OK, saw the post on carpenter bees and was impressed. I have a gopher that is starting to irritate me. In the past, the smoke bombs have done the trick. I think this one has his own gas mask and is impervious to poisoned bait.

What's your tried and true method for getting rid of them? I was thinking about hooking up the pool vacuum hose to the exhaust pipe and letting the car idle for a half hour or so.

alan

any other homes near you? If not, 22 caliber works :D

Just call Bill Murray man!....He'll git rid of it for you, right?

Just call Bill Murray man!....He'll git rid of it for you, right?

So I have to coax him out of his hole with music and then grab him?

.22's would just bring SWAT to my neighborhood after a 911 call "Shots fired" and the resulting paperwork would take too long!!

But for argument sake, what time of day is best? I could probably get away with a pellet gun.

;)

alan

I was going to say a case of beer and a friend with a .223 but you're not secluded enough. Best time of day is early morning.

In the past I've used this stuff called "Gopher go" and it worked ok but then a couple of outdoor cats started hanging around the house and they seem to like to kill gophers.

We have one in the backyard now that the cats haven't killed yet, in searching the web I though this would be a fun idea:


Use your vehicle's exhaust to flood the gopher tunnel network with carbon monoxide. Find a way to couple your exhaust pipe to one end of a garden hose, and put the other end of the garden hose in a tunnel. Make sure that you cover any open holes with dirt to keep as much of the exhaust from leaking to the surface as possible. Let your vehicle idle for 15 - 30 minutes to flood the entire tunnel network. Repeat as necessary.

Would the resultant backpressure burn a valve? And to be perfectly honest, the '69 Camaro would be the car of choice as it puts out a lot more stuff than the 2002 PT Cruiser!!!!

alan

No backpressure so to speak at idle, not enough heat. Three-fourths diameter hose would be fine.

I hear ya on doing a little .22 practice. would love to do it to a muskrat(s) in my canal/pond.

I use regular old "Road-Flares" (or Fussies to the law enforcement crowd :D )
Light it ('strike end while holding away from body' ;) ) and stick it down on of their fresh early morning holes - watch for where smoke comes out of ground and go put them there also - you can stomp the little ba$tards as they exit the ground, all groggy and hung-over, or just apply a decent shovel 'wack' to them and they will be trash ready in no time...

They do sell fancy, new-fangled and expensive "Gopher-Gassers" at most home stores - but, they are just small road-flares ;)

Evidently gophers are deadly affraid of flares or just love to come out to see where the accident was...

There is a guy out this way with a 'service' for local farmers that pumps a propane-oxgen mix into the burrows and then ignites it.
I've heard that deaf gophers come streaming out of the holes (little ears bleeding and all...) and then expire quite quickly right after the "boom" l:)
I'll try to find the article from the paper a few year ago...

(edit) (edit again - oops, Zuma beat me to the link ;) ) Wouldn’t you know it – the company was called RODENATOR – somewhere our ‘Governator’ is chuckling - http://www.gophernator.com/ -
found another reference to blasting them here - http://www.garden-counselor-lawn-care.com/gopher-blaster.html

And to be perfectly honest, the '69 Camaro would be the car of choice as it puts out a lot more stuff than the 2002 PT Cruiser!!!!

Heck ya, you could even tweak the carb/timing and make it run like crap to dump lots of toxic gas!! Personally I would probably use a flexible hose like dryer hose but smaller diameter.

Hmm...I wonder if you could make it run rich enough so that you could light the exhaust gas in the tunnels on fire...how cool would that be?!?!? Blow them little SOB's into the neighbors yard!!!

Get a Macabe gopher trap, attach a chain to a 16" long piece of wood about 1" diameter. The wood stake must be driven in the ground to prevent your neighbors cat from running off with the gopher and your trap. I lost one last week even though I had the stake in the ground.

I bait the trap with lawn grass or lettuce and it works great. Other brands of traps are harder to set, the Macabe is pretty easy.

There is a guy out this way with a 'service' for local farmers that pumps a propane-oxgen mix into the burrows and then ignites it.
I've heard that deaf gophers come streaming out of the holes (little ears bleeding and all...) and then expire quite quickly right after the "boom" l:)
I'll try to find the article from the paper a few year ago...

John, It is one of these?

YouTube - Rodenator Pro, bunker buster

John, It is one of these?

YouTube - Rodenator Pro, bunker buster (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2umEFHeo6mw)


l:) - THAT"S IT :hurray:
Something tells me there is gonna be a 'swarm of "micro-quakes"' in my area this weekend :D

That is absolutely hysterical. I guess I could use propane gas from my Bernzomatic plumbing torch kit. Now I just have to figure out how to remote ignite it as I am fond of my eyebrows. Hmmmm, what about a spark plug, coil and a 12V battery?

:)

alan

You guys are AWESOME!!!!!!! :hurray: I gotta have one of them 'Rodenators"...prolly blow up the house or something though. :o Maybe I should just try the road flares instead... ;)

Carl Spackler: Correct me if I'm wrong, Sandy, but if I kill all the golfers they're gonna lock me up and throw away the key.
Sandy MacReedy: Gophers! You great git! Not golfers! The little brown furry rodents!

I was just pondering it. My luck, the water line to the house will rupture sending a geyser skyward. I am thinking road flare at this point as well.

BTW, does this fall under the catagory of "Hold my beer and watch this". ?

alan

Along the lines of "be careful!" When I lived in Camarillo there was a big ground squirrel problem. As the newspaper reported it, a guy that lived on a hill poured gas into a squirrel hole, gave it a few minutes, then lit it off. I don't remember all the details but he over did the fuel as the flames came up down the hill in a neighbors yard and caught the neighbors house on fire. The guy was charged with arson and did time...

That looks more fun than dynamite!

... Now I just have to figure out how to remote ignite it as I am fond of my eyebrows. Hmmmm, what about a spark plug, coil and a 12V battery?

:)

alan

I'm thinkin' something along the lines of -
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... BTW, does this fall under the catagory of "Hold my beer and watch this". ?

alan

:yes: of course :D

Along the lines of "be careful!" When I lived in Camarillo there was a big ground squirrel problem. As the newspaper reported it, a guy that lived on a hill poured gas into a squirrel hole, gave it a few minutes, then lit it off. I don't remember all the details but he over did the fuel as the flames came up down the hill in a neighbors yard and caught the neighbors house on fire. The guy was charged with arson and did time...


Yeah, no doubt that is a better idea in a more rural setting. In a suburban setting, probably not a good idea. Anyways, my neighbors are still jumpy from the train crash here in Chatsworth last fall.

alan

BTW, does this fall under the catagory of "Hold my beer and watch this". ?

l:) ..... l:)

... Anyways, my neighbors are still jumpy from the train crash here in Chatsworth last fall.

alan


I would always try to avoid 'texting' while you are doing any personal blasting (or operating of trains) as a general rule ;)

I'd hate to see you kill the little critter!....Couldn't you just fart in the hole then plug it up?, right?

I'd hate to see you kill the little critter!....Couldn't you just fart in the hole then plug it up?, right?

Ah, the outdoor version of the ol Dutch oven trick?

:hurray:

alan

Seriously, I bet that Rodenator wreaks havoc on any plastic pvc irrigation lines close to the tunnel. Interesting idea for a new business venture though.

alan

Ah, the outdoor version of the ol Dutch oven trick?

:hurray:

alan


Or, I could send you a pair of my smelly socks that you could stuff in the hole, yeah?

I'd hate to see you kill the little critter!....Couldn't you just fart in the hole then plug it up?, right?


Ron you are already on a short leash for your off color postings in the open forums. This is mild and anyone else I wouldn't have said anything but you seem to not be taking my warnings to heart! Your replys in PM have been disrespectful so if I have to interupt a thread over your posts one more time it will be your last for a while!

Ron you are already on a short leash for your off color postings in the open forums. This is mild and anyone else I wouldn't have said anything but you seem to not be taking my warnings to heart! Your replys in PM have been disrespectful so if I have to interupt a thread over your posts one more time it will be your last for a while!


Oh Boy!!....Here we go again!:boxing:

No Gone! See ya on the 15th!

For real? Someone is getting busted for fart humor? And that was tame fart humor. I thought the blowing up animals while the came out of the hole with their ears bleeding and crushing their head in was a little more violent. Or all the talk of shooting, gasoline, makeshift gas chamber - varmit assasinations were a little more edgy than a common body function (they are real common to me). There must be some past history influencing the reprimand of badbird on the fart comment. I saw absolutely nothing wrong or offensive in ANY comments posted in this thread and for anyone to be scolded for their post had to be influenced by past comments being held over their head. I have no clue to anything posted before this or any conflicts between anyone, but I feel there is a little abuse of power here. Or I could be full of hot air. :o

For real? Someone is getting busted for fart humor? And that was tame fart humor.

Read my warning, this has been a long standing issue with warnings and PM's and more warnings. Maybe now the posts about masterbation, farting and other childish talk of body parts will stop!

"Ah Double farts"

quote, Caddyshack

For real? ... There must be some past history ... :o

You've been around this site for a while so you know it takes A LOT to get thrown off here :yes:
I think Al, Dennis and the other Admins do a heck of a job keeping this site somewhat civil and on point with addressing folks posts and threads :beers:
There is plenty of discussion with someone before the plug gets pulled.

Replys to threads with stuff like this:
... I always lube my shaft before I slide it into the hole! - will always get folks attention ;)

btw - this isn't the first site he's been thrown off :no:

Now - back to "erradication" of backyard pests :D

Juicy Fruit Gum! Stick it outside the hole, they will eat it and it will stick to their insides and it will kill them. Try it, it works!

Wow, 3 pages on gophers in ONE day!!!

I like the road flares, do they work on moles too?

Evidently, it is a common affliction Jim. Got to be a pretty energetic thread.

Well, I would think so, they are just carbon monoxide generators. I just dug up the hole and found the run, dumped a 15 minute flare into the hole. Hopefully this will do the job.

alan

Try loud Eddie Rabbit music and when he sticks his head out of the hole wack him with a ballpeen hammer. I hear they like to dance to this:clonk:

Cmon Alan, everyone knows they love to dance to "I'm Alright" by Kenny Loggins. Hence the end of Caddyshack.

YouTube - caddyshack gopher

alan

I trapped about 6 over 2 years and the local animal control will come get them.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v359/SIBLY/IMG_3436Medium.jpg

Haven;t seen any in the past year or so.

OOOOOOOOPS, My bad