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What? Gophers are drinking up all the water in the soil? Now I've heard it all...

Yes, he needs to get rid of the varmits, but the problem with the dry spots in the lawn are not going to be related, UNLESS the gopher chewed through the irrigation pipe or valve wire... And they are known to do that.

 

The gophers cause dry spots because of the tunnels and root damage. At least that is how it works around here. Similar to moles.
Mix Plaster of Paris powder with peanut butter and roll it into large marble sized balls and place for the vermin to eat. It only kills rodents.

 

The gophers cause dry spots because of the tunnels and root damage. At least that is how it works around here. Similar to moles.
Mix Plaster of Paris powder with peanut butter and roll it into large marble sized balls and place for the vermin to eat. It only kills rodents.

Hmm, sounds like some sweet revenge there smallaxe I might have to try that :laugh:

I had a thread in here back in the spring on Moles, got a lot of ideas, tried a lot of things and the one that seemed to help the most was the Victor Out-O-Sight traps.

Subjective misconceptions are also the root of such remedies as lye, Drano, pickle juice, broken glass, red pepper, razor blades, bleach, moth balls, rose branches, human hair balls, vibrators, ultrasonic contraptions, castor bean derivatives (Mole Med), gasoline and explosives. Although this fun and games approach may relieve frustrations, these and other home remedies have little if any value in controlling moles.

"Trapping is the MOST reliable method of mole control." "Attempting to kill moles with poisonous gases (fumigants) generally is ineffective."

http://www.themoleman.com/control.htm

Since I've been using the traps, I can only say one thing. I think moles have a sense of danger just like a K-9 and when they sense danger they stay away. I've caught and killed one Mole, this year has been the worse ever and once I put the trap in the run thats it, they just don't come back around.

I'd be interested to know how they work on gophers :drinkup:

 

Gophers are tough to 'trap'. If there is a trap that works on gophers it would be interestting to know.

 

Gophers are tough to 'trap'. If there is a trap that works on gophers it would be interestting to know.

knock on wood I haven't had that problem "YET" :laugh:

We are out in the country so at any given time I can walk outside and within a minute see 5 different types of animals and birds but so far, not a gopher :clapping:

 

Around here gophers live in the hayfields and ditchlines. Most of the time they go straight down with no caving of topsoil.
I have seen colonies , however, that seems to dessimate the entire area with very little surviving above it. Like a giant Ant-hill.

In fact an ant-hill causes more problems than gophers or moles around here.