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Re: pocket gophers

In a message dated 4/6/98 10:09:02 AM Pacific Daylight Time,
tolenio@world.std.com writes:

<< According to the professionals only two methods have proven
 overwhelmingly successful in ending gopher problems... traps and poison
 bait.  Although they indicate that controlling gophers can become an
 obsession, I doubt it is as fun a passtime as gardening.
  >>

Yes,  what I have,  and that managed to avoid all 4 traps last night, is a
pocket gopher,  not a mole nor a prairie dog,  a plain ol western plump pocket
gopher.

I have tried poison in the past,  but now I have outdoor pets,  and besides,
I want to see the dead body.  I found using poison very unsatisfactory;,  I
never really knew for sure......  I have been using box traps that have worked
for me in the past,  but I am thinking of getting some macabe traps that can
actually be pushed into the run.  

And yes,  when I have one chomping the roots of my beloved veggies,  I do have
an obsession to kill.  

I also have moles,  but they dont bother me at all.  They just burrow along
eating grubs and worms.  They dont eat plant roots as do these &*&&*^%$
gophers.  

Water down the run wouldnt work for me.  My soil is too porous.  

Janet
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