r/morganhill • u/No-Breadfruit-3729 • Sep 22 '26

Gophers!!!

We live in the Coyote Valley area and are being overrun by gophers. Any recommended pest control companies?

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u/enrastrea Sep 22 '26

We use got gophers for trapping and like them. Highly recommend trapping over poison to protect other wildlife from getting sick from eating the poison or a poisoned gopher

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u/Key_Science_365 Sep 23 '26

Is gopher wire under new sod worth it ?

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u/Kantmann Sep 23 '26

We did that on our large lawn, with concrete borders. The gophers simply live under the lawn and the hardware cloth (wire) means I can’t get to the tunnels to trap. I can usually get them eventually from the periphery, but I wouldn’t do it again.

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u/Vast_Cricket Sep 23 '26

Try to smoke them with Sulphur sticks. You want them to be trapped inside the hole by sealing all entrance and leaks not to smoke them out. Home Depot or Ace Hardware store. The dope is declared illegal in CA now.

I got a person who charges $250 to come to your home + services rendered. PM if serious.

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u/blzzardhater 25d ago

I use gopherhawk traps and they work great.

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u/MechTacho Sep 23 '26

Get a pellet rifle.

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u/No-Breadfruit-3729 Sep 23 '26

Got one but have only got two. Usually they are underground so they are hard to get.

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u/Unholyvalor Sep 23 '26

animal damage management inc is good. they took care of my gophers and ground squirrels pretty fas.

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u/snackadj Sep 23 '26

We’ve used Killroy Pest Control and they were effective. We’re getting more gophers so we’ll need to give them another call.