Trapping gophers:
Even though it’s more time-consuming, the benefit to trapping gophers is that you have definitely eliminated the problem from your garden.
Choose areas that are being freshly dug by gophers. You will have to dig down to the main tunnel. Carefully position your trap. You will need to attach the trap to a stake with a wire or chain. The metal u-pins used to secure irrigation are ideal.
Wear gloves to keep the human smell off the trap. It is sometimes of benefit to use 2 traps, one facing in either direction. Re-cover the tunnel with a piece of sod but leave a small window for light to get through. Gophers do not like light in their tunnels and will come to investigate and repair. If you have not caught your animal in 2 days, move to another area.
Once you have caught a gopher at one site, replant your trap in the same location. Chances are there is more than one using the tunnel. This is especially true in the spring and early summer.
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