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« on: September 05, 2016, 03:52:09 PM »
So we had a fairly large gopher trying to turn our motorcycle shed (a 10' by 12' tin Menards shed) into a repeat of the Corvette museum sinkhole... :o  ??? I tried and tried to catch him with ring traps and foot traps to no avail.  Finally ordered some cinch traps, and that did the trick! caught him two days ago, and proceeded to catch two more at the neighbor's house yesterday and today.  Finally found a gopher trap that works!  ;D 8)
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Re: Gopher
« Reply #1 on: September 05, 2016, 04:02:03 PM »
Gopher, Everett?
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« Reply #2 on: September 05, 2016, 04:08:35 PM »
Holy #$%* that's a big gopher.
Bill the demon.
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« Reply #3 on: September 05, 2016, 04:51:00 PM »
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Re: Gopher
« Reply #4 on: September 05, 2016, 04:57:32 PM »
Are you packing that iron fer protection from gophers ?
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Re: Gopher
« Reply #5 on: September 05, 2016, 05:15:19 PM »
Is that a freaking six gun? I need to move myself to that area!
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Re: Gopher
« Reply #6 on: September 05, 2016, 05:26:09 PM »
Your link was awesome, i wanna move to  DD JugTown. Are six-shooterz allowed ?
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Re: Gopher
« Reply #7 on: September 06, 2016, 03:52:26 PM »
Yes, he was the biggest gopher I've ever seen! And I appear to have another one in the yard about the same size (by the size of his tunnels) >:( He won't last long either!!  ;D
Quote from: 754 on September 05, 2016, 04:57:32 PM
Are you packing that iron fer protection from gophers ?
  ;D Not really, I just always wear it when I'm at home... Keeps the rif-raf out!!  ;D I also enjoy shooting rabbits and squirrels with it..  .357 mag isn't overkill for that is it? 
Quote from: Lostboy Steve on September 05, 2016, 05:15:19 PM
Is that a freaking six gun? I need to move myself to that area!
Rural Minnesota... No one cares as long as you don't go into town with a gun..  ;)
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Re: Gopher
« Reply #8 on: September 06, 2016, 04:01:27 PM »
Cookout  ;D
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Re: Gopher
« Reply #9 on: September 06, 2016, 04:22:08 PM »
Can you eat those things or do they look to much like a rat?
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Re: Gopher
« Reply #10 on: September 06, 2016, 04:26:16 PM »
Quote from: ken65 on September 06, 2016, 04:22:08 PM
Can you eat those things or do they look to much like a rat?

More Gopher Everett?
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« Reply #11 on: September 07, 2016, 09:24:56 AM »
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Re: Gopher
« Reply #12 on: September 07, 2016, 11:09:56 AM »
Quote from: 82CB650SC on September 05, 2016, 04:51:00 PM
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Re: Gopher
« Reply #13 on: September 07, 2016, 11:19:12 AM »
Quote from: flybox1 on September 07, 2016, 09:24:56 AM
The only solution...


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Re: Gopher
« Reply #14 on: September 07, 2016, 11:19:32 AM »
I never hunt for chipmunks without my Ruger .44 magnum, model 0807. Never leaves anything for me to even think about cooking.  8)
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Re: Gopher
« Reply #15 on: September 10, 2016, 05:37:41 AM »
Quote from: 74cb750 on September 07, 2016, 11:19:32 AM
I never hunt for chipmunks without my Ruger .44 magnum, model 0807. Never leaves anything for me to even think about cooking.  8)
8) I knew .357 mag wasn't overkill!  ;D
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Re: Gopher
« Reply #16 on: September 10, 2016, 05:39:04 AM »
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Re: Gopher
« Reply #17 on: September 10, 2016, 05:51:33 AM »
Quote from: DukieDukenDuke on September 07, 2016, 11:09:56 AM
Quote from: 82CB650SC on September 05, 2016, 04:51:00 PM
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=8pnoQ9w4HNY
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Re: Gopher
« Reply #18 on: September 10, 2016, 03:04:00 PM »
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Re: Gopher
« Reply #19 on: September 10, 2016, 05:40:22 PM »
Quote from: Steve F on September 10, 2016, 03:04:00 PM
Gopher???
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0334948/

Remember him?
Yep! Sure do!! I watch that on ME TV..  I wasn't born yet when I was being made....  ;D

Well, Cinch traps aren't quite as cool as the Rodenator, but I finally got around to setting my trap on the second gopher in the yard this morning, and I caught him this afternoon.   8)
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Re: Gopher
« Reply #20 on: September 10, 2016, 06:12:27 PM »
I started having problems with them last year. I use a Black Hole trap. Works great.
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Re: Gopher
« Reply #21 on: September 10, 2016, 07:14:30 PM »
Hershey's dark chocolate kisses...drop a few down there hole.  They cant resist them and it will kill them in hours.
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Re: Gopher
« Reply #22 on: September 10, 2016, 07:15:13 PM »
That RODENATOR is really nifty!  I wonder what problems one might have with buried cables and water lines and such.
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« Reply #23 on: September 10, 2016, 07:52:21 PM »
Quote from: Desert-SOHC on September 10, 2016, 07:14:30 PM
Hershey's dark chocolate kisses...drop a few down there hole.  They cant resist them and it will kill them in hours.

Aye, the kiss off death.  Geisha Assassin Approved!
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Re: Gopher
« Reply #24 on: September 11, 2016, 02:20:31 AM »
Jugging/ chugging for gophers is cool.

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« Reply #25 on: September 11, 2016, 02:26:52 AM »
Blasting them is fun for  the kids.

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« Reply #26 on: September 11, 2016, 04:12:56 PM »
Then there's this guy...Praise the LORD and pass the ammunition kind of guy!
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Re: Gopher
« Reply #27 on: September 11, 2016, 04:27:02 PM »
My old man left more rodent killer in the garage.

My puppy doesnt stand a chance against the guerrila tactics my dad must've picked up during his time as a US Army Ranger.
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Re: Gopher
« Reply #28 on: September 12, 2016, 07:13:08 AM »
Anybody have any can't miss tactics on trapping muskrats in a pond? I think I have to wait for the season even in Sasnak though they are being removed for nuisance purposes.

I heard that float traps are a good way to go, any thoughts?
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Re: Gopher
« Reply #29 on: September 12, 2016, 12:20:06 PM »
Quote from: DukieDukenDuke on September 12, 2016, 07:13:08 AM
Anybody have any can't miss tactics on trapping muskrats in a pond? I think I have to wait for the season even in Sasnak though they are being removed for nuisance purposes.

I heard that float traps are a good way to go, any thoughts?

Dynamite.  Unfortunately it kills everything else as well.  But that's how gramps used to go cat-fishing.
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Re: Gopher
« Reply #30 on: September 12, 2016, 12:35:00 PM »
Quote from: DukieDukenDuke on September 12, 2016, 07:13:08 AM
Anybody have any can't miss tactics on trapping muskrats in a pond? I think I have to wait for the season even in Sasnak though they are being removed for nuisance purposes.

I heard that float traps are a good way to go, any thoughts?

What about beaver drowning traps?  Old school
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