Location: Close enough to make a beer run during a TV timeout
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Gophers!
Looks like I have a gopher problem. They have moved in under my steps/ front porch and have started eating plants. I have tried fortifying their access points with rocks/concrete/landscaping ties and they just end up digging new holes. I also put out a couple of those ultrasonic pest chasers but they seem to be unphased by them.
I was just wondering if anybody has any suggestions to get rid of them that doesn't involve:
- Caddyshack or Gainer references
- Explosives
- Unlawful discharging of a firearm within City Limits
- Any other illegal activity.
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Originally Posted by CaptainCrunch
Flood their holes
The problem with that from my reading online is it takes a LOT of water; and with it being less than 10 feet from my foundation I'm concerned about having that much water that could get into the basement.
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I wouldn't quote me on this, but I'm fairly certain pellet guns don't fall into the unlawfully discharging a firearm category.
You could go that route if you really wanted to.
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Feed them Juicyfruit gum. Handle the gum with gloves only so your scent doesn't get on it. Twist the gum, foil and all, and insert it into a fresh mound or a hole you have opened. The gopher will eat it and die in its burrow. Experts scoff at this, perhaps because they get their scent on the gum before they try it. Homeowners swear by it.
Feed them Juicyfruit gum. Handle the gum with gloves only so your scent doesn't get on it. Twist the gum, foil and all, and insert it into a fresh mound or a hole you have opened. The gopher will eat it and die in its burrow. Experts scoff at this, perhaps because they get their scent on the gum before they try it. Homeowners swear by it.
Man, that's brutal.
Not to be a softy, but surely there are more humane ways to get rid of them than this.
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1) Fishing line or really thin rope.....
2) Lawn Chair
3) Beer
Sit downwind from the hole with the rope placed in a noose over the hole. Then the bugger pokes his head up... YANK!!! You have to be quick. Have a cooler full of Lucky-lager handy and wear a dirty wife-beater to perpetuate the stereotype.
Gophers!
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