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The Campfire / Re: Story of a Successful Hunt
« Last post by Bigsmoke on May 04, 2024, 03:34:40 PM »Yep. I only wish he and his friends were around here about 5 or 6 years ago when we were having a gopher infestation.
We tried gassing them and it worked pretty good for a while. Tried setting traps for them, but I don't think we harvested more than a couple that way. I did whack a few with a shovel. Then we said the heck with that and dug up the whole front yard, laid down some heavy felt and covered that with white gravel. In the planter areas we dug down half a foot or so and covered the area with a 1/2" wire grid. That really did the job quite well. But overall, I would have liked to see a bunch of those herons come in and be well fed.
John
We tried gassing them and it worked pretty good for a while. Tried setting traps for them, but I don't think we harvested more than a couple that way. I did whack a few with a shovel. Then we said the heck with that and dug up the whole front yard, laid down some heavy felt and covered that with white gravel. In the planter areas we dug down half a foot or so and covered the area with a 1/2" wire grid. That really did the job quite well. But overall, I would have liked to see a bunch of those herons come in and be well fed.
John