I have a gopher, how do I kill it?

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Lars

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Somehow I have a gopher, I didn't even know they existed in central Texas, but it seems I have one. How can I kill this bastard? He is digging in the part of my land that is soft and loamy sand (under my carport, yay). He makes the piles, but then come back and fills in the holes shortly afterwords. He also must be deep cause I have dug a couple of feet into the ground close to where holes were at and I can't find a tunnel. What do I do, I can't afford to call a pest control company. Is there some kind of poison I can buy?

Thanks
 
I also have had gopher problems and they are not fun critters....

Cheap method is to hook a hose to an exhaust pipe on your vehicle and let her rip..............gas em out :bootysha:
 
Sounds like you need.....

Carl Spackler:
License to kill gophers by the government of the United Nations. Man, free to kill gophers at will. To kill, you must know your enemy, and in this case my enemy is a varmint. And a varmint will never quit - ever. They're like the Viet Cong - Varmint Cong. So you have to fall back on superior intelligence and superior firepower. And that's all she wrote.


Carl Spackler: I have to laugh, because I've outsmarted even myself. My enemy, my foe, is an animal. In order to conquer the animal, I have to learn to think like an animal. And, whenever possible, to look like one. I got to get into this dude's pelt and crawl around for a few days. Who's the gopher's ally. His friends. The harmless squirrel and the friendly rabbit.


Lars said:
Somehow I have a gopher, I didn't even know they existed in central Texas, but it seems I have one. How can I kill this bastard? He is digging in the part of my land that is soft and loamy sand (under my carport, yay). He makes the piles, but then come back and fills in the holes shortly afterwords. He also must be deep cause I have dug a couple of feet into the ground close to where holes were at and I can't find a tunnel. What do I do, I can't afford to call a pest control company. Is there some kind of poison I can buy?

Thanks
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one my redbone coonhounds is pretty good at finding them.......my wife and her mom used to flood the hole and be standing by with a shovel to take care of the offensive little bastard....8)
 
I am a golf course superintedent and the best way to get them is to use propane weedburner and fill there hole with the gas for a few seconds about 30 and lite it and run works great
 
they used to sell a product called gopher gasser.it looks like a big fire cracker.it is basically a cyinide smoke bomb.cover the holes stick it in the last one open and the cover it as well.it works good.i even used it on a bee hive once.although the propane idea sound like more fun.
 
First off make sure that there are no underground pipes (gas or poop) in the area where the holes are, find the highest part of land with a hold on it, dump about 10-20 gallons of gas down that hole, let it soak in for a little while, drop a match in hole and try to run away.

I have a buddy that lived in Portland,OR and he had a mole in his front yard. He did that and his whole yard bounced once, smoke came from the holes and he never saw another mole hill in his yard again. :-D
 
Sounds like it could be a pocket gopher by your description of the mounds and filled in holes. Carefull with poison of you have pets or kids. The railroad here uses the propane method, makes a big boom. My dad used to gas them out with a hose connected to a tail pipe.
 
This works (no lie). Get yourself a 410 gauge shotgun. Sit on your porch in the morning while drinking your coffee. Look for the little bastard kicking up dirt. Walk quietly over to where he is and put the end of the barrel in the soft dirt and sqeeze the trigger. Wham! You don't even have to bury him. It's kind of fun.
 
guns solve it no problem they pop there heads out alot and usually are oblivious to whats going on my grandma got a gopher with a shovel before
 
if you cant use propan then flood it out just cover all the holes and when it comes out you will know if its a pocket gopher or prairie dog if its small gopher big prarie ether way use a9iron they work great and the thrift stores have them for a buck or two GO GET IT
 
We don`t have gophers here but we do have moles and voles. 3 methods used here are
1) Castor oil mixed with water and sprayed in the areas they burrow- more of a preventative
2) Juicyfruit gum handled with gloves and left in a covered tunnel- kills because the animal can`t pass it
3) Set a rat trap baited with peanut butter right at the animals hole, cover the trap and the hole with a shoebox or similar to make the trap appear to be subterranean and cover with bricks- if the tunnels are active this should get `em
 
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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pooping in the gopher's holes will drive it away...and it'll drive away the neighbors, too...

Who's the gopher's ally. His friends. The harmless squirrel and the friendly rabbit.

dump about 10-20 gallons of gas down that hole, let it soak in for a little while, drop a match in hole and try to run away.

He did that and his whole yard bounced once

And then theres PITA. "Please do not kill them" Naw, take 'em to home for homeless gophers!

Myself I'm thinkin' a gopher made out of C4 like on Caddyshack.

I was laughing so hard after reading this thread that I had to wait until I calmed down enough to type!!!!!!!
 
a good old 22 will fix him or if your like dad and i we use our bows hehe or go to a fire works stand and get them smoke bomes thro it in there hole it will chase them out then use a gun and shout them
 
skybolt said:
pooping in the gopher's holes will drive it away...and it'll drive away the neighbors, too...

Who's the gopher's ally. His friends. The harmless squirrel and the friendly rabbit.

dump about 10-20 gallons of gas down that hole, let it soak in for a little while, drop a match in hole and try to run away.

He did that and his whole yard bounced once

And then theres PITA. "Please do not kill them" Naw, take 'em to home for homeless gophers!

Myself I'm thinkin' a gopher made out of C4 like on Caddyshack.

I was laughing so hard after reading this thread that I had to wait until I calmed down enough to type!!!!!!!
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X2. It's the Varmint Cong
 
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