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There’s a containment fence in the photo.
by sailfast 2y ago
There’s a containment fence in the photo.
- happyopossum 2y agoGophers don’t give a flying fig about fences. Seriously, as someone who struggles with gophers all the time, I really want to know how they controlled them!
- leptons 2y agoI had a gopher in my little back yard recently. I feel your pain. The fucker killed several nice bushes we had and tore up our lawn pretty badly. I tried flooding his tunnels, but the fucker had a plan for that. I injured myself trying to get him with a sharp stick. Gopher 2, me 0. Then we brought in a pro who set a trap in one of the tunnels. That gopher is gone, but the tunnels remain, and after a few months getting my landscaping back together, a new gopher has moved in. God I hate those little assholes especially when they pop their heads out of the ground. They are just so smug about it.
- cratermoon 2y agoI saw a movie about a gopher infestation at a golf course. Nothing the greenskeepers did could dislodge them.
- leptons 2y agoOnce I had the gopher, I watched that movie again to learn from it. I had been contemplating using all kinds of weapons and devices, and the movie convinced me to hire a professional.
- SoftTalker 2y agoGet a shotgun, load it with birdshot, sit quietly on your back porch, when he pops out of the ground, take him out.
- leptons 2y agoGuns were discussed, but that fucker is just so quick. I had a long pole with a sharp end, and I positioned it at the very edge of his hole, and I waited patiently, quietly. Sure enough he popped his head up and I shoved the stick as fast as possible. It was just a centimeter from his face and he still managed to dodge it. I ended up with a cut on my hand from the end of the pole. A shotgun probably wouldn't be a great idea in my back yard, no doubt someone would call the cops.
- sailfast 2y agoFair point! The digging in the ground didn't really occur to me until later :) Maybe GPS chips then?