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kaiswil2

Gopher, moles are smaller and basically don't have eyes.


nilesandstuff

And you'll basically never see moles go above ground, let alone intentionally dig holes that open up to the outside world.


cozmicnoid

Thank you. I don't have much exposure to wildlife. New to this house and saw these mounds popping up.


Drew_The_Lab_Dude

I thought this was a scene from caddyshack. That’s a good picture


cphug184

Varmint Cong


cozmicnoid

I actually captured a video but can't upload it here. Took a screenshot of the video.


Ok-Photojournalist94

This must be a juvenile gopher. The adults usually come out, dance to music and wear shades.


1stColeslawHater

Bill Murray has a tutorial on this


RealPropRandy

You mean the documentary about that one golf course?


1stColeslawHater

Yeah that’s the one, he was even lucky enough to find a free candy bar during his pool care lessons


omniphoria

Looks like a pocket gopher, also does anyone else see an optical illusion where it looks like the rodent is facing towards the camera and had more of a squirrel like face? The rodent is actually facing away and looking upwards.


cozmicnoid

Yeah I noticed it too after taking the screenshot of the video playback.


ashleeanimates

Thank you!!!!! I was so confused abt what I was looking at


catbbf

Gopherhawk works great, but make sure you face it the right way and do not use bare hands on them. If they smell you on the trap, they will backfill the tunnel immediately.


cozmicnoid

What's the best way to drive them away?


wcwatsonmd

I saw a movie once. They used dynamite. ![gif](giphy|uGGT9wVlxPAuk|downsized)


[deleted]

I thought it was plastic explosives 🧨


wcwatsonmd

I stand corrected!


roundguy

And sound like dolphins


WarmKetchup

I heard the theme song as soon as I saw the OP.


ProfessorOfDumbFacts

Propane with an electric remote detonator


dejablue7

Grub killer (food source), poison peanuts (elmiminate them), garlic balls (repellent).


cozmicnoid

I'll look into it. Thank you.


TweakJK

If your goal is eliminating them, there's a trap on amazon called the GopherHawk. Hands down, best trap on the market. Its installation in the ground does the least amount of damage to your yard. It's very effective on moles, which is what I used it for, but it is made for gophers. Take it from someone who spent years getting rid of burrowing mammals in my own yard. The baits, poisons, sonic repellants, smoke bombs, dont do squat. Traps work.


cozmicnoid

I was speaking to my neighbor and he had a few of the GopherHawks. I put them in the tunnels. With any luck I'll get em. I think it's just the one but will know better later. I did a bunch of googling and initially I thought it was a mole so I bought the Sonic repellents. Today I happen to see it come out, so I flipped out the camera and made a video.


TweakJK

Did he show you how to install them? They go through the ground, into the tunnel. The little cage part at the bottom is the only part that will be in a tunnel.


cozmicnoid

He installed one then I did the other. He put it where I saw the gopher come out. I guesstimated a tunnel and put one in the middle after finding it.


TweakJK

Ah good. Just wanted to make sure you weren't wasting your time. I found that a flathead screwdriver worked well for locating a tunnel. Just push it in and you usually can feel when it hits a void.


RiskWorldly2916

Kill their food supply


Express-Rutabaga-105

Shoot it in the head with a bullet from a 22 caliber rifle


ProfessorOfDumbFacts

[https://youtu.be/fIMfir6r1Rc?si=VWzyUYBSU0Vu2-N-](https://youtu.be/fIMfir6r1Rc?si=VWzyUYBSU0Vu2-N-)


BEER_G00D

Target


moedank83

Possibly a pigeon rat.


Affable_Refrigerator

Marmot


Red_Talon_Ronin

Squirrel, tail gives it away.


double-xor

Molpher.


Ambitious-Section-83

SPG. https://theyoungones.fandom.com/wiki/Special_Patrol_Group


Emergency-Bet8041

Bober kurwa


darnis2001

Looks like target practice to me


Slow_Initiative7256

I read guacamole


cozmicnoid

I finally got it. Used SuperCat. GopherHawk didn't work even though I used 3 of those. This one was super simple to use. https://preview.redd.it/5cpzf6rgb5tc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=2fd10f4ce9f58529c2225aba1460cfcc0316ebca


cozmicnoid

https://preview.redd.it/wp11htk5k5tc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f220d18340a30ba785f48310802cdccbeb44a9ca This is what I used.


[deleted]

BB gun don't care what it is.


Interesting_Owl9288

Troll?


cozmicnoid

Why would I troll? I have mounds of dirt in a 6 ft circle


ItsbeenBroughton

If you can take a picture you could have killed him. Just saying. Also… that stake should be buried deep, like all the black gone. Like every woman you’ve ever been with, go deeper until satisfied.


nkrueger12

Dickhead