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[beowulf]

 

I have actually shot them out of the cannon. Don't tell anyone!

I honestly expected nothing less 

[Hanshi]

I have actually shot them out of the cannon. Don't tell anyone!

I honestly expected nothing less 

And You'll never, never, ever get anything less from hotfxr.   

[Patocazador]

In the wounded Badgers honor, this is the largest gopher I have caught in the ten years I have made it my duty to eradicate these pesky burrowing critters.

Would you please share your trapping/killing tips for gophers? Bill Murray won't respond to my emails. 

Seriously, recently every part of our 2 acre yard is full of mounds and tunnels. I managed to shotgun one which was digging a new tunnel when he pushed the dirt to the top. Otherwise, I have been unsuccessful. If your method is too gory for the public part of the forum, please PM me.

Thank you.

[Patocazador]

Back to photos. The 2 photos below were winners of this year's best mammal photos in a world-wide competition.

[hotfxr]

In the wounded Badgers honor, this is the largest gopher I have caught in the ten years I have made it my duty to eradicate these pesky burrowing critters.

Would you please share your trapping/killing tips for gophers? Bill Murray won't respond to my emails. 

Seriously, recently every part of our 2 acre yard is full of mounds and tunnels. I managed to shotgun one which was digging a new tunnel when he pushed the dirt to the top. Otherwise, I have been unsuccessful. If your method is too gory for the public part of the forum, please PM me.

Thank you.

Cinch traps (From the Gopher Guy) have gotten a lot. But the most fun hunting involves high pressure water, or little black powder M80's that kill them by concussion. The biggest thing is to understand how gophers dig out their tunnels. It took me a long time to become the "Gopher King" of the west county.

[Hanshi]

A "tree hugger" tiger and a "caught-in-the-act" gopher!  Those photos are hilarious. 

Maybe I'm too far north but I haven't seen a woodchuck since I left Ga. and then in Va.  Am I correct in thinking that "gopher" is a sort of generic term for any burrowing rodents?  Chipmunks in Ga. and occasionally chucks; then lots of chucks in Va. and chipmunks.  The main rodents up here are porky pines.  No closed season for porky pines, coyotes (like Ga. and Va.) and mountain haints.

I've used pellet rifles for A LOT of rabbits, squirrels and overpopulated chipmunks in Ga.   But some of the chucks I've run across must have weighed 20 lbs. easy.

[Patocazador]

In the wounded Badgers honor, this is the largest gopher I have caught in the ten years I have made it my duty to eradicate these pesky burrowing critters.

Would you please share your trapping/killing tips for gophers? Bill Murray won't respond to my emails. 

Seriously, recently every part of our 2 acre yard is full of mounds and tunnels. I managed to shotgun one which was digging a new tunnel when he pushed the dirt to the top. Otherwise, I have been unsuccessful. If your method is too gory for the public part of the forum, please PM me.

Thank you.

Cinch traps (From the Gopher Guy) have gotten a lot. But the most fun hunting involves high pressure water, or little black powder M80's that kill them by concussion. The biggest thing is to understand how gophers dig out their tunnels. It took me a long time to become the "Gopher King" of the west county.

Thank you.

[pilgrim]

something I discovered in 2006  , this stuff is not for the faint of heart ! developed a liking for it , and just this year the state run liquor stores stopped carrying it ! and I have`nt seen it across the border in maryland !

     https://www.internationalwineshop.com/sku32336_NAVIP-SLIVOVITZ-750ML

[beowulf]

interesting , shipping os probably a killer !

[pilgrim]

interesting , shipping os probably a killer !

   it is, $21.57 to my zip. 18014.   could probably make your own, if you do not mind waiting 8 years     I'll stick to good old well water

[beowulf]

interesting , shipping os probably a killer !

   it is, $21.57 to my zip. 18014.   could probably make your own, if you do not mind waiting 8 years     I'll stick to good old well water

[beowulf]

The groundhog, also known as a woodchuck, is a rodent of the family Sciuridae, belonging to the group of large ground squirrels known as marmots. It was first scientifically described by Carl Linnaeus in 1758 /// Pocket gophers, commonly referred to as just gophers, are burrowing rodents of the family Geomyidae. The roughly 35 species are all endemic to North and Central America. They are commonly known for their extensive tunneling activities and their ability to destroy farms and gardens . so chucks and gophers are two unrelated species of rodents !

[Hanshi]

They could be related to me, then.  I'm a great destroyer of gardens - and any kind of plant - but I don't have to burrow.  Give me a water pail and when I sprinkle a little water on them they DIE!  My thumb is BROWN and LETHAL. 

[beowulf]

They could be related to me, then.  I'm a great destroyer of gardens - and any kind of plant - but I don't have to burrow.  Give me a water pail and when I sprinkle a little water on them they DIE!  My thumb is BROWN and LETHAL. 

my ex loved flowers and cacti , unfortunately she had a black thumb ! she could kill a cactus in two weeks  without trying !

[Hanshi]

There are pocket gophers down South but nothing like that up here.  'Course we DO got porky pines.  Most commonly down there are woodchucks and chipmunks.  Those are about the only critters that don't carry venom.
I made this "powder horn" from a piece of bamboo.

Me relaxing on the couch in one of my more contemplative moods.

Just some "stuff" I made.

Nice little winter down in Virginia.

My late and deeply mourned "min pin", Sissy.


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