All out war! Tired of my yard getting destroyed by Gophers! GopherHawk

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@rodgerolson6959 2 жыл бұрын

The Gopher Hawk work very good! Placement is everything. I keep a small shovel and dig around the hole to get the bigger ones out!

@desertmouse4026 11 ай бұрын

My yard was spongy with tunnels. My feet would actually sink. This trap works. Don't pull on the trap when you can't pull it through. Sink a shovel next to the hole and loosen the dirt enough to get it out. You might bend or break the working end of the thing. Also, don't give up on one hole. Sometimes it took an hour and others a week but eventually they got caught.

@ronaldstephens1792 2 жыл бұрын

Bahahaha 🤭 My Dad would do a garden hose attached to the family car 😳 Gophers would come A running out🤣🤣🤣 Then a pellet gun "game-set-match"!

@tracychaddon6460 2 жыл бұрын

OMG this thing WORKS!! The price was right so I ordered from Amazon right after watching your video. We have tried the pellets down the holes with little success. My husband was excited to try it. There was a fresh mound in the yard this morning. My husband used the probe to find the tunnel and put the device in place. An hour and a half later it was triggered with a dead gopher in the trap. This thing is worth every penny!! Thank you for the video! I'm sure we will catch more since the neighbors on either side of us don't do anything about the gophers or moles.

@leelunk8235 4 ай бұрын

SIMILAR CASE THIS WEEK WITH ME, SET IT IN THE HOLE, POCKET GOPHER WENT AROUND IT, NEXT DAY, I RESET IT NEXT TO IT IN THE ACTUAL TUNNEL, 2 HRS LATER, YELLOW ON THE MONEY

@loriduran182 2 жыл бұрын

I had a mole problem with one of my past homes. After moving in my Mainecoon cat took care of them pretty quick. Best cat ever🥰

@jvc8947 2 жыл бұрын

Ha ha. I just posted this exact thing. Our MC brings in a mole through her pet door almost daily. Sometimes 2. She is 1/2 MC and a feral we adopted and adore.

@loriduran182 2 жыл бұрын

@@jvc8947 After owning a MC I wouldn't have any other breed. He was a gentle giant with people. All the neighbors loved him. He got all the moles in the neighborhood. Yes he brought them all home to my door step. Ha ha

@lightshine6851 2 жыл бұрын

Actually used stinky cat litter chases moles out of the area. Just throw it down the hole.

@bridgettewood1713 Жыл бұрын

Get a shovel Mr! Dig it out!

@sunline24 2 жыл бұрын

Where is Bill Murray when you need him?

@1hasbeen531 2 жыл бұрын

Caddyshack meets Green Acres.

@goththicus 2 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂😂 I was thinking the same.

@stevelawson3588 2 жыл бұрын

This is the best mole trap EVER! I have taken several from my yard. No need to dig up the kill. Simply pull the trap gently from the hole and your pest comes up with it. Excellent product!

@frankfagundes2622 2 жыл бұрын

Those traps work great but to take them out use a shovel to dig him out because sometimes it grabs there arm and it yanks the arm out so using a shovel is the best way to get them out. With en a year I've caught 18 of them

@dalehammond1749 11 ай бұрын

I use these strictly for moles. It's the easiest mole trap made in my opinion. However, they still are a challenge at times. You have to find the "live" tunnel and this isn't always easy. And in loose sandy soil I get a lot of misses. I've been trying to get one mole for two weeks and I have 3 years of experience with these. Good video. One criticism is I wish they used a brighter paint to signal a hit.

@ocalaeyeguy 2 жыл бұрын

Just caught a pocket gopher today with my gopher hawk!!!!

@markpetersen8652 Жыл бұрын

Just ordered 2. The moles are making a major mess out of my backyard lawn. Can't wait until they come. I'm declaring war. Lol.

@rik8809 2 жыл бұрын

Try tossing some chunks of dry ice down into the tunnel. Seal off the hole and let the CO2 do the work. Depending on the size of the run, you’d probably have to drop it in multiple spots. Big cities have used this method successfully on rats.

@rickhicks3477 2 жыл бұрын

Call Bill Murray from Caddie Shack🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

@walterwillis5351 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for showing this. We have moles - I think I will give this a try next year when they re-appear. Usual method has been to wait to see activity, block their escape and flood the tunnel until they try to escape and then play whack-a-mole.

@Tobymt1925 2 жыл бұрын

Watch Caddyshack that will teach ya....🤣

@timbowhite3215 2 жыл бұрын

Evening Big Truck & Big RVs

@kennethmc2601 2 жыл бұрын

They flat out work. I spent months with old school traps, not getting a thing. Killed them all in a few weeks with one.

@MrJonblaze5 2 жыл бұрын

You need to get a hold of those Texas guys who use night vision to eradicate hogs. Start posting some gopher eradication videos.

@jimf3932 2 жыл бұрын

Been using the Gopher Hawk for a little over a month now. Only two minor complaints...1. Because of soil conditions, placement is key. First trap was a clean kill, caught by the head. Subsequent traps were foot captures. You should wallow out the hole to a touch deeper than the run so the bulb formed by the springs is in the pathway to let the varmint hit the trigger full on. The foot captures were still good because the trap held firm and let me pull straight out of the hole to blast it in the head with my trusty Remington 552 .22 rifle. So if you see the trap is tripped, lay a hand on it to see if it's moving which will likely indicate a foot capture. Then either take your chances pulling it gingerly straight out the hole or just dig around to loosen or remove some soil to get at it cleanly. 2. I ran into some deeper tunnels when it would have been nice to have the whole trap and tool six inches longer to save the hassle of trying to find something shallower. Even then, if you want you can dig out a wider hole to let you set the trap as deep as you need. I'm just lazy like that. Less than a month and I've greased six and it appears that those were all that were on our four acres. Great trap!

@saintbyron5150 Жыл бұрын

Dang, a .22 for a gopher? What would you use on a squirrel, a 12 gauge? LOL 😆, I just use the back of the shovel if I find any still alive.

@MYTOYMAKERZ 2 жыл бұрын

I had a new lawn -sod - put in last summer and the moles destroyed are lawn in about 3 weeks while we were on vacation. Yes war time it was. What I do to locate a working tunnel is to take my garden hose and spray over the mount which than if the moles past through it would leave cracks at the mound. Area's my hose didn't reach I just used a sprinkling can to moisten the mounds. Once I saw the cracks in the soil than I knew where to place my traps. No sense in placing traps in a tunnel that isn't active at that time. I might try the ones you are using but they appear to be more for gofers than moles. We have tried every trap out there except the one you have. We use the spring-loaded type that when tripped bend the moles in half. Poor things they can go back to our neighbor's yard to play. They even go under fencing 3 feet under-ground to get to our flowers and garden. Thanks

@steveboyd582 2 жыл бұрын

My father in law lived in Rockport for years. He had traps that used 20 gauge shot shells. Find the run then dig up the tunnel. Set one at each opening. It had I short barrel that pointed down the run. Gopher steps on a little pad and Boom. No more Gopher.

@lisamyers8407 2 жыл бұрын

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

@dangerrangerlstc 2 жыл бұрын

We just bought some ground too that is riddled with gopher or ground hog holes and mounds. Might have to give these a try.

@sparkywatts3072 Жыл бұрын

I was happy to run across this video. From watching previous videos of yours I knew I could trust the content as well as you. Good job.

@gamonman3564 Жыл бұрын

After watching this I bought 2 of these. I’ve been battling moles for years and they’ve done more damage than I knew was possible. - Nothing caught for a week. Then I figured out that I needed to target deeper, more active tunnels. Once I figured out where they were active I killed 2 in the same day. Probably a breeding pair. This trap works! I’ve been telling everyone at work. Guys talk about this stuff. I’ve never killed a mole with any other trap and I’ve tried them all. The only way it could be better is if it had braces to hold it steady in strong wind or in very shallow tunnels. I’ve had trouble locating the deeper tunnels. But I like to keep traps set even if the tunnels are shallow. I’m finally winning the war!

@chuckmckee2741 2 жыл бұрын

I have to say we had a gopher problem now we have 3 outside cats. Sunday our oldest cat even brought one and dropped on the front door as a gift. But since we got them after a month or so no more gophers. The cats sleep in our garage at night.

@DWELTYPC 6 ай бұрын

I'm out south Texas - sandy soil. I've set 50 caught two...... Wish it would work better. Like the idea of not digging large holes in my yard to set standard traps.

@TeachAllNations 2 жыл бұрын

Maybe you should leave the gopher in the trap until it dies and then dig it up? 🤷‍♂️

@wutangmo15 2 жыл бұрын

Don't wait or it will start to decompose and fall apart when you try to dig it up. And smell really bad.

@saintbyron5150 Жыл бұрын

I wouldn’t, I lost some spring traps to coons until I started wiring them to cinder blocks.

@sirwoofsalot Жыл бұрын

Now you have a smart gopher . . . Now he will just plug the trap and go around. Some observations; Had your gopher been dead he would have been limp enough to come right thru the hole with little problem. Just a little hand spade will easily loosen the dirt enough to remove the pest. The straps the form the cage at the bottom need to be in the bulged formation to allow the pest to easily pass through. The steel straps are easily ruined and fail to bulge out. If you spring them out to where they will bulge too much it will seize your trap and it won't work properly. A block of wood or something to set your camera on will improve your ability to work and hold the camera still enough for the watcher to see. Excellent trap. Great video. Keep on trapping! ps ; You'll experience a "bloom" if you don't keep em under control. FUN!

@jbmedgirl7513 2 жыл бұрын

We live this gopher catcher. We have caught lots of them with it. And usually they just come right up. We have similar soil too. We are in brenham area. But gophers everywhere!!!

@captainmidnight7012 2 жыл бұрын

Now we’re Talking ! These things work great , and get a .22 cal 👍 this is war ! On a large yard scale ! good luck .

@LordFalconsword 2 жыл бұрын

Don't even have to feel bad about shooting the bastards.

@1hasbeen531 2 жыл бұрын

Erased a lot of pesky varmints with my old Marlin squirrel gun. Use my bolt action Ruger if I need to use bird shot due to stuff nearby. Some pellet guns are pretty effective, too.

@kentseymour2084 2 жыл бұрын

Have ya priced .22 ammo. Used to flatten the mound then when mole started to reopen the mound would use the 12 ga

@mr.d3954 Жыл бұрын

My sister bought me one of these cuz I have moles everywhere and a few gophers but the first time I set it, it caught one and I had to make the hole a little larger to actually get it out with it attached to the trap and it was still alive for about a minute longer. I've tried the worms, the bait, propane and the spiked trap and this is the only thing that has caught anything in my yard.

@kathychloe1181 2 жыл бұрын

Maybe instead of trying to wrestle the Gopher out of that small hole take a shovel with you and dig down and then pull the trap with the Gopher on.. I don't get gophers I'm in Texas but maybe that would work.

@boyscouts5000 2 жыл бұрын

He is in Texas

@kathychloe1181 2 жыл бұрын

@@boyscouts5000 well I meant Dallas. Or at least they're not in my area of Dallas

@kathychloe1181 2 жыл бұрын

I also just meant that I have no experience with getting gophers out so maybe digging a hole after you catch the Gopher on the rod would work.. I couldn't say for sure because I have no personal experience is what was meant with that message

@brianbiellier7812 2 жыл бұрын

Wouldn't worry about digging it out of the hole put something down in their sharp stick it a couple of times problem solved don't even have to dispose of it already buried in the ground

@joewolters2399 2 жыл бұрын

Maybe start poking with the probe until the trap stops wiggling?

@wutangmo15 2 жыл бұрын

I use these GopherHawks. They're awesome.

@keithrittel3953 2 жыл бұрын

I have a large dog who creates large poop. I shovel the poop into the gopher/mole hole, and the little rascals disappear. It has been 100% successful.

@RadDadisRad 2 жыл бұрын

I used a solution I saw on KZfaq. It involves oxygen and acetylene. Poke the wand into the tunnel and fill with gas for a few seconds then light. Follow the tunnel dust.

@Keith-zm9qo 2 жыл бұрын

Yep ....Explosives are Always the most FUN 💥💥💥😎

@dylan121121 2 жыл бұрын

I’ve use them before they usually die like using a rat spring trap it’s a good product

@glenkyle2883 2 жыл бұрын

Those work good just takes a little time to learn the trick

@sailorjohnboy2325 2 жыл бұрын

That trap looks like it would do the job but there's got to be a better way involving fire and explosives.

@rosiemikesundance1954 2 жыл бұрын

Find the runway. Punch a 1” hole and dump in 1 cup Chlorine Cleanser using a funnel. Next pour 1/2 cup of household ammonia. Be careful and immediately seal the hole. Produces chlorine gas that lays in the tunnels for several hours. Solved my problem with moles.

@kencraig6526 2 жыл бұрын

I wonder if 220 volts would travel down the pole,lmao watching the horror show of how to pull Size 10 gopher out of Size 3 hole lol

@wertiaaudit5746 2 жыл бұрын

Nice!

@lisamyers8407 2 жыл бұрын

JD.. unfortunately.. a shovel is needed to remove the gopher/mole carcasses unless you make the hole large enough prior to inserting the snare.

@mrsmith324 2 жыл бұрын

The best way and the most fun way to get rid of gophers is a propane cannon. It’s a special tool that has an igniter at the tip, stick the tip in the ground crank the propane up wait a few minutes hit the igniter for the Fourth of July. I think there are some KZfaq videos look it up it’s a lot of fun, if I had gophers I’d be doing this every day.

@conundrumconundrum5589 2 жыл бұрын

I here that glycerin oil sprayed around the perimeter repels the encroachment from other land.

@KYLESRANCH 6 ай бұрын

If the gopher is too large then maybe just dig down with shovel next to the trap until the gopher and trap are visible. Then it should pull out easily.

@donr2258 2 жыл бұрын

I assume you've already thought about doing the standard method of using a Garden Hose to the truck exhaust & letting it run for about an hour? Seems like a nicer painless friend to the youth in asia.

@hrios75 2 жыл бұрын

Have you try booking a hose to the tail pipe of your truck and the other end at the hole. Let the truck run for several hours.

@lknanml 2 жыл бұрын

Electrify the metal snare. When the trap goes off ZAP!

@johndownes9342 2 жыл бұрын

A golf course maintenance man told me that Juicy-Fruit gum works on gophers and castor oil works on moles. No poison or dangerous traps needed. Where I worked only had gophers and the gum worked great.

@flyfishing1776 2 жыл бұрын

Caddy Shack

@zekester1 2 жыл бұрын

I've had good luck with gopher hawk👌 but some like to spring the trap by shoveling up the dirt in it!! The no- good bums!!! 😲🥺😜😭

@jjohnn1000 2 жыл бұрын

To get rid of moles. Drop some pieces of Wrigley spearmint gum down the holes. They eat it and can't digest it and die.

@williamrizzo1285 2 жыл бұрын

We don't have gophers where I live but we have land crabs.

@williamchildress1459 2 жыл бұрын

You need to make the hole bigger with the probe before putting the trap in the hole.

@SAHamel_ Жыл бұрын

you're suppose to take a spade and loosen the ground prior to pulling up when he is in the trap. In other words, dug up the trap when it snarls.

@itsmeray01 Жыл бұрын

did you get rid of them? after 1 year?

@BigTruckBigRV Жыл бұрын

You'll never stop getting them. Others come back, especially after rain.

@tyonarms6735 2 жыл бұрын

Propane and torch

@aperson2020 Жыл бұрын

after the gopher is caught you to dig a little to widen the area to get the mole or gopher out. in this case the trap must have taken a chunk out of the gopher. so he is going to be dead soon.

@astrodb4487 2 жыл бұрын

Could always get a .22 and have fun.

@JF-wz3oo Жыл бұрын

Try a shovel once the trap goes off.

@alexsanchez3503 2 жыл бұрын

Man, I wish I could have this luck. Been using mine for the past week and can’t catch one. So frustrating cuz every KZfaq video I watch there are fast results.

@BigTruckBigRV 2 жыл бұрын

Might be a placement issue.

@tankerboysabot 2 жыл бұрын

Gopher hawks are are the best my brother has had a few of those and they worked fantastically. You have to let them die before taking them out. That spike is meant to kill them.

@mark98070 2 жыл бұрын

I like the carbon monoxide idea. Attach a hose to your mowers exhaust and send the other end into their tunnels.

@buckhorncortez 2 жыл бұрын

Get a Yard Butler gopher bait dispenser and gopher bait. Leave them underground snacks - they won't be back. Have had gopher problems on and off for years in the winter when the alfalfa fields are fallow. For some reason, they think my acreage is going to be their next home...until I leave them free snacks...

@janetruh7476 2 жыл бұрын

Get yourself a good Australian Shepherd. They will take care of all your gopher problems.

@bonnyblue9399 Жыл бұрын

I got one of these and tried it did not work well.

@joewolters2399 2 жыл бұрын

Maybe just poke around with the probe that you started with?

@akbychoice 2 жыл бұрын

Castor beans, place them in the tunnels.

@barclaysauers255 7 ай бұрын

"Set the trap, hear the snap!" Set the camera down and dig it out.

@RadDadisRad 2 жыл бұрын

Rodenator, look it up

@FarmerSarducci 2 жыл бұрын

A little acetylene and propane works well for me.

@mikekopack6441 2 жыл бұрын

Just don't go all Bill Murray on them!

@wessebaggers 2 жыл бұрын

You might need to watch Caddy Shack! Lol or leave then down there dead ! Good luck

@truckerzwyf Жыл бұрын

Your voice is very familiar. Are you Josh the RV Nerd?

@paulshannon4576 2 жыл бұрын

You could have a give-away. Have people guess how many gophers you capture in a week? 🤔😁

@GregariousAntithesis 2 жыл бұрын

Good god man you use a damn shovel to get them out of the hole.

@warriorwoodworking5136 2 жыл бұрын

Are they on the Federal endangered list. Just asking for someone else. Me, a 223 with a silencer on a tripod and in a deer stand would be my process. Good luck

@TjBruce817 2 жыл бұрын

Gopher 1 Big truck Big RV 0....lol....Ya need the C4 method from Caddie Shack". Remember to shape it like the Gopher or they will be on to ya ;-)

@cristobalospina620 2 жыл бұрын

Saw a recommended video yesterday of a rat infestation and the guy was using carbon monoxide machine to kill them. He had a machine with a tube, covered off exit route and let it run. 3 minutes later they came out as if they were drowsy then died.

@johnfullmer7659 2 жыл бұрын

That is an interesting problem to have I guess pouring gas and lighting it fire is out of the question ❓❓ ha ha unless you like to eat them 🤣 there gotta be a better way I've heard of people breaking and or hurting there ankle or legs because of the holes

@marketshare5273 2 жыл бұрын

Big truck big RV small Rodents

@pamelamcglothlen1297 11 ай бұрын

To remove them ,use a shovel

@susane4576 2 жыл бұрын

Years of gophers and finally discovered they eat mostly insects under ground so I spray for the underground bugs and now their gone. Finally!

@Alligatchomp 2 жыл бұрын

Could of you just dug in the actual mound?

@akdisney 2 жыл бұрын

when got gophers you need dig them up

@ctraltdel6510 2 жыл бұрын

Think terrier dogs are good for this, why they like to dig instinctively. Maybe can borrow some? Good idea luck.

@richardbedard9253 2 жыл бұрын

Shovel removal

@Lt_Tragg Жыл бұрын

Gopher gassers! I toss them on into the woodchuck burrow. Then I plug / seal the holes with a gal size disposable plant holder followed by a few shovel fulls of dirt. Plugging gopher sized hole should be a lot easier. I’ve not tried pumping carbon monoxide into the burrows yet but I’ll bet that would work great too. Those traps are too time consuming and guess work. Hard pass.

@jimmylenwell9169 2 жыл бұрын

Shovel.

@dominicchanwenshun Жыл бұрын

You need a shovel to dig out your trap instead of just pulling it out. The gopher can be big.

@iglapsu88 2 жыл бұрын

Go phur broke and dig them up!

@hummyhero1484 2 жыл бұрын

Dig with shovel then dispatch gopher

@alancostin9522 2 жыл бұрын

Dig out.

@loragunning5394 2 жыл бұрын

JD, have you considered methods for repelling the moles and gophers from your property rather than killing them? I previously posted suggestions for dealing with moles (sweeten the soil w/ application of lime 2x a year, as moles eat grubs and earthworms, which prefer acid soil), and just did a little research on gophers, which are herbivores. There are many passive ways to discourage gophers, including planting plants they are know to be repelled by, like marigolds, mints, and any member of the lily family, among others. One of the other suggestions I read was sub-surface galvanized mesh fencing, which may be expensive and laborious to install, but which would prevent both moles and gophers, once gone, from re-infesting your property. Unless you do something to prevent their coming into your property, you will never eradicate them, just be constantly killing them, on going war which neither of you will ever win. You are not declaring war on the gophers because they are endangering a crop or causing structural damage to your property, but because the mounds are an eyesore in areas you want to see unblemished, and I can understand that, completely. Planting plants that repel gophers around the boundaries of your property will serve two purposes: repel the underground rodents and beautify the property. While a pest, gophers and other underground critters have their place in the overall ecology of your area, just seems sensible to me to repel them rather than kill them. And whatever you do, please don't resort to poison, as gophers are a big part of the food chain and if natural predators catch and eat a poisoned animal, the predator usually dies, too, including domestic cats and dogs...

@BigTruckBigRV 2 жыл бұрын

Lora, my wife asked me this exact same question. I have tried several other solutions. The challenge is that with several acres of property, even if you drive them out of the specific area they are in, they go to another area of the yard and make fresh (and in many cases larger) mounts. I even tried noise and other types of gopher repellant gear first. They respond by either moving to another part of the yard or digging deeper. Trapping them and moving them does not work either because they come back or destroy someone else's yard. When I catch them, I just toss them in the yard now and let the hawks get them. So I'm keeping the food chain healthy.