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  1. #1
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    Help me kill a shit-ton of gophers

    And no, not Minnesota athletes...

    Since my last dog died, the gophers have infested my field, and are encroaching on my yard. I want to keep the little fuckers from getting into my garden. I’ve tried a few poisons , but nothing seems to slow them down. I don’t want repellent, that crap doesn’t work; I want them to die.

    What works? And no, I’m not getting a Jack Russell.

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    Garden hose down the hole and a pellet gun or shotgun always worked for me. Try to find all the holes and block all but two. One for the hose, another for the gun.

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    It's easy, you just have to think like a gopher

    https://youtu.be/GvdHXnuaho4

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    Quote Originally Posted by neufox47 View Post
    Garden hose down the hole and a pellet gun or shotgun always worked for me. Try to find all the holes and block all but two. One for the hose, another for the gun.
    Find the holes? Fuck, there are hundreds; where to start?

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    I'd try dry ice in the holes. Displaces the oxygen, they go gently to sleep, long sleep. In theory. Makes Peta upset, so probably works. When driving it home, keep a window cracked.

    Or this looks more fun
    10/01/2012 Site was upgraded to 300 baud.

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    Hmmm, seems like a quick way to turn your soil if needed.
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    I think you'd have an easier time understanding people if you remembered that 80% of them are fucking morons.
    That is why I like dogs, more than most people.

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    Same thing happened to me when my dog died. You can’t win, trust me I’ve tried everything, including flooding the entire yard, booby traps, etc

    Get the solar stakes that vibrate. Send them to your neighbors yard. They work.


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    You can’t kill golfers!
    . . .

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    They're tunneling in from the construction site over yonder. You should slap an injunction on them so fast it'll make their head spin.

  10. #10
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    Google Beruit. Gopher free since Mon.

    Haven't we been down this road before? or was that wasps?
    "timberridge is terminally vapid" -- a fortune cookie in Yueyang

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    Quote Originally Posted by Timberridge View Post
    Google Beruit. Gopher free since Mon.

    Haven't we been down this road before? or was that wasps?
    Yep, and I’ve been Yellowjacket free since last year.

    And my yard didn’t burn down.

    Win - win.
    I still call it The Jake.

  12. #12
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    Nice. Use explosives and flammables judiciously. Being overzealous is a recipe for disaster.

    What about contacting the CDC and asking them to send you a gopher specific pathogen? They probably have something left over from the Plum Island days.

    If that fails I'm sure the Chinese can cook something up.
    "timberridge is terminally vapid" -- a fortune cookie in Yueyang

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    Hire some boogaloo boys?

  14. #14
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    Licensed to kill gophers by the government of the United Nations. A 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.

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    Put up some barn owl boxes and get some cats
    When you see something that is not right, not just, not fair, you have a moral obligation to say something. To do something." Rep. John Lewis


    Kindness is a bridge between all people

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    You can’t kill gapers!

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    Quote Originally Posted by LongShortLong View Post
    I'd try dry ice in the holes. Displaces the oxygen, they go gently to sleep, long sleep. In theory. Makes Peta upset, so probably works. When driving it home, keep a window cracked.

    Or this looks more fun
    This works.

    And yes, if you drive with it in the car, open a window or you can suffocate inside your car.

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    Rodent smoke bombs. Same idea as the dry ice, removes all the O2 from the burrows. They’re pretty cheap.


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    Use several small plastic bottles, cram them down the burrows.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Core Shot View Post
    You can’t kill golfers!
    You can if they don't replace their divots, or drive onto the greens. They are more destuctive then gophers.

    I agree it is a constitutional right for Americans to be assholes...its just too bad that so many take the opportunity...
    iscariot

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    Quote Originally Posted by Peruvian View Post
    A man, free to kill gophers at will.
    we don't even need a permit for that
    "Can't you see..."

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    For large areas, this is the best way to go.

    https://gopherx.com/gopher-x-pest-control-devices

    Friend of mine runs landscape maintenance for dozen of large Palm Springs projects and swears by this. Not cheap, but effective. Cheaper version are available, but a hose attached to the exhaust of a leaf blower or lawn mower would probably work. Just don't do it too close to houses as the CO can travel throughout the burrow and possible come up in 90 year old Aunt Matilda's bedroom, which is not necessarily a bad thing if you are in her will.

    I agree it is a constitutional right for Americans to be assholes...its just too bad that so many take the opportunity...
    iscariot

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    Mr Gopher meet Mr Bunny...no, he's not plastic explosives.

    I agree it is a constitutional right for Americans to be assholes...its just too bad that so many take the opportunity...
    iscariot

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    Quote Originally Posted by Flyoverland Captive View Post
    Find the holes? Fuck, there are hundreds; where to start?
    Start with the ones you know. Cover / fill them in, then use a non lethal smoke bomb to find the ones you don't.

    22 longs work great. Never tried dry ice but it sounds a lot better then poisons.

    Quote Originally Posted by Peruvian View Post
    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.
    You need a multifaceted approach. And they will try to come back. After you kill them all the deterrence phase kicks in.

    Quote Originally Posted by KQ View Post
    Put up some barn owl boxes and get some cats

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    Has anyone yet told you to hire Carl Spackler? Because that's what you should do.
    "fuck off you asshat gaper shit for brains fucktard wanker." - Jesus Christ
    "She was tossing her bean salad with the vigor of a Drunken Pop princess so I walked out of the corner and said.... "need a hand?"" - Odin
    "everybody's got their hooks into you, fuck em....forge on motherfuckers, drag all those bitches across the goal line with you." - (not so) ill-advised strategy

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