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In reply to the discussion: Gophers galore! [View all]

FirefighterJo

(395 posts)
8. A gopher but not so neighbours friendly solution...
Fri Jan 24, 2025, 04:08 PM
Jan 2025

You get some sticks and empty water bottles. In the bottles you cut 4 wings. Every yard or 2 around your enclosure, you put a stick firmly in the ground and slide a bottle onto it. You do the same at the mounts. The bottles will act as little windmills and start turning on the sticks, thus vibrating the sticks. Gophers hate vibrations with a passion and will claw their way out of your garden.

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Gophers galore! [View all] CountAllVotes Jan 2025 OP
Seems it would be hard to kill all of them that way. DURHAM D Jan 2025 #1
Plan is to sit in the yard for several hrs. CountAllVotes Jan 2025 #4
Chase em away with Poison,,,,,,turn em up. multigraincracker Jan 2025 #2
This guy be able to help Beachnutt Jan 2025 #3
Is he located in Texas only? CountAllVotes Jan 2025 #7
..Really? whathehell Jan 2025 #5
I'm not fond of his plan either! CountAllVotes Jan 2025 #6
more humane than the fool-yourself catch and release that too many think will work Kali Jan 2025 #9
A gopher but not so neighbours friendly solution... FirefighterJo Jan 2025 #8
Interesting CountAllVotes Jan 2025 #14
Well, it takes some time. FirefighterJo Jan 2025 #15
cats and coyotes will catch them Kali Jan 2025 #10
I had three cats last year at this time CountAllVotes Jan 2025 #11
they don't really hurt much, (unlike ground squirrels) but will kill garden plants Kali Jan 2025 #12
Frankly, I never gave a damn CountAllVotes Jan 2025 #13
Where are you, and what kind of gophers? Retrograde Jan 2025 #16
Far NW Calif. CountAllVotes Jan 2025 #17
Helpful video to identify mole or gopher. Emile Feb 2025 #18
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