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I kinda liked the way Bill Murray did it in that movie….what WAS it called??? Also had Rodney Dangerfield in it…..guess that would be too much for my neighbors though, even if I AM at the edge of the boonies.. :-)
– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text ->Don’t laugh but the only sol’n I’ve found is Juicy Fruit gum. >And hey, they’ll have nice breath when they die! >Seriously though, i wonder if you could smoke them out? Use some smoke pellets >like the plumbers use blown into their holes with a shop vac or something. >scott in san diego
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>I kinda liked the way Bill Murray did it in that movie….what WAS it
caddyshack? He didn’t get the gophers. They got him. :) That’s about the way I’m feeling… :( sdb — Do NOT send me unsolicited commercial e-mail (UCE)! Watch out for munged e-mail address. User should be sylvan and host is cyberhighway.net.
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Oh Man, I hat those blasted things! I tried everything you can think of, but learned how to win at – http://trooper.hypermart.net Good Luck -Martin > First rats in the attic and now this!!!!!!! Anyone know how get rid of gophers > in the lawn?? Tried flooding them out already. > Steve.
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>Oh Man, I hat those blasted things! I tried everything you can think of, but >learned how to win at –
You can’t get rid of gophers, but you can control them with traps. This is the only consistently successful way of controlling them. You need someone to show you how to set them, and you need to know how to find the run in which to set them. You set two, one down the run in each direction. You will find the runs between the mounds. The mounds themselves are at the end of small, lateral "clean out" runs. I use an old root feeder to probe through the ground. You know you’ve hit a run when you’re pushing the probe down through the soil and it gives suddenly. You need to tie picture hanging wire to the trap and run that back up and out of the hole, then wrap it around a brick. Otherwise, the trapped gopher might drag it back down the tunnel. I cover the hole with the bricks and pile some dirt around them so light doesn’t come in. Check the traps in 8 hours. If no luck after a few days, try to find another tunnel. I put the dead gophers in my compost…..buried deep in it. Julie – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> http://trooper.hypermart.net >Good Luck >-Martin > First rats in the attic and now this!!!!!!! Anyone know how get rid of gophers > in the lawn?? Tried flooding them out already. > Steve.
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You can also use antifreeze. Animals love the taste and the smell, but it is deadly. The DANGER in this is other animals getting interested. If you were to use it, I would be very careful about eliminating pets and desired animals from approaching it. – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text ->Oh Man, I hat those blasted things! I tried everything you can think of, but >learned how to win at – >You can’t get rid of gophers, but you can control them with traps. This is >the only consistently successful way of controlling them. You need someone to >show you how to set them, and you need to know how to find the run in which >to set them. You set two, one down the run in each direction. You will find >the runs between the mounds. The mounds themselves are at the end of small, >lateral "clean out" runs. I use an old root feeder to probe through the >ground. You know you’ve hit a run when you’re pushing the probe down through >the soil and it gives suddenly. You need to tie picture hanging wire to the >trap and run that back up and out of the hole, then wrap it around a brick. >Otherwise, the trapped gopher might drag it back down the tunnel. I cover the >hole with the bricks and pile some dirt around them so light doesn’t come in. >Check the traps in 8 hours. If no luck after a few days, try to find another >tunnel. I put the dead gophers in my compost…..buried deep in it. >Julie > http://trooper.hypermart.net >Good Luck >-Martin >> First rats in the attic and now this!!!!!!! Anyone know how get rid of >gophers >> in the lawn?? Tried flooding them out already. >> Steve.
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Has anyone mentioned using heavy metal? It worked for me in PA: Rig speakers at either end of the runs and blast obnoxious music at ‘em for as long as you can stand. Mine left. I think I used Mettalica. It was embarrassing actually buying the tape, but hey– it worked. Katy Munger (Also an author…)
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Ya might try and run an extension cord from the house to the opening of the "den". Get a "Bose" radio and turn it on and tune the radio to the"Rush Limbaugh" show. (Should be for the entire show for maximum effect). Turn the radio volume up real loud. (You may want to leave for a couple of hours unless your a friggin ditto head) Upon your return the gophers should all be belly up. If you do an autopsy it will show their demise was the result of a massive limbotomy. ROFL 
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: Ya might try and run an extension cord from the house to the opening of the : "den". Get a "Bose" radio and turn it on and tune the radio to the"Rush : Limbaugh" show. (Should be for the entire show for maximum effect). Turn : the radio volume up real loud. (You may want to leave for a couple of hours : unless your a friggin ditto head) Upon your return the gophers should all : be belly up. If you do an autopsy it will show their demise was the result : of a massive limbotomy. ROFL Better yet, turn the dial to your local politically correct openline show. The gophers will die instantly. Of course, any sentient creature within earshot may suffer injury.
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: Has anyone mentioned using heavy metal? It worked for me in PA: Rig speakers at : either end of the runs and blast obnoxious music at ‘em for as long as you can : stand. Mine left. I think I used Mettalica. It was embarrassing actually buying : the tape, but hey– it worked. : Katy Munger : (Also an author…) I agree. There should be a special place in Hell for anyone associated with the downturn in music since about 1970. The hottest region in Hell should be reserved for those people into Disco.
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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> Isn’t that what YOUR folks said around 1960? > I agree. There should be a special place in Hell for anyone associated > with the downturn in music since about 1970. The hottest region in > Hell > should be reserved for those people into Disco.
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After many gray hairs, I learned to trap sucessfully from http://trooper.hypermart.net You’ve got to get the adults now, before the young are born in the spring. -Chris > First rats in the attic and now this!!!!!!! Anyone know how get rid of gophers > in the lawn?? Tried flooding them out already. > Steve.
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>Don’t laugh but the only sol’n I’ve found is Juicy Fruit gum.
And hey, they’ll have nice breath when they die! Seriously though, i wonder if you could smoke them out? Use some smoke pellets like the plumbers use blown into their holes with a shop vac or something. scott in san diego
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>First rats in the attic and now this!!!!!!! Anyone know how get rid of gophers >in the lawn?? Tried flooding them out already. >Steve.
I have dealt with gophers for years. Tried the gum, tried the gas…unless your soil is not porous, gassing doesn’t work. Most effective method is trapping. Hardest part is learning how to properly place and set traps. You need to find a main run – usually between two mounds. I use an old root feeder to probe the ground to find the run. Then you have to put a trap down each direction of the run. The traps need to have a wire attached that can run out of the hole and be wrapped around something heavy, so the gophers don’t drag them away down the run. The traps need to be set on a hair trigger, which is best done after you have placed them…so set the trap hard, put it in the run and then carefully pull back on the trigger until it is barely hanging on. This takes practice. I then cover the hole I’ve made with a couple of bricks, wrapping the wire around the bricks to secure the traps. I push up some loose soil around the bricks to make the tunnel as dark as possible. If the run is active, you’ll usually catch a gopher, or a gopher will at least trip the trap within 8-12 hours. If no action, find another run. Late winter, early spring, and late fall are the best time to trap these guys. You can put some clover or carrot in the hole between the traps to lure the gophers down the tunnel toward the trap. I put the dead gophers in my compost pile. I fitting use for them… Julie
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First rats in the attic and now this!!!!!!! Anyone know how get rid of gophers in the lawn?? Tried flooding them out already. Steve.
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Don’t laugh but the only sol’n I’ve found is Juicy Fruit gum. Make sure you place it in a main runway. – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text ->First rats in the attic and now this!!!!!!! Anyone know how get rid of gophers >in the lawn?? Tried flooding them out already. >Steve.
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Steve, A well known way is to get some Calcium Carbide. what you do, is pour some of this ( in powder form ) into the hole, add a 5 gal bucket of water and top the hole with a rock. The Calcium Carbide becomes a low level gas ( makes humans sick ) that would kill the lawn demons you have.