Gopher problem

[BigPimping]

My FIL poured industrial strength bleach down the hole. Problem solved!!!!

[GM4spd]

Start your lawn mower with a piece of high temp hose from the exhaust going into one of the holes.
The carbon monoxide will kill them.

Sounds like the "Final Solution". Pete

[fdesalvo]

I've only managed to flush out 3 so far. Got one with a pitchfork, that was epic.

lol!

[Sunday]

DAMN! Jackpot! Roger that.

That gopher is on the borderline of needing a larger caliber.

[FamilyProtector]

I used road flares. It worked great. Plus it showed all the other holes around the yard.

[langss]

As soon as they show up, I go after them with a pointed heavy steel bar. Starting with the most recent tunnel, I just plunge the bar into the tunnel until I find the main den.That's when you hit them with whatever your favorite, garden hose/exhaust pipe etc. Works For Me.

[Redeyedrider]

Goggle: Giant Destroyer Gas Bomb. They work great. You'll probably need a case of 12 to start

[Wrangler John]

We suddenly found our side hill being disturbed by a gophers, a bit more problematic than digging up landscaping as their tunnels could lead to a landslide if it ever rains again. So I called in a pest control company to poison them off. I think they charge about $300 for a year of bi-weekly inspections and follow up treatments (I don't pay attention to details, my bookkeeper wife handles that stuff in addition to nagging me). Meanwhile, my next door neighbor's trapper caught a large gopher at the top of the same hill. He said the problem was solved. Yeah right, there's only one gopher. So far we're up to three confirmed kills and an unknown number that died in their tunnels, but the mounds have stopped appearing. I just don't have the time to mess with gophers so the pest control contract works for me.

Now if I could just get the looney neighbors to stop feeding all the surrounding squirrels peanuts, I'd be rid of all the little craters where they dig up those peanuts they stash in the back yard, not to mention empty peanut shells all over the place.

[EXTREMEOPS1]

Here is the best trap ever works every time

http://www.trapgopher.com

[Skiddz]

Goggle: Giant Destroyer Gas Bomb. They work great. You'll probably need a case of 12 to start

I've used those things for years. They work pretty well, but you need to keep up with it.

When I see a new mound, I probe around it with a long screwdriver to find the tunnel, grab a trenching shovel and pull up a "flap" of grass over the tunnel, drop a lit "bomb" in the hole and drop the "flap" back down.

Any other burrows where smoke comes up get covered with a flat stone for a couple hours.

Usually gives me quite a few weeks of "no mo gopher"...

Now if I could get the neighbors to keep their yards "unpopulated"...

[guns4life]

Yeah, so instead of little mounds of dirt on the lawn, you end up with long sections of gopher tunnel dug up by the dog, and your lawn looks like WWI trench warfare.

This is exactly what is happening in my new back yard right now...

[Darklyte27]

I got a smart one this time, pushed dirt into my black box trap 3 times now. well see how the 4th goes.