Gopher problem

[dc2allday]

I got one of the little bastards right now! I hammered a bunch of piccolo petes and shoved em down the holes it took off and came back.

[Sunday]

I enjoy using cinch gopher traps.

[jamespres2001]

A gopher decided to move into my backyard. We have a Cairn Terrier. I figured since this breed was bred to hunt such vermin I thought that I'd give him a go.



After 10 minutes of digging and sniffing and barking...he gave up...then he went back at it again for another 5 minutes.



Cairn Terrier FAIL!

We tried flushing him out with the hose but nothing happened. The next day we had fresh new mounds of dirt.

I was going to get one of those gopher traps, but imagine my surprise when the little bastard started digging and poking his head out of a new hole while I was washing dishes this morning.

After 2 minutes of waiting quietly, he popped out his head and I did what I had to do.



Hard to believe such a small animal can dig so much.

You think that's the only one? Ha! Traps are the only way.

[OldShooter32]

Gopher? That ain't a gopher! THIS is a gopher! 8" long and spoke police code: I 10-22ed him.

[jbj]

Find which holes are being used (not always the open one), and jam a few lit road flares down them. Dead gophers=good fertilizer

[ArmedCMT]

Gopher? That ain't a gopher! THIS is a gopher! 8" long and spoke police code: I 10-22ed him.

That things a BEAST!!


This guys method seems like it would work pretty well.

[the86d]

Did you get a Environment Impact Assessment prior to your efforts, and EPA depredation UN-approved permit, as probably required in this commie state?

I don't know if it is the fact that the homes here are only about 10 years old and nobody might have a garden but me, or the fact that we have lots of rocks and clay soil, but I have yet to see any gopher holes in any year around here, and have never seen one in my yard for sure. I must be super-lucky, or the fact that I am about 5 houses and a street away from the nearest "environmentally protected water drainage area(?)" may have something to do with it?

[Schutzman]

Havent been able to "corner" one, tried the flares, gopher bombs, water... The Dobe'll get 'em once in a while but not enough to get too excited and tears the heck out of the yard, with trenches. Getting close enough to use the .40 let alone the air rifle is a no go, things must use spidey sense.

In Christ
Schutz

[geedavell]

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.

[fishhoppa]

Post gave me a good chuckle. Thanks!

[small hole shooter]

I killed 4 with my Gamo Big Cat 1200 but the neighbors complained about the noise so I can't shoot them anymore. I did pull one out of his hole while I was putting oil in my car one morning. Cheeky bastard dug his hole just inside the fence line from the golf course next door to my house. He saw me but just did not care so I grabbed him by the neck, flung him out, got a 2 x 4 and dispatched him. Its a losing battle because they keep coming in from the golf course and my neighbors back yard. I tried the car exhaust with a hose but did not work.

[RR.44]

I managed to kill 3 in one day, I dispatched them with my .22 Maurader, I put some water in the last hole I saw he had made and sure enough he came up to cover the hole and I pegged him, then another and another. I got lucky

[small hole shooter]

Gophers are all over the place in Downey, even away from open areas.

[hermosabeach]

My dad told stories of dumping calcium carbide into a gopher hole

One would toss a cup of water on it then another would ready their foot

One would toss a match into the hole while the other stepped onto the hole closing it off.


It worked great unless you foot was 90-95% over the gopher hole. It one was off a bit then the flame would shoot up you pant leg

[hermosabeach]

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Gf3QIkQRGtI