I have a gopher, how do I kill it?

It does sound like a pocket gopher. You can actually trap them. Get a steel rod about 3/8 to 1/2" diameter somewhere around three feet long. Find the freshest mound and start poking it into the ground about a foot deep in a crcle about 3-1/2 feet diameter around that mound. You will soon feel the rod hit a void which is the little guys tunnel. Get a regular #2 garden shovel and dig a hole somewhere around 10" square as deep as his tunnel. Clean the bottom of the hole with your hand so a #0 Oneida-Victor long spring trap can set with the pan directly in line with the tunnel and at the same height. Direct the trap chain up and out of the hole and stake it with your rod. Cover the hole with a couple of license plates or some other flat tin. Then cover the license plate with the dirt you dug out of the hole. You want to be sure you eliminate all light entering the hole. Pocket gophers have eyes but since they spend almost all their life below ground they can barely see, but they do recognize light and it means a breach to their tunnel system and a danger to them. If you did a good job you can go back in 24 hours and uncover the hole and remove the trap and gopher. If you let light leak in he will pack your hole and trap with dirt. If neither happens, clean up the hole and repeat the process for another day. If you don't catch him in two days start looking for a fresher mound to work with. When you catch him check out those beady little eyes, the big yellow teeth, the pockets in his cheeks and those disproportionate front claws. Then take a picture. You will be able to show a lot of people because most folks have never seen a pocket gopher.

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