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[raven-blackbird]

I HATE those darn things and we get a lot of them...........my hubs had mowed the yard this weekend.........the next morning I see a huge pile of dirt.........gopher sign ......so last night I shoved a hose down the hole and turned on the water, it ran for a bit but then came out the hole..........I know it can dig let's see if it can swim............this morning fresh dirt BUT he had buried the hose in the hole.......so I just turned the hose of full blast and I don't know where that water is going but it's not coming back up out of the hole...................................raven

[Preds]

Peppermint oil, tabasco sauce ..... try that instead of water. Don't know if it will help, but saves on the water bill.

[raven-blackbird]

On 3/6/2014 Predsfan said:

Peppermint oil, tabasco sauce ..... try that instead of water. Don't know if it will help, but saves on the water bill.

I'll try anything.......I have NO idea where all that water is going.......it should be going out the escape hole.......but if there is one it's not in my yard........I also heard to use moth balls down the hole........................................raven

[Irshgrl31201]

Today I noticed about 10 holes in my yard all in the same are that were a little bigger than the size of a quarter. They were not there a couple of days ago. What makes holes like that? I figured a mole or gopher. I have a lawn service do my lawn, hedges and edging so I will ask them what I can use to keep them away without killing them but to just keep them away.

[tansy]

Overwatering is one way to attract moles to your yard.

[raven-blackbird]

On 3/6/2014 tansy said: Overwatering is one way to attract moles to your yard.

we don't get moles here...........just ground squirrels and gophers.....................raven

[maryebrown_1]

Do what Bill Murray did in ""Caddyshack""....

[kdgn]

Look up a device called The Black Hole gopher trap. It works. We've used it 3 different times and had 3 dead gophers within 30 minutes of Mr. kdgn setting it up.

[LyndaGee]

There was a mole in our backyard last year that drove the dog crazy - He'd sit by that hole for hours. He was obsessed!!!

[raven-blackbird]

On 3/6/2014 kdgn said:

Look up a device called The Black Hole gopher trap. It works. We've used it 3 different times and had 3 dead gophers within 30 minutes of Mr. kdgn setting it up.

I checked it out kdgn........I'd have to dig a big hole in my yard to put that thing in the tunnel...................raven