Pocket Gopher Management
Pocket gophers have been attempting to take over our property since before we even owned it; they're a constant source of frustration and, in any season where the ground is thawed, a constant battle. When we moved in, we'd never thought about gophers or how to get rid of them. Initially we tried traps, but never caught anything. One got into our front landscaping and tore everything up, which ended up losing it's life to a gun, but we can't stake out mounds and do it all that way. Enter, the "Lawn Butler" or similar poison applicator. I try to be a nice person and kind to animals in all areas of my life, but gophers... I don't think you can be kind to them. They don't go away, they don't stop, and they just... destroy. So here's how I destroy them. First, fill your handy dandy bait applicator with bait. I like to test the crank over the bait container to ensure it's coming out, as doing so in the field, where my dogs also play and my horse...