jyoutz
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Do gophers come out at night?
Pocket Gopher Control
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the old grind
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Pet mink or ferret?
Torvy
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True gophers are nocturnal. What many of us grew up calling gophers are ground squirrels and they are diurnal.
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Minks and ferrets hunt in tunnels as well as above ground. They're good in rat holes/hides and muskrat dens.
cdaigle430
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Have-a-Heart traps its their name brand. I got mine at Tractor Supply Store.
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LindenBruce
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I will check them out thanks. I got three cinch traps delivered today. So, tomorrow morning I will be a trap setting fool. B.
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We had problems spread over many acres up front we bale, where they would mound up dirt with rocks that were great at dulling the blades cutting the hay.
The one at a time methods were not even a consideration, I made this device.
It creates a tunnel under ground and drops a few poison covered seeds into the tunnel every 3ft. Drop it down around active areas (where you see mounds) then raise it and go to the next spot.
The one at a time methods were not even a consideration, I made this device.
Gopher plow
For years my father has been killing gophers with a modified pry bar and cups of poison, baiting tunnels a few hours at a time as he felt like it. We just finished a machine that baited the problem spots over 32 acres in under two hours. I had the 3 point hook up leftover from another project...
www.tractorbynet.com
It creates a tunnel under ground and drops a few poison covered seeds into the tunnel every 3ft. Drop it down around active areas (where you see mounds) then raise it and go to the next spot.
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That's pretty cool, thanks for the link to the old thread.We had problems spread over many acres up front we bale, where they would mound up dirt with rocks that were great at dulling the blades cutting the hay.
The one at a time methods were not even a consideration, I made this device.
Gopher plow
For years my father has been killing gophers with a modified pry bar and cups of poison, baiting tunnels a few hours at a time as he felt like it. We just finished a machine that baited the problem spots over 32 acres in under two hours. I had the 3 point hook up leftover from another project...www.tractorbynet.com
It creates a tunnel under ground and drops a few poison covered seeds into the tunnel every 3ft. Drop it down around active areas (where you see mounds) then raise it and go to the next spot.
Does anyone still market one for sale? I'd be curious.
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I have not been looking the last few times I have passed by but https://www.hootensteel.net/ and Potts Feed Store - Homepage have both had a number of them in stock.