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Gardening

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(21,636 posts) Fri Jan 24, 2025, 02:59 PM Jan 24

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Gophers galore! [View all]

I have a new guy tending to my yard and have been advised it is infested with gophers as there are mounds of dirt in the backyard (none in the front luckily).

His plan is to shoot them with a pellet gun and leave them in the far back of the yard in a pile to be the food of scavengers.

I don't know anything about getting rid of gophers, do you?

Any/all advice is welcome!

Thank you!

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Gophers galore! [View all] CountAllVotes Jan 24 OP

Seems it would be hard to kill all of them that way. DURHAM D Jan 24 #1

Plan is to sit in the yard for several hrs. CountAllVotes Jan 24 #4

Chase em away with Poison,,,,,,turn em up. multigraincracker Jan 24 #2

This guy be able to help Beachnutt Jan 24 #3

Is he located in Texas only? CountAllVotes Jan 24 #7

..Really? whathehell Jan 24 #5

I'm not fond of his plan either! CountAllVotes Jan 24 #6

more humane than the fool-yourself catch and release that too many think will work Kali Jan 24 #9

A gopher but not so neighbours friendly solution... FirefighterJo Jan 24 #8

Interesting CountAllVotes Jan 24 #14

Well, it takes some time. FirefighterJo Jan 24 #15

cats and coyotes will catch them Kali Jan 24 #10

I had three cats last year at this time CountAllVotes Jan 24 #11

they don't really hurt much, (unlike ground squirrels) but will kill garden plants Kali Jan 24 #12

Frankly, I never gave a damn CountAllVotes Jan 24 #13

Where are you, and what kind of gophers? Retrograde Jan 29 #16

Far NW Calif. CountAllVotes Jan 29 #17

Helpful video to identify mole or gopher. Emile Feb 5 #18

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