I spoon some of my wife’s tuna casserole into the hole. Kills them quick. In fact, my wife’s cooking is so bad the flys got together and fixed the hole in the screen door. Semper Fi Dave Heitman

He got them New Balances so you know it's dad approved

Well I'm not sure it works for gophers but it does work for groundhogs just stick a flare in 1 hole then stand over the 2nd hole with a baseball bat when it comes running out thump it and your done. Although sometimes 5 come running out so its best to have the whole fam in the yard with bats we call it groundhog baseball. Or you can try it the humane way and send them an eviction notice in the mail wait 30 days and hope there not assholes but they usually are so I recommend you skip that part and go straight to groundhog baseball. More fun and less stressful.

Road flares worked for me too! Tunnels returned a few months later so I used another flare. Worth the $4 to keep them away for the Spring and Summer.

My brother recently bought a house n has recruited me to fight alongside him against some gophers. It’s been an uphill battle but I’m glad I’ve come across this tactic. Thank you 🙏🏽

Gopher Gassers only burn for a short time but produce a lot more smoke. I think the road flare is more cost-effective. A neighbor routed vehicle exhaust thru a hose to do the same thing. The gopher probably thinks he's just living in Mexico City.

Had a bad mole problem a couple of years ago, then my neighbor next door got a cat haven't seen one in a year we always welcome the cat when she walks through the yard 🐱👍

Review: I was very skeptical about this method as I am used to setting the "jaw" type traps (with varying success). Most of my mole "runs" have 3-4 entrances when I did into a "hill" so often I find traps sprung BUT NO MOLE. I finally decided to give this a try. The verdict? It has been 100% effective in the last week. First test I did was in an area with about 8-10 hills. Did exactly like shown in the video. 5 days later, no more mounds in this area. I live on 9 acres and must have at least 500 plus mounds. I used my tractor bucket to flatten the mounds and then watched for new activity. So far I have used 6 flares. In each of these areas, no new mounds! Might be too early to tell if this will do the trick but I am optimistic that it will continue to work. Thanks for the tip!

I have done this using some sort of flares from Home Depot that spit out poisonous gas when lit up. My backyard has a lot of gophers, they digs tunnels underground and every so often, when I walk in the backyard, the ground just sinks down. they also open up a lot of holes on the ground. After sticking the flares in the hole, I cover it with a brick so all the gas will circulate underground. The result is fantastic, no more gophers in my backyard AND .... my neighbor now complaints she got gophers. That is so funny,

I have used this method before and it works. I have had better success with goffer traps. Both work .

I've used this technique for years. Works great!

Worked great! Got up this morning to a pimple-free lawn.

Call Underground Service Alert before you try this Funny story, I have stealth moles. Last year they got into my carrots, unbeknownst to me they traveled right under the carrots ate them and left the tops intact. I didn't realize what happened till I pulled a top and nothing was there. Now I'm the mole terminator.

Use a good quality Duffus barrel trap everytime! You can see what you've caught....Invented by John Newton Duffus in 1922.....The Industry standard in mole traps!!!! I do this as a full time job :)

Did the same with gophers at our home in Alpine Ca. San Diego County. Thank You

I made an attachment to my old Tractors exhaust and run a hose off it into the moles tunnel and close it off. I crank up the old tractor bumping up the throttle a little bit and let her run for a couple hours and gas them all to death. So far it has worked for me and I have had fewer and fewer show up every year.

Gotta love it My wife is Vietnamese and I used some of her red chilies that she loves but I can't deal with. Haven't had a gopher problem since😆

Damn, I thought he was gonna stab the damn thing with the screwdriver lmao

I used to use a hose on a motorcycle exhaust. Crank up the throttle! You want to push as big and fast as possible a gusher of fumes through all the burrow. This works on a mower too. With a big truck engine it makes plumes of gas from every exit on cold days.

great job, love the way you explain thank you

Gopher gassers work. Sometimes. Traps work. Spmetimes, but you get to see the dead rat. Best to get a machine gun and a night scope then mow them down when they come out at night.

Hey this method work for me to, except my neighbors hated me after I pushed them all into their yards.

The thumbnail made me think it was a stick of dynamite. I thought: how am I supposed to get that. :D Will definitely try the road flares.

hi jim again i also have used cleaning ammonia very cheep pore in holes 1 half cup in all the holes you can find blower if you have one to smother them if not apply cover with drop

The flares work well on ground Hornets as well. Wait until night when all the Hornets are in the nest and won't come out to sting you - then light the flare and shove it into the hole.

You can also gas them out with propane or engine exhaust. Just run the hose down the hole as far as you can, seal around the hose the best you can. Then turn on the propane tank for a few minutes, they will suffocate.

This method works great!! I use it all the time

I am so going to try this.. The mole have taken over both of my neighbors yards as well as mine.. Thanks for sharing!!

I've actually used this, and have caught some panicking gophers popping their heads out, only to get them squashed with a shovel.

Had moles bad on our acreage. Got three kittens. Less than a year later no more moles, never returned now 11 years later. They killed every damn one

This is the cheapest solution to getting rid of them.. Thank you much for sharing.. I will defently show this to my husband his going to be excited..

excellent video, thank you for the tips. they do a lot of damaged .

I've used Poison Gas for mine: A quart of Chlorox and a quart of Vinegar down the hole. Makes chlorine gas, which being heavier than air, goes to the bottom levels.

If I have a mole that is a sod to catch with traps I use plumbers smoke pellets 50 for £20 works every time. 30 square metres of smoke per pellet, it’s not very often I need to use two.

this is great, I don't know why I never thought of a road flare, I have been using 4th of July smoke bombs and a 5 gal. shop vac. on the blow setting to push the sulfer smoke ,through the hole, thanks for the tip, but I will still use the vacuum to push the flare smoke through the holes, they clear out and don't come back for some time, that sulfer smoke stinks up there burrows pretty good.

Best mole killer ever. Used it for years when I lived in the country. I smoked them about 3 minutes then moved the flair to an other hole to get the most out of my flair buck. Usually got three or four mound from one flair.

I would do this in a second, if it weren't my garden instead of grass. I worry about the chemicals in the flares. But what a great idea.

Great video footage, thanks for posting this video 👍. I still don’t know why this was in my Recommended videos but I watched it anyway. I’m surprised that this video has gotten so many views. Wow

Well worth a try.Thanks for a cool vid.

I have a cat. No moles, voles, mice, rats, or gophers dare come near my yard. Well... some did. They didn't make it.

l just bought gopher bombs and put them around where all the holes were, the bombs make their own 02 and asphyxiate the gophers. Got rid of them for three years when they moved back from the neighbors yard, he and l bombed both our 2 acre plots and no gophers for 5 years going.

We have a few hawks and crows around. Large open field with garden in middle they like to hunt. A lot of trails. The birds need us out of the way to work. So makes it difficult in spring and summer. We have decided to let the lawn grow higher to attract pollinators to clover etc. We might not be getting moles, but we can’t see the tunnels anymore. Focused on garden prevention now.

Impressive & innovative! Will try

Try using your blower to move the smoke through the tunnels even faster.

But does it kill them or just make them move to a different area?

I just simply found the tunnel with a probe, made a hole and then put rocks and chunks of bricks plugging up the hole/tunnel and then filled it in with the mole hill dirt. I did that where ever a mole hill was and it worked.

Reminds me of caddyshack how such a little animal can drive you crazy!!!! 😜 Water works best here also just flood them out they come to the surface to dry out...then get em!!!!

Know someone who put a bull snake down a gopher hole. Gophers and moles gone the next day. Heard a rumor they booked a flight to a country with no extradition treaty with US.

Used Kitty-Litter ... it takes a few seasons, but they don't come back eventually. I use ÖKO Best dissolvable Kitty Litter.

A small engine that smokes alot and some metal flex pipe that can be fitted over the exhaust. If it is a mini bike,go cart,quad bike,or three wheeler the kids can ride it when you aren't smoking critters to death underground. A 2-stroke motor is supposed to smoke alot so no additives needed except the fuel mix which the engine calls for anyway. An older one can be found pretty cheap and doesn't take much storage space. If that seems like too much trouble then you don't have too many critters.

When I saw this I thought of Bill Murray and his battle with the gopher in the movie Caddy Shack. And then the video of the guy who decided to get rid of his gophers by pouring gasoline into the hole and igniting it. Didn't have to worry about gophers or mowing his lawn due to the bomb crater, but had some unhappy neighbors LOL

Now use your leaf blower to push the smoke through the whole tunnel complex.

“Wheezes in laughter”

May become my new favorite pastime.

Thank you. Goffer gassers do not work at all and thought I was out of options.

I think it depends on the region. The place I moved into 7 years ago has gophers in the whole neighborhood bad. My neighbor and I have tried everything. Our dirt is almost all clay with huge cracks in it (yes foundation issues with houses too). We have tried flooding, gopher poison bombs, poison, flares, traps, etc. So far the best luck we have had with the Gopher Hawk. It is about 50% effective and all the others are 25% at best.

I like my way ! Early morning I take my hot coffee sit the mug on the ground I p/u my morning paper from my drive way P/u my folding chair Go back to my coffee mug put all 3 items together I return to my garage p/u my 12 gauge shot gun Go back to my 3 item stomped the mole run down When I see the ground moving I put my newspapers down Set my coffee down P/u my 12 gauge shot gun let loose End of mole😀😀😀😀👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

on the farm ground hogs skunks use do the same holes larger than those cows horses sheep with broken legs drop flairs in holes cover good by to pests works well if new guests show do the same then cover holes so no more broken legs on loved animals!!!! 4 months ago Review: I was very skeptical about this method as I am used to setting the "jaw" type traps (with varying success). Most of my mole "runs" have 3-4 entrances when I did into a "hill" so often I find traps sprung BUT NO MOLE. I finally decide

I heard this technique worked especially well for Southwest and Californian gophers/moles/rattlers. Anything that hides in parched brushland, for sure

My Dad used to do the flare trick when I was a kid, kind of a crap shoot as to whether or not it works. I would rather trap them so I KNOW they're gone. I use a GopherHawk or a Cinch trap and I have a dead gopher to show for my trouble. I also don't want my cat finding some sick or dead rodent full of toxins that it will eat.

Smoking them out works maybe 1 out of 10 times. They usually backfill tunnel and are fine. This is after spending hundreds on gopher gassers.

The flares work ok, but I've found that running my exhaust pipe i nto one hole, with a small shop vac at another point along the tunnel system (they are most ly connected), to suck the emissions thru works best. I place a piece of card board under the vac nozzle so I dont get a hose full of dirt. Keep the nozzle far enough way to not do that. It'l still create a draft to move the exhaust along. I use a metal flexible pipe to get the exhaust to the hole. You can get it at hose and fittings supply stores. Or, a garden hose you don't care about, but it can set up too much back flow because it isn't wide enough.

Very good video, I am going to try that they have my yard all cut up I have 3.5 acres thanks

I had some kind of critter that made a hole in my front yard. What worked for me was pouring 2 quarts of urine down the hole. I don't know what happened but I haven't seen anymore holes.

It does work.. very well on gophers, Kinda ok for moles. We don't play in yards, that being said, we use burning sulphur and a propane torch. My experience is, a 15 minute flare isn't enough. I've burned sulphur in a good run for up to a half hour, still chasing and sealing holes where the smoke is coming out. Gophers can have many miles of tunnel system and dig down to around 30 feet to their nests, so it takes a lot of smoke to fill it up and actually get them!!! Moles plug their runs, usually only within a few feet of the mound, but a lot of times they will block it as they go. Making it harder to get them... But, if you smoke everything really good, you get all the Beatles, Grubs, worms and other critters they eat.... No food, no moles.

accident flares will work but you must keep smoke in the holes till they die works better in bigger holes like chipies and ground hogs but smoke must be breathed for about 5 minutes

Moles are kicking my ass right now so thanks for this tip.

My dog can hear and smell gophers under six inches of grass and dirt, and will dig them right up and eat them in one gulp.

I like my method. I go out in the yard and stomp their piles and tunnels down and then I get my pitchfork and stand there for a cpl minutes and when they start pushing the dirt back up, I stomp the pitchfork into the ground and 9 times out of 10 I pull the mole out on the tine. Even if it doesn't come out on the tine and you think you missed it, look at the tine. If its clean and wet you know you stuck 'em.It usually only takes a few minutes for 'em to show up and start opening their tunnels again. Some take longer so grab a chair and a beer.

In 2918 small flares designed for this purpose were available?? I modified a bucket by adding a PVC fitting allowing me to attach the exhaust end of a shop vacuum. After inserting the flare I placed the bucket upside down over the entry and sat on it for better contact with the ground. Try it and you'll see smoke coming out of the ground in areas you had no idea the mole had been in!!

Well done. Thinking about doing a groundhog hole under my house.

As I am NOT a signee of the Geneva Convention's banning the use of chemical weapons.this information will come in handy during our Spring Offensive. Our poor cat can`t keep up with the mole!s numberical superiority. Thaniks! 🤣😉

definately wanna make sure theres no gas lines

I've also been known to sit in a chair with a pitch fork in hand watching and waiting for the mole mound to move..first sign of movement, stab away!!! Don't ask my why I live in the city and own a pitchfork...😁

Took me and hardware employees a while to figure out macabee trap...i have a gopher in lawn at a rental. Found burrow yesterday, set macabee trap, and just nailed the gopher today!

killed at least 12 in two weeks. great idea!

HAs someone else tried this ? I am curious to see where they went ? Neighboor? Will they come back ? Thanks for posting!!

I use charcoal briquettes soaked in diesel fuel. I find the trails the moles make and put several briquettes in them.

What a great idea, Thanks!

In other news, local man burns down neighborhood hitting gas line trying to rid moles with roadside flare....🤣🤣🤣🤣🤔😂😂😂😂😂🤣

GENIUS!

I work on a golfcourse and never tried this. 😄 first thing tomorrow morning

Long Live CADDYSHACK!!!!

They will bury that flare really fast. Best to if a blower to fill the tunnel system fast. The gopher smoke bombs are only a couple bucks each

These work!

Just bury a bucket and fill with water they fall into it! Found out this when I cleaned out a plastic pond insert in my front yard! Kills chipmunks too!

Can I use sparklers or roman candles? I guess a hand grenade would be too dangerous?

used to make good money when i was a kid trapping, killing and cutting off the front feet of those pocket gophers, the farmers would pay us to come in to their fields and clean them out, 1.00 dollar per pair of front feet. we would see the fresh dirt piles push up and put a trap in that new tunnel, they are smart and sometimes would cover our traps with dirt, they stay underground very seldom do you see one above ground. if left unchecked they will eat the roots and root crops and spread to other fields causing major crop loss. yes i have killed bugs from time to time too, and i kill cook and eat wild game. i also raise bees and butterflies to help pollinate the crops and wild flowers, and have an organic garden.

Oh that’s fun 😈

You can use a thing called Gopher bombs, they're super effective & there not as toxic as a flare.

I tried this with the voles and moles in my yard and they went apeshit they tore the yard up and ejected the burnt flair it looked like someone tore the yard up with a cultivator I think they did leave that area but the yard looked terrible

Garden hose fill the run until they come up for air then beat the varmint to death with a shovel. Water down the run to level out the lawn.

Brilliant

I wish I had seen your video first. However I bought the gophur gasser and before closing the holes I also put thick steel wool. So far no activity.

Have I got a mole story for you. Being in the landscape business. I got a call from a regular customer to clean up the back yard in the autumn which meant to cut back some of the perennials. She has soft sandy soil all in the backyard, and the tunnels made by those moles are everywhere. I'm raking up the trimmings, and I see in the corner of my eye some underground movement. I figured they were moles, and they are a pest. always digging underground tunneling everywhere. So I stopped, and the mole is coming closer towards me. All the sudden it pops it's head up thru the grass. It's back is towards me, and I hear it say, "ummmmmm, I smell maple syrup!" What the hell? Next I see another lump in the ground in the same tunnel, and it's moving in the same direction of the first mole, and that mole pops up out of the same hole and I hear it say, "ummmmm, I smell honey!" Holy shit, two of them. I picked up my plastic rake, so it didn't feel the vibration coming from it, and I held my breath . Then I see still in the same tunnel, a smaller lump, another mole moving towards the other two. It got right underneath them both, and try as it might, it just couldn't squeeze thru the other two, and I heard it complain, "hey, all I smell ismoleasses." True story.

I did the same thing years ago but to raise the toxicity of the smoke I'd wrap the flare in old nylon or polyester cloth.

Thanks will try... I have used GIANT DESTROYER , get at the Hardware store . Same principal but puts out poison gas that kills them . Works for me , About one dollar a piece in a pack of 6.

There are flare style rodent killer bombs that work the same way...possibly a bit cheaper as they come in packs of 4 and have a fuse.

Meanwhile......." 😳I never knew that gas line was right there and that it was so close to the surface"...lol

Tried this method many times and it does not work for long. They always come back.