Posted: 8/17/2012 12:52:43 PM EDT
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I has them.
What's a good, effective, inexpensive way to get rid of them? I just moved into a new house a couple weeks ago. There a several dead areas and push mowing the yard for what grass i do have has became quite the chore. The wheels are constantly sinking into the dirt. |
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It may be moles. I haven't seen the fuckers, nor have I'd had to deal with either before The traps are highly effective, and minimaly invasive. I can catch the perp within 24 hours of seeing the first mound. I'd also suggest some granular insectiside to eliminate the food source, wich is why they are there in the first place. |
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It may be moles. I haven't seen the fuckers, nor have I'd had to deal with either before The traps are highly effective, and minimaly invasive. I can catch the perp within 24 hours of seeing the first mound. I'd also suggest some granular insectiside to eliminate the food source, wich is why they are there in the first place. +1 to old fashioned gopher traps Stake the chains too ( at least hook the chien to a stake of wood so they cant pull the trap into the tunnel deeper |
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I've set out some traps, but they seem to avoid them. They also do not like the poison I set out either... However, my Husky keeps digging up the tunnels, I guess he can smell them. Maybe that's why he randomly barks at the house...because there are some tunnels running along the side of the house that he cant get to due to the electric fence. He did dig one gopher out...I am surprised how aggressive gophers are.. Last night, he wouldn't stop barking. It was getting very aggravating because he is a fairly quiet dag. After I told him to STFU a couple times and gave him some doggie treats to calm him down, he still kept barking at one area in the yard. I go out with a flashlight thinking that he dug out another gopher...only this time is was a 2 foot Copperhead snake. I killed it a tossed it over the fence. I don't think my dag got bit. He hasn't been acting weird and I don't see any swelling. I guess my yard is a feast for venomous snakes, as my neighbors who live right next me do not have gophers or moles. |
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When I was a kid Id walk along the mole tunnels pushing them back down. Then stand there and watch that fucker come back through pushing it back up, when he got to me I jammed a spade into the ground until I figured he was either gone or dead. Push it all back down and repeat.
Its boring as fuck and you have to stand very still, but its quite pleasing when you do it. Especially if you pull the spade back and dig up the tunnel, and a half a mole comes with it. Lol used to trap gophers all the time, their back leg was worth $1 the lady at city hall hated me 
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Dude, you killed one of the gopher getters. The snake was looking for a free meal and you kilt 'em. I know...but but my dag wouldn't shut up, and I didn't want him to get bit. If it wasn't poisonous, I wouldn't have killed it and moved it somewhere out of sight of my dag. |