need to read the directions and understand how to set it, but that thing worked for me. I would also like to try the Death Klutch (DK).
David Parker Yep, Gopher Hawk has been successful for me. Take a bit of practice and understanding to target “freshies”...fresh mounds. In a 1ac field I got 17 in one month. GH is quick and effective way to kill them. The cost more than most of these other methods/traps but work for me.
@@AnOregonCottage GopherHawk worked within less than 12 hours for me. Was awesome! Love the GopherHawk! Just tried it last night and bitch was dead by morning.
I’ve used the black boxes and also only caught one. So, I just resolved to try to coexist with the gophers because it is this hilarious emotional struggle that just takes too much out of you. However, if you care enough about your yard and garden, they will piss you off enough to pull you in. It’s comforting to know we’re all in this struggle together and the good old DK1 is still the best way. I used those when I was a kid when the County gave us $2.50 for gopher feet.
Wow, you are one driven dude. I have a couple I am battling this winter in NM. I got 1 a month ago but the coyotes got to it before I did and ran off with the trap and varmint so I lost my only older black box trap. I did borrow one from my neighbor today as I saw 3 new mounds and lo and behold I got one within 2 hours! Loved the rush of that kill, I am embarrassed to say, and set another trap for tonight. We shall see what happens.
Unfortunately, we have a continual problem with gophers (a rare "gopher city") so we have to keep up - I wish I didn't have to be "driven!" That has happened to a couple of my traps, too. I try to anchor them stronger now, but it's always a possibility.
Gopher gassers work as do many other products, but the key is DONT get complacent after you gas, drown or poison them… you have to go around and fill in all their holes with small gravel and tunnel fill and pack them down as deep as you can. Any sign that the gophers left even the old old old holes with spider webs in them, fill them as full as possible and pack it down. After you do all that, you need to inspect your yard for any hints that more have migrated over from your neighbors yard or mama gopher just gave birth to 14 brand new babies because guess what, chances are it’s her 10th litter in only about 7 months. You gotta stay vigilant in other words and start planting a garden, because you will now have faith in whatever you plant and be proactive not reactive because you fully understand now how these monsters can and will take over again.
That's a great tip, Misty! Sadly we have 100s of holes and not enough time to do that, which is probably why we have such a problem, lol. Maybe if we at least do the newer holes - will definitely try this. Thanks!
I loved this video and apprectiate all of your efforts and showing us what not to do. I've killed 136 gophers on my 10 acres in the last 3 months using the gophinator trap that you said the experts in your area use but did not work for you. I had tried a lot of other traps and that one gave me the best success. I'm going to get the one you suggest too and see how it compares.
Wow, and I thought we had a lot! I'd love to hear your results of your test! I'm sure gophers in different areas, whether from size or how they burrow, etc., will have success with varying things. Once the DK-1 worked, that's what we've stuck with.
Informative. Many videos claim gasing gophers ensures death of all, incl rats too. Glad u got pests- I can truly emphasize re destruction & going “ mad”.
Varmint rifle approach is for ground squirrels. They come up and cavort around. I finally confirmed mine were squirrels when I saw one. Big bait stations along the house foundation and deep in shady shrubbery worked. They were attracting rattlesnakes and those snakes got big n fat.
Yikes! We have gopher snakes, but that's about it (they unfortunately can't deal with the number of gophers we have). Our gophers do come up occasionally - we've gotten a couple with a gun that way.
Cinch traps works for me. You need to be persistent. Sometimes the gopher will bury the claws. You have to shift the trap and try again. Buy a 3 pack and tie a string to anchor it. 2 years ago, I killed 20 gophers, last year, I killed 11. This year, 1 gopher killed. I also buried a metal fence to keep them out and planted gopher resistant plants.
Sometimes its not the product but how you use the products. Because i have had great success with some of the products that did not work for you placement is very important
you are correct. ive used the sweeny trap on our 200 acres. no bait, no gloves, bo anchoring down. each time i set the trap, within 15mins i get one. its about identifying the type of hole, setting the trap, and pick a good windy day. 90 percent kill.
Big Cinch trap works for me. But you have to set it just right down in the hole. Watch some videos on that. I am interested in the one that worked for you though!
Gopher hawk.I bought 4 traps killed 10 in 48 hours on 12 acres of hayfield, Neighbor has 40 acres he is up to 31 gophers (4 traps trapping 2 weeks) We are running out of mounds found, Also hay is getting to tall to see them.. Will have to wait now till hay is cut.
Thanks for the entertaining video. I share your frustration -- I've caught a total of ONE gopher in 3 years, using the Gopher Hawk device. Have you tried that one? What's your latest advice? You are a natural for vids. Keep it up.
The gopher hawk looked pretty cool - I never got one, though. The DK-1 worked and that's all I use now. I do have to keep up with it, almost daily at certain times of the year (we have a constant supply of gophers that fill in when the others leave).
I use this trap. You have to find the freshest hole. I put a tad bit of peanut butter on it and dug the hole and set the trap and within hours I caught it. The hole needs to be fresh.
Some years ago I had a piece of property littered with gopher holes. I tried all kinds of things (not as drastic as you) to get rid of them. Finally bought three gopher plants and put one on each side of the house that had problems. Only one of the plants survived, but almost immediately the gophers left the property (even on the other sides of the house). The plant got big and thrived, I never had another gopher on the property.
@@AshGreen359 This was in the 80s so I don't remember the exact name of the gopher plant. I ordered the plants on-line and like I said, of the 3 only one survived. But it puts out some kind of chemical smell (?) in the ground that gophers don't like. they left pretty fast and I didn't have any more problems after that. Over time the plant that survived got to be a good 3 feet tall, maybe a bit more, and really bushy.
@@sandrah583 Interesting, they're are several plants people claim repel gophers but I'm not really believing them. A plant working as well as you describe is pretty interesting though.
How does the gopherhawk compare with macabee-style traps? These 2 seem to be the top most recommended traps, but not sure what is the most effective or the pros/cons.
I've not tried the Macabee - I've tried little ones similar to it that didn't work. I also didn't use the gopher hawk, though it looked interesting. I found the DK-1 to be easy to set and really works.
You’re putting your traps in the wrong places in those early days. You need to find the freshest mound that’ll be one that is dark and moist that means it just happened in the last day or so. You essentially want to try to set the trap right on top of where the Gopher is. Gophers are vegetarians so they won’t eat sunflower seeds and you don’t need to bait a gopher trap if you set it correctly. The gophers eat roots and green plants. You bought a gun and you’re gonna sit in the yard oh my gosh dude you are in trouble you are desperate. Congratulations you finally figured it out. You’re finding the tunnels and you’re setting the trap correctly. One thing you didn’t mention so in case you’re not doing this you need to level out Gopher mounds so that you will notice when a new one comes up and then you go to that one and set your traps it also will allow you to get a better idea of how many Gopher you actually have. Don’t waste your time on old mounds that are dried out because that Gopher is not there anymore you have to find the new mounds. The dirt will be darker and moist for a day or two.
@@davidseals352 Sadly, it's just as bad - we get one in an area and a new gopher fills that space sometimes within days. It's a constant, ongoing battle with a TON of them, which we hear isn't normal. We'll keep at it!!
What do you do is get gopher mesh fence and put it under your grass it’s a little pricey and a lot of work but once you install it you will never have gophers again
I've thought about this for certain areas (we couldn't do it for the whole 2 acres), but how do you keep it down? Don't they push up through it? We lined our previous raised beds with hardware cloth to keep the moles and voles from eating and destroying our veggies, but they would still push up through, creating a mess...
i bought a lawn mower for $100 , took off the exhaust , and screwed in a half inch pipe. bout a foot long. and then put a long peace of heater hose on it , with some 2 stroke mixed gas to enhance the kill ratio , and stuck the hose down the gopher hole , works awesome on squirrels , and let it run for about 5 min .. gone
When you shot the one by the house did you leave his dead body in the tunnel? Leave a message for the others. The hardest thing about shooting them is you need to get them to come up, sometimes opening the hole will make them come, if its a tunnel they are using then crushing it down might drive them up, its probably the most fun way, but least effective if you have lots and lots.
well, anhydrous ammonia fertilizer will kill them. the sence you are on the farm more then like been train in useing that. stick the hose in the whole open valve it will suck the moisture out of their body.
hmmm . . . love the "get a pack of Camels" comment . . . in my younger (even stupider days), I used to smoke those . . . time to take them up again to shoot a gopher--may be worth it!
We have both gophers and moles - they aren't the same thing. Our pocket gophers pop up and remove dirt above ground and the moles never come above ground.
we had tem in the hay and they destroyed SOOO much food for the horses - typically the year when there ere no hay to buy ... we had a horrible smmer with no rain for 3 months and we got hay from Iceland, denmark and even USA.. so i was shocked when i saw how much they had destroyed.. i am very empathic but it was us or them at this point so i took a plank and strapped a rat rap on top of it- the one that snap teir neck - put some yummy vegetables on it - like dadles and sat on top of the haystack ( our hay is locked in so there are no cats, no birds, no nothing.. it is like Gold for us - so we take VERY good care of it and keep it very safe BUT the gophers had found a hole in the ground and trough the wall in one corner.. pesky little bastards. So after 1 week they were all gone.. It was only 3!! we thought it was at least 30 from all the damage - but nope... only 3..... and no new gophers this year... YEAH!!... so i am SO happy :-D
Thank you thank you thank you! This video is awesome! I have been devastated for 14 years by a huge community of gophers! It has driven me to tears many times! I have tried everything I could think of. Finally, I talked my husband into building me very expressive screened bottom raised garden beds so we could harvest our food. That hasn't fixed the massive holes ALL over though, so I'm off to your next video to learn how to use your favorite trap. Thank you!
So glad you found this, then, Toni - you sound just like us. Hope this works for you, too! (PS- we had to line our beds with hardware cloth in our last house to keep out voles - field mice - if it's not one, it's another, lol)
Thanks for the laughs. Great video and I’ve had these same experiences with most all the products you’ve shown. They did not work. Just hired a professional gopher capture company who work the farms here in my county and are very successful in catching gophers. You know what they use? The DK trap. One thing the professionals told me is how SMART these varmints are. Go figure.
Yep, we did the same thing until we couldn't afford them anymore since we have so many on a continual basis!
I tried the road flare the first time I had gopher signs in my front lawn. I sealed off all the holes except the one I put the lit flare in then covered that hole. Within 10 minutes I saw movement at one of the holes and I nailed it with a garden fork used for loosening soil.
This method worked for me.
We have way too many holes for that!
What ever happened to the ol' gopher snare idea made with binder twine? Once you snared one, you could do what ever you wanted to do with them.
My favorite pass time growing up on the farm was snaring gophers. I used even go out before church Sunday morning and snare 5 to 10 of them in no time.
I just tied a snare at the end of the binder twine, then looped it around the gopher hole, then i laid flat in the the grass maybe 4 or 5 feet away from the hole, and waited, and when the gopher poked his head out the hole, one quick pull, and i had it snared.
I loved your video!
Never heard of that!
Thanks for the laugh, I've been trying all these things also and it is frustrating but after seeing you in the same boat feeling it I feel better now. I'm using everything at once, hitting them form all angles and there will be no peace for these demon gophers until all evidence of them is erased.
Sounds like you have the right plan!!
I had many successes with the air rifle. Only works when you see a new earth mound coming up, and the digging only lasts about 30 minutes. It won't work if the mound is hours old. Clear the mound to open the tunnel, then wait with the barrel down the tunnel. Usually I only need to wait 10 or 15 minutes, and you need to be quick on the trigger. The pest will dart in the tunnel or throw dirt at the opening. The problem is you don't often see a mound actively coming up. Tried gopher hawk with no success so far.
Yes, we have too many for that to work consistently.
I enjoyed this video very much because I know your pain! I watched gophers slowly destroy my lawn for 2 years and I tried much of what you tried. I did get rid of them finally, in a way that you wouldn’t believe, but it depended on me being there when the gopher popped up and started eating. What I learned about the gophers in my lawn was (for unknown reasons) they fed at pretty predictable hours in the day. Since I could see them from the house window, I learned what those hours were. So I too bought a pellet gun and feel I could get them next time that way, but that’s not how I killed them at first. If they come back (and I’m sure they will) I’ll use the pellet gun. I learned also what you said about baiting them with peanut butter / seeds/ carrots/ potatoes and was quite surprised they didn’t touch any of it. They seemed not interested in the least. My gophers were feeding on grass and that seemed all they were interested in. Another thing I learned was that they would zip out of their hole, eat grass, and zip (backwards) back in. That means that if I snuck up behind them on their blind side, they didn’t see me! Of course you still had to be very stealthy. This is manually intensive though and wouldn’t work over a large area. But I got the whole colony in my 1/4 acre yard that way. In the future that would be with the pellet gun assist. 😊 I think a lot of the mis-information out on the web exists because there are many varieties of pocket gopher out there and their behavior and sizes are all different.
Such good points about watching and getting to know the behavior of the gophers you have! Glad you were able to get rid of them.
I recently got a Gopher Hawk trap. It's kind of spendy and you really need to read the directions and understand how to set it, but that thing worked for me. I would also like to try the Death Klutch (DK).
I was going to get the Gopher Hawk. It looks like it would work really well. But the DK started working, so I've stuck with that.
David Parker Yep, Gopher Hawk has been successful for me. Take a bit of practice and understanding to target “freshies”...fresh mounds. In a 1ac field I got 17 in one month. GH is quick and effective way to kill them. The cost more than most of these other methods/traps but work for me.
@@AnOregonCottage GopherHawk worked within less than 12 hours for me. Was awesome! Love the GopherHawk! Just tried it last night and bitch was dead by morning.
I’ve used the black boxes and also only caught one. So, I just resolved to try to coexist with the gophers because it is this hilarious emotional struggle that just takes too much out of you. However, if you care enough about your yard and garden, they will piss you off enough to pull you in. It’s comforting to know we’re all in this struggle together and the good old DK1 is still the best way. I used those when I was a kid when the County gave us $2.50 for gopher feet.
"Hilarious emotional struggle" - YES!
Excellent advice. I got my 1st gopher in less than a day.
Yay! Glad it helped.
Wow, you are one driven dude. I have a couple I am battling this winter in NM. I got 1 a month ago but the coyotes got to it before I did and ran off with the trap and varmint so I lost my only older black box trap. I did borrow one from my neighbor today as I saw 3 new mounds and lo and behold I got one within 2 hours! Loved the rush of that kill, I am embarrassed to say, and set another trap for tonight. We shall see what happens.
Unfortunately, we have a continual problem with gophers (a rare "gopher city") so we have to keep up - I wish I didn't have to be "driven!" That has happened to a couple of my traps, too. I try to anchor them stronger now, but it's always a possibility.
Gopher gassers work as do many other products, but the key is DONT get complacent after you gas, drown or poison them… you have to go around and fill in all their holes with small gravel and tunnel fill and pack them down as deep as you can. Any sign that the gophers left even the old old old holes with spider webs in them, fill them as full as possible and pack it down. After you do all that, you need to inspect your yard for any hints that more have migrated over from your neighbors yard or mama gopher just gave birth to 14 brand new babies because guess what, chances are it’s her 10th litter in only about 7 months.
You gotta stay vigilant in other words and start planting a garden, because you will now have faith in whatever you plant and be proactive not reactive because you fully understand now how these monsters can and will take over again.
That's a great tip, Misty! Sadly we have 100s of holes and not enough time to do that, which is probably why we have such a problem, lol. Maybe if we at least do the newer holes - will definitely try this. Thanks!
I loved this video and apprectiate all of your efforts and showing us what not to do. I've killed 136 gophers on my 10 acres in the last 3 months using the gophinator trap that you said the experts in your area use but did not work for you. I had tried a lot of other traps and that one gave me the best success. I'm going to get the one you suggest too and see how it compares.
Wow, and I thought we had a lot! I'd love to hear your results of your test! I'm sure gophers in different areas, whether from size or how they burrow, etc., will have success with varying things. Once the DK-1 worked, that's what we've stuck with.
@@AnOregonCottage I'm in coastal California and my soil is on the sandy side. I killed 15 yesterday. They are out of control here.
@@dianachapman9331 Yikes! That's amazing.
It just reminds me of Caddy Shack. So you’ve got that one trap goin’ for you. Hahaha!
Exactly! When nothing's working month after month, you start getting a little crazy.
AnOregonCottage - Thank you for your reply.
Informative. Many videos claim gasing gophers ensures death of all, incl rats too. Glad u got pests- I can truly emphasize re destruction & going “ mad”.
Yes, it's ongoing!
Varmint rifle approach is for ground squirrels. They come up and cavort around. I finally confirmed mine were squirrels when I saw one. Big bait stations along the house foundation and deep in shady shrubbery worked. They were attracting rattlesnakes and those snakes got big n fat.
Yikes! We have gopher snakes, but that's about it (they unfortunately can't deal with the number of gophers we have). Our gophers do come up occasionally - we've gotten a couple with a gun that way.
2:19 large gopher returns.
Cinch traps works for me. You need to be persistent. Sometimes the gopher will bury the claws. You have to shift the trap and try again. Buy a 3 pack and tie a string to anchor it.
2 years ago, I killed 20 gophers, last year, I killed 11. This year, 1 gopher killed. I also buried a metal fence to keep them out and planted gopher resistant plants.
The war never ends.
What are the plants ? I have to know , thanks.
Sometimes its not the product but how you use the products. Because i have had great success with some of the products that did not work for you placement is very important
Definitely!
you are correct. ive used the sweeny trap on our 200 acres. no bait, no gloves, bo anchoring down. each time i set the trap, within 15mins i get one. its about identifying the type of hole, setting the trap, and pick a good windy day. 90 percent kill.
Big Cinch trap works for me. But you have to set it just right down in the hole. Watch some videos on that. I am interested in the one that worked for you though!
Everything is trial and error where critters are concerned.
Gopher hawk.I bought 4 traps killed 10 in 48 hours on 12 acres of hayfield, Neighbor has 40 acres he is up to 31 gophers (4 traps trapping 2 weeks)
We are running out of mounds found, Also hay is getting to tall to see them.. Will have to wait now till hay is cut.
Glad that worked for you!!
@@AnOregonCottage I’m using the mole traps you showed now.
@@MrFriiy Oh - hope that's working now!
Thanks for the entertaining video. I share your frustration -- I've caught a total of ONE gopher in 3 years, using the Gopher Hawk device. Have you tried that one? What's your latest advice? You are a natural for vids. Keep it up.
The gopher hawk looked pretty cool - I never got one, though. The DK-1 worked and that's all I use now. I do have to keep up with it, almost daily at certain times of the year (we have a constant supply of gophers that fill in when the others leave).
Freaking hilarious video!!! Thanks for posting this absolutely made my day!!
Thank you for a great comment!
I use this trap. You have to find the freshest hole. I put a tad bit of peanut butter on it and dug the hole and set the trap and within hours I caught it. The hole needs to be fresh.
Thanks!
Some years ago I had a piece of property littered with gopher holes. I tried all kinds of things (not as drastic as you) to get rid of them. Finally bought three gopher plants and put one on each side of the house that had problems. Only one of the plants survived, but almost immediately the gophers left the property (even on the other sides of the house). The plant got big and thrived, I never had another gopher on the property.
Wow, we'll have to try that!
What's a goober plant?
@@AshGreen359 This was in the 80s so I don't remember the exact name of the gopher plant. I ordered the plants on-line and like I said, of the 3 only one survived. But it puts out some kind of chemical smell (?) in the ground that gophers don't like. they left pretty fast and I didn't have any more problems after that. Over time the plant that survived got to be a good 3 feet tall, maybe a bit more, and really bushy.
@@sandrah583 Interesting, they're are several plants people claim repel gophers but I'm not really believing them.
A plant working as well as you describe is pretty interesting though.
@@sandrah583 was this it?
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Hilarious thank you for taking my mind off this frustrating problem 👍🏽😊
Glad you enjoyed this!
How does the gopherhawk compare with macabee-style traps? These 2 seem to be the top most recommended traps, but not sure what is the most effective or the pros/cons.
I've not tried the Macabee - I've tried little ones similar to it that didn't work. I also didn't use the gopher hawk, though it looked interesting. I found the DK-1 to be easy to set and really works.
Bought from your link = BOOM!
They changed the Black Box, the new version is garbage
I got a big fat one in that tunnel trap
Shoot.
The #4 Gophernator is my favorite trap. I got 10 gophers last week. Not sure why it didn't work for you.
Great! Different gophers, maybe?
You’re putting your traps in the wrong places in those early days. You need to find the freshest mound that’ll be one that is dark and moist that means it just happened in the last day or so. You essentially want to try to set the trap right on top of where the Gopher is.
Gophers are vegetarians so they won’t eat sunflower seeds and you don’t need to bait a gopher trap if you set it correctly. The gophers eat roots and green plants. You bought a gun and you’re gonna sit in the yard oh my gosh dude you are in trouble you are desperate. Congratulations you finally figured it out. You’re finding the tunnels and you’re setting the trap correctly. One thing you didn’t mention so in case you’re not doing this you need to level out Gopher mounds so that you will notice when a new one comes up and then you go to that one and set your traps it also will allow you to get a better idea of how many Gopher you actually have. Don’t waste your time on old mounds that are dried out because that Gopher is not there anymore you have to find the new mounds. The dirt will be darker and moist for a day or two.
Good points. I was surprised that gophers didn't like seeds or peanut butter. Would have been so much easier to lure them in like mice or voles.
@@AnOregonCottage
I hope things have gotten better for you I was really sad to hear how much trouble you were having it had to be very frustrating.
@@davidseals352 Sadly, it's just as bad - we get one in an area and a new gopher fills that space sometimes within days. It's a constant, ongoing battle with a TON of them, which we hear isn't normal. We'll keep at it!!
I am surprised to hear that vegetarians do not eat sunflower seeds. Hmmmm....
What do you do is get gopher mesh fence and put it under your grass it’s a little pricey and a lot of work but once you install it you will never have gophers again
I've thought about this for certain areas (we couldn't do it for the whole 2 acres), but how do you keep it down? Don't they push up through it? We lined our previous raised beds with hardware cloth to keep the moles and voles from eating and destroying our veggies, but they would still push up through, creating a mess...
I get them easily with the green wire gopher traps. 2 for 13$ on Amazon.
nice that works for you!
The DK-1 has NEVER caught a gopher for me. The Black Box by Victor gets the best results in my yard. Gopher Hawk rarely catches them.
It's funny how different things work for different people!
I also hot one gohper with the black box but no action since, I bought the gohper hawk just yesterday so we will see if it works...
Hopefully that will work!
i bought a lawn mower for $100 , took off the exhaust , and screwed in a half inch pipe. bout a foot long. and then put a long peace of heater hose on it , with some 2 stroke mixed gas to enhance the kill ratio , and stuck the hose down the gopher hole , works awesome on squirrels , and let it run for about 5 min .. gone
Really? We may just have to try that!
Thanks for the help. I will let you know if it works for me.
Please do!
When you shot the one by the house did you leave his dead body in the tunnel? Leave a message for the others. The hardest thing about shooting them is you need to get them to come up, sometimes opening the hole will make them come, if its a tunnel they are using then crushing it down might drive them up, its probably the most fun way, but least effective if you have lots and lots.
Yes, we always leave them in the tunnels. So far hasn't deterred many that we can tell, lol.
That background sure looks like the Coburg hills.
Close. About 20 miles south.
well, anhydrous ammonia fertilizer will kill them. the sence you are on the farm more then like been train in useing that. stick the hose in the whole open valve it will suck the moisture out of their body.
We only have a few acres, not a farm so we don't use that, though it does sound like it might be more hurtful for them than a quick trap?
Interesting!
hmmm . . . love the "get a pack of Camels" comment . . . in my younger (even stupider days), I used to smoke those . . . time to take them up again to shoot a gopher--may be worth it!
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Nicely done video and helpful information. Thank you.
Glad it was helpful!
Yep , moles . I guess some people call em gophers.
We have both gophers and moles - they aren't the same thing. Our pocket gophers pop up and remove dirt above ground and the moles never come above ground.
i tried to find a gophenator , cant find one anywhere
Oh, we haven't look recently.
The oxy fuel cutting torch is best... And exciting.
I bet!
we had tem in the hay and they destroyed SOOO much food for the horses - typically the year when there ere no hay to buy ... we had a horrible smmer with no rain for 3 months and we got hay from Iceland, denmark and even USA.. so i was shocked when i saw how much they had destroyed.. i am very empathic but it was us or them at this point so i took a plank and strapped a rat rap on top of it- the one that snap teir neck - put some yummy vegetables on it - like dadles and sat on top of the haystack ( our hay is locked in so there are no cats, no birds, no nothing.. it is like Gold for us - so we take VERY good care of it and keep it very safe BUT the gophers had found a hole in the ground and trough the wall in one corner.. pesky little bastards. So after 1 week they were all gone.. It was only 3!! we thought it was at least 30 from all the damage - but nope... only 3..... and no new gophers this year... YEAH!!... so i am SO happy :-D
I'm glad to hear that worked for you! Protection of our property is important.
Yeah I've been told it only takes a few gophers to do a ton of damage. Hopefully I don't have as many as I think there are
Those rodent have class on how to avoid trap under ur barn. That why all the traps didnt work.
Sure seems like it!
Damn you, University of Minnesota!
You should have tried talking them to death....
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Bottle trap
Have you had success with that?