I have them, as chipmunks, groundhogs, S, rats, mice, opossums, skunks, deer, love them all and feed them all, plus Crows too

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1999 w140, quit voting to old, and to old to fight, a god damned veteran

I second these. If you're not going to shoot them I think this is the only way to go. We had a problem with them some years ago. I tried multiple methods. Including the smoke bomb down the hole method. What a joke. Actually saw one of them throw the damn thing out of the hold when it was done smoking. Like in a cartoon. Just poked his head out of the hole with the burn out ember between his paws. Looked me straight in the eye, threw the thing out and went back down the hole. Flooding didn't work. In the end those steel traps did the trick.

- Peter.

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2021 Chevrolet Spark
Formerly...
2000 GMC Sonoma
1981 240D 4spd stick. 347000 miles. Deceased Feb 14 2021
2002 Kia Rio. Worst crap on four wheels
1981 240D 4spd stick. 389000 miles.
1984 123 200
1979 116 280S
1972 Cadillac Sedan DeVille
1971 108 280S

I used to use poisoned Maize, some people call it Milo. At the feed store it’s called Gopher Bait.” I kept a a tee rod in the pickup along with some of the bait. When I saw signs I would push a hole with the rod and pour in about less than a tea cup full. It’s amazing that they find it but they do. Over time I virtually eradicated them from the pastures and meadow.

A friend of mine gave me some poisoned wheat that the County Health Department gave him for Rats. That worked to kill Gophers before I had the Cats.
I also used to by some stuff called Gopher Mix from Home Depot. It is mostly grain but had some pieces of dried Apple in it.

Another thing I found out is that if you find a Gopher hole and it is small it means the Gopher is a young one. I found they do not tunnel as deeply as the larger older ones do. Because the tunnels are not as deep that the old method of sticking a hose into the hole and filling the tunnels with water would bring them to the surface where I grabbed them with a barbecue tongs and put them in a plastic bucket and relocated them to an abandoned field far away.
Sadly I found out that if you put two Gopher in a bucket they fight. One Gopher broke the others rear ankle in the fight before I got them to the abandoned lot.

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84 300D, 82 Volvo 244Gl Diesel

This is my favorite method:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Q5XjW3AozQ

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1986 300SDL, 362K
1984 300D, 138K

You never saw Caddy Shack?

Enlighten me.

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1986 300SDL, 362K
1984 300D, 138K

duckduckgo.com/?t=ffab&q=gopher+from+caddy+shack gopher might have won that

In fact no, I never saw it. I did see clips of Bill Murray trying to flood gophers out of their lair. I don’t guess you’re going to tell me that he ended up swallowing gophers whole.

Something happened to your post. Your link is not a link.

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1986 300SDL, 362K
1984 300D, 138K

It was pointing you to an image search. Murry tried but IIRC the gopher always won

It is a funny show. Good for ya if you have the time.,

I tell ya, that show gets no respect.

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“No, I don’t take responsibility at all.” - Don Trump

“The buck stops here.” - Harry Truman

Black Votes Matter.

So the battle has started once again. After a few year lapse they are back with an intensity I have not seen before. The sonic spikes have no effect. I guess it's the Mossberg or traps at this point.

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W111 280SE 3.5 Coupe
Manual transmission

Past cars:
Porsche 914 2.0
'64 Jaguar XKE Roadster
'57 Oval Window VW
'71 Toyota Hilux Pickup Truck-Dad bought new
'73 Toyota Celica GT