need mole killer

[docjon]

Ok have relatively new farm for myself and it has been over run by gophers for no telling how long. Would love some assistance in what to use to try and get rid of good portion of them thanks. Jon

 

[ScottOkla]

Maybe they are gophers. The gophers make fluffy piles of soil the size of a plate or larger. Moles make tunnels just under the ground and some smaller mounds that are usually not too big of a deal. Gophers eat plant material and moles eat worms and other living things.

I can help with the gophers, but I don't bother much with the moles.

 

[GinNB]

You want an attachment that kills moles??

 

[docjon]

Gophers indeed, have heard of something to pull behind tractor that can place pellets in ground dont really care how just as long as it works

 

[rtdiggr]

Call Bill Murray sorry i couldn't resist. Sorry i can't be more help.


Shane

 

[docjon]

on smaller scale MB at farm show with propane attachment that blasts tunnel looked fun to use but would take years and heckuva lot propane.

 

[docjon]

Bill did have some enjoyable methods

 

[donais]

are you thinking of Remedies for Gophers - How to get rid of Groundhogs!

 

[docjon]

That s the one , after little searching looks like i need to find a burrow builder to deliver that poison, so now I look for something along that line unsure of any commercial brnds

 

[RadarTech]

Ya know- have you tried to call the county Bomb Squad?
they could always use somewhere to blow something up!!!


Oh ok-- I know that won't be the truly workable answer...

BUT here is an idea..
Call the the county extension agent..
They will know what works in your area....


Later,
Jim

 

[ScottOkla]

I know that some county extension agents can rent the 3pt gopher machines very cheaply to you. I have never used one, but have heard they work fairly well if done right.

I personally have trapped almost 200 and have them under control at my home and partially under control at the farm. No pecan tree made it past 2 years until I got serious with them. A wooden box called the "Gopher Getter", made in Henryetta, OK, is the best trap I have found. Atwoods used to carry them but now has a cheap version from China that I would not buy. The coop in Coweta has had them occasionally. I think I have also seen them at the TSC in Muskogee and some local feedstores.

 

[Egon]

Cultivating the land will work well. It removes their food supply.

 

[PBinWA]

These might work and they sure seem fun:

Remedies for Gophers - How to get rid of Groundhogs!

Whoops - I just noticed that this has already been posted - sorry for the dupe!

 

[EdC]

We live in an area of Washington that does not get a lot of moisture, about 13-15 inches per year. I use a combination of bait, and 17HMR. The rest of my problem is taken care of by my water feature. The critters climb in for a drink and end up drowning. I usually end up cleaning 4 or 5 a week out of the ponds.

 

[wushaw]

What about a Jack Russell or two, wouldn't they hunt/dig/kill on a pretty constant basis.