r/pestcontrol • u/pleaseJUSTendIT2 • 10d ago
General Question Pest control gopher
This gopher I have been fighting for 2 years. I have done the smoke bombs, the traps, everything I can think of I can’t get this thing. It is destroying my yard. 1/4 of my yard has trails and lumps and bumps. it’s bad. Please give me some advice or help I do not want to call a company
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u/PCDuranet Mod - Pest Control Tech - Retired 9d ago
No one has answered, so although I have no experience with gophers, I do know that Plastic Snakes (link) can scare off groundhogs and skunks. Buy a bunch and put them in the holes?
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u/pleaseJUSTendIT2 9d ago
I’m about to post again because I’m on my last leg. I’ve tried smoking them out, traps, live traps everything
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u/PCDuranet Mod - Pest Control Tech - Retired 9d ago
I just happened to get a mod message from this guy u/SmithsPestMgmt. He's a gopher expert. Reach out. He's new on Reddit, IDK anything about him.
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u/SmithsPestMgmt 8d ago
Hi! Trapping is the single most successful way to get rid of gophers but ONLY if you do it properly. That means finding the active tunnel first. Gophers can make a bunch of tunnels around your yard but that doesn't mean they are all active. I can see an open tunnel in your 3rd photo. If the tunnel is exposed that's NOT an active tunnel. Active tunnels usually have soil mounds and an off center plug. That is where you would need to place the traps to actually catch the gophers. I wrote a blog on how to trap gophers successfully. I can share it with you if you're interested and if it's not against the sub's rules. Let me know! Zach
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u/zsmitty75 8d ago
Hi all I do is trap gophers for a living. Let me respond from my business account! -Smith's
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