We focus on gophers as an agricultural pest, since a gopher’s diet consists of the roots of bushes, plants, and trees. “We bait and trap,” continued Brandon. “We use a restricted bait.

Once you have confirmed you have gophers, I would suggest using either traps or bait. There are several types of gopher traps available. The most common type is a two-pronged, pincer trap such ...

Bait is an acceptable method of control, but it must be placed inside the main tunnel to ensure only the gophers can reach it. It is illegal to place gopher bait above the ground. Have questions?

But it’s obvious that you have a gopher problem because moles do not eat plant roots, they eat insects and worms. Most gardeners report good success with trapping or baiting gophers. There are ...

Brad Spakowitz looks at what’s behind this phenomenon. Also, do gophers hold the cure to cataracts? Brad tells you about an ...

researchers confirm that adding bait near traps does not increase effectiveness. Moles leave round, volcano-shaped mounds and/or surface tunnels the diameter of a golf ball. Common gopher traps ...

As far as gophers go, you can use poison grain or traps for this purpose. With poison grain, you just pour some of the grain into one of their tunnels and hope they take the bait. However ...

Diphacinone comes in a paraffin block that will last longer than grain bait and will also poison any new gophers which come into the burrow system. HAND BAITING -- A common method used to apply ...

I've tried bait (which sprouts into verdant weedy grass), Juicy Fruit gum (which must be someone's idea of a cruel joke), and gopher smoke bombs (which didn't seem to do much). No amount of ...