8 gopher mounds popped up

[vintner Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close vintner]

While I was fighting a stripped gopher, I found others were invading my yard.

I swear it was overnight and 8 gopher mounds popped up in my yard. I am headed out at noon to buy strychnine. I have to make sure I get it into their tunnels and not anywhere near the surface where Steffi may get it.

I have so far caught the stripped gopher and a mole with a peanut butter baited trap. Then someone sprung the trap and took the part of the trap that hold the peanut butter. I have to get a new trap too.

[rapmarks Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close rapmarks]

is that why the team is called the golden gophers?

[bigfrank Administrator Find all posts View Profile Close bigfrank]

Want to get rid of them? Put a soup pot outside with water boiling and put in some Carrots, Celary, Onioons, Garlic and a piace a picture of a Gopher next to the pot with an arrow pointing to the pot.

That should get rid of them

[Fern Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Fern]

Go buy some chocolate Ex-Lax, and place it down the gopher holes. They *love* chocolate. They will eat it and go off somewhere underground to die. Honestly, I swear this is true, my MIL used to use this method, and it works!

Too bad it didn't work on MILs, too, though...

Fern

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Go buy some chocolate Ex-Lax, and place it down the gopher holes. They *love* chocolate. They will eat it and go off somewhere underground to die. Honestly, I swear this is true, my MIL used to use this method, and it works!

Too bad it didn't work on MILs, too, though...

Fern

Sounds like when they say to throw alka selzer tabs at the sea guls and as they are flying by the fishing boats, They eat it in the air and blow up. I never knew if this was true or just a myth sibce I never saw it done.
I have done the dry ice in the coke bottle add water and dry ice close the lid and Boom 5 sec later.

[vintner Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close vintner]

Chewing gum is another way to do this. However, I bought 2 types of poisons for the pocket gophers in the back and a trap for the moles or whatever I have up front. I also need to put up a solid wood fence because the neighbors an I are feuding because the grandkids found it fun to poke a baseball bat through the picket fence at the dog. Grandma said they are just being boys (so teasing the dog is fine I guess) but if Steffi bit the boys, then it would be a different deal.

I am in a mood, I am not going to take anything from anyone, be they moles, gophers or bratty kids with bats.

[Glitter Brunello Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close Glitter Brunello]

Chewing gum is another way to do this. However, I bought 2 types of poisons for the pocket gophers in the back and a trap for the moles or whatever I have up front. I also need to put up a solid wood fence because the neighbors an I are feuding because the grandkids found it fun to poke a baseball bat through the picket fence at the dog. Grandma said they are just being boys (so teasing the dog is fine I guess) but if Steffi bit the boys, then it would be a different deal.

I am in a mood, I am not going to take anything from anyone, be they moles, gophers or bratty kids with bats.

I am angry for you. It's no wonder those kids are bratty. If only you could get the kids to go after the moles and gophers with their baseball bats. Or figure out how to relocate them to your neighbor's yard...

[vintner Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close vintner]

..... Or figure out how to relocate them to your neighbor's yard...

If I could direct them where to go, I would get the products that make them leave. But, they don't want to listen to me (kids, grandma, gophers or moles) so I will take care of them each in my own way

It seems as everything is happening at once, so just piling it on. I planted between 200-300 bulbs and I don't want the gopher to have a great lunch at my expense and time.

I don't want have to walk carefully around our back yard so the dog and I don't disturb the grandkids, so the fence will go up which will not make them happy but make me very happy. Next spring I will be able to sit in my fenced in seclusion looking at all my flowers

[lawren2 Malibu Beach Barbie & A Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close lawren2]

Chewing gum is another way to do this. However, I bought 2 types of poisons for the pocket gophers in the back and a trap for the moles or whatever I have up front. I also need to put up a solid wood fence because the neighbors an I are feuding because the grandkids found it fun to poke a baseball bat through the picket fence at the dog. Grandma said they are just being boys (so teasing the dog is fine I guess) but if Steffi bit the boys, then it would be a different deal.

I am in a mood, I am not going to take anything from anyone, be they moles, gophers or bratty kids with bats.

Pocket gophers as in the infamous Mae West quote? "Is that a gopher in your pocket or are you just happy to see me?"

How is Steffi earning her kibble these days?

Take the bat and poke the kids!

[vintner Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close vintner]

Pocket gophers as in the infamous Mae West quote? "Is that a gopher in your pocket or are you just happy to see me?"

How is Steffi earning her kibble these days?

Take the bat and poke the kids!

Oh, now that is funny. Thanks. I needed that.

Pockets in their cheeks (front ones) stuffed with food.

I thought about walking Steffi around the yard while I carry a baseball bat. Somehow, don't think that would be a good idea.

Steffi pulled a muscle in her leg, or she is just working it. She is having a tough time with stairs last couple days. She is 11 years old. She would normally be a great critter dog, but for some reason, she isn't smelling the gophers. She should be tearing into the mounds to find them.

[RESORT2ME Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close RESORT2ME]

... She is 11 years old. She would normally be a great critter dog, but for some reason, she isn't smelling the gophers. She should be tearing into the mounds to find them.

Be thankful... then you would be mad at her for tearing up the yard and flower beds.

btw... did you place wire mesh around the bed(s) of bulbs?

Also, check http://www.gopherout.com/newsite/gop...0gardening.htm
and
http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniont...s08castor.html

[vintner Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close vintner]

When I got home yesterday, I was counting 11 mounds. Darned things were getting worse.

This time when Steffi and I were checking out the mounds, she got a scent of something, but couldn't figure out where to go for the gopher. I got the dog back in the house and brought out the poisons. I am standing there with a broad shaft screwdriver thinking 'how am I ever going to find the tunnels?' It wasn't hard, they are all over. The screwdriver gets pushed in several spots and suddenly drops down and I have a tunnel. Open the hole a little, pour in some poison, put a rock on top to cover the hole and move on. I put two types of poisons in a half dozen locations.

I baited the front yard trap with peanut butter and set it in place. The front has given me a striped gopher, mole and this morning I have a mouse in the trap. I will re-bait that one tonight.

Garden is nearly done for the season, new bulbs are in place and dahlias are coming out tonight. Then I can spend time putting up some type of fence between the neighbors yard and mine. That will be interesting.

[cheryl20772 Junior Member Find all posts View Profile Close cheryl20772]

I sympathize... we have ground hogs. They are like gophers only they are the size of cats.

I trapped and relocated 5 of them to the wild this summer and one was too wiley to be caught. He sits up on the hill in our backyard and thumbs his nose at me every morning now. We travel too much or I would definitely have a dog!

[Icc5 Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Icc5]

Squirrels

You think you have problems. We spent $5,000 on a new lawn with wire under it so what happened. The moles and golphers left and the squirrels multiplied and started having babies under the house. We sold that house and moved up the street.
At this house we don't have a lawn but have or had a nice huge garden. Best tomato I ever ate. Yes, I said tomato as the rest have been taken by the squirrels. They love my big heirloom the best and watching them balance them as they climb the fence is amazing.
Maybe you should plant a tomato plant in the middle of the lawn and see if the golphers will take them and leave.
Bart

[dougp26364 Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close dougp26364]

I sympathize... we have ground hogs. They are like gophers only they are the size of cats.

I trapped and relocated 5 of them to the wild this summer and one was too wiley to be caught. He sits up on the hill in our backyard and thumbs his nose at me every morning now. We travel too much or I would definitely have a dog!

I'm thinking a pellet gun might help him see the need to relocate, either Earthly or Heavenly relocation but, relocation none the less.

We once had an animal rights group insist on relocating ground hogs that were tearing up a city park. They caught and relocated them to a wildlife park. The next year when they went back to visit the ground hogs they had "saved", they were upset because the ground hogs were no longer there. All they had managed to do was set the buffet table for other meat eating animals (namely badgers), who enjoyed the tasty snack they so thoughtfully provided.