I have 1.3 acres with lots of gopher mounds and mole mounds. The house was vacant one year before we moved in. How many varmits are there?
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we caught 30 on our one acre. the gophers were easy. the moles are not. good luck, the trap worked well for gophers.
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Hard to tell. Could be just a few, going in all directions, or could be a dozen or more. The traps did not work for us. We started digging out 1' square holes every time we found a new mound....clearing the dirt out of the pathway(s) that ran to the hole, and setting off the gas "dynamite" sticks, then covering the hole we had dug, and watched the smoke seep from around the edges. After a while, we finally got all of them...we think. Good luck. They sure make a mess!!!Ben (Bellingham, WA)
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Depends one year is a long time. Get rid of the mounds of dirt so you can see how much activity you have. Set traps where the activity is. If the hole is left open it is usually a gopher then use a gopher trap otherwise it may be a mole and best results are had with a mole trap. However I have caught moles with this trap if you put clear plastic tape over the trigger ring.
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Number of gophers relates to what's growing. With a good food source (soft delicious grasses) and softer ground you can get 100+ gophers per acre. Hard ground with little growing on it, much fewer. Good luck.
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Probably not as many as you think. But as you catch the gofers new ones will move in to the empty tunnels from surrounding lots.I live on the same size lot, clear my gofers out and then in a few weeks you can see the mounds migrating my way from the neighboring yards. I've about 50 in the last year and a half.
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I really don't know but these gopher traps work very well. We live on about the same acreage and my husband is always at war with the 'varmints '...:)
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I have about 3 acres in the same condition, but I've only worked on about 1/3 of that, or about 1 acre. I've caught 49 gophers in the last 6 months. The trick is to dig away from a hole to find the main tunnel and then put a trap going in each direction. I use the medium mole traps and the small gopher traps. It is weird but there are distinctly two sizes of gophers in my yard, a large variety that leaves large holes that require the bigger trap and a small variety that require the small trap. I'd start with the medium mole size if you live in CA and have pocket gophers. Good luck!
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I have 3 in my yard that is about 2 1/2 acres. Unless I am standing right there by it, I can not hear it vibrate. Only thing your neighbors might complain about is when the moles leave your yard, they might end up in their yard.
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I have killed several moles with the traps. My success improved greatly when I began using several traps. When a mole takes up residence in my yard I now set out four traps where I see activity and usually in a day or so I have a successful kill.
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Oh no one tube could do all the mounds certainly three could. Put dots about the size of a dime onthemound,stir them a little to make them find it and they go into a feeding frenzy. Unless the mound is huge that should do it. You want to kill the mound not move it. Three tubes should do it. This stuff is amazing.
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Don't waste your money. I placed them both in the freshly dug tunnel and near a tunnel. I could hear the unit go off, next day a brand new mound of dirt right next to the units. Of course these moles I have been known to take traps down with them for fun.
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Still the same as when I put it in. I have either ground squirrels or gophers but nothing has changed. still have the same amount of holes had hills I started with. it has an annoying beep too.
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They vibrate about every 3 to 5 minutes for a very brief vibration that last for a split second. They do tend to run the moles,voles away,but not completely, It just runs them to another part of the yard.I have acres so I bought 10 and that did not solve my problem.
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We put ours up in the Fall which is not the time for nesting. But, we did get some owls scoping the terrain out. Spring is the best. Hope you have success as they are awesome to watch and really put a dent in the vole population.
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Yes, I even found a dead mouse in one of mine. Place some food (bait) inside and that will attract insects more.
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We have had ours since last spring and don't have a lot either. We are another ready to remove the bottom and restart. The worms look healthy and are getting much bigger
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I just use the mole traps. Not the gopher ones. We have moles and mophers or thats what the locals call them. They are cuter than moles. But more destructive. It takes two traps per hole so one trap won't work.
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I accidentally said yes. The answer is NO though! 50 barely fills up the bottom of the pit. I'd say AT LEAST 100 more
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I've had no experience with either. I don't think shrews make long underground tunnels and thus these probably wouldn't do the job - just a guess. I think gophers are vegetarians and are much bigger than moles, so again I'm guessing these wouldn't work because they probably wouldn't eat them and also the dose would be too small if they did.
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I am in Idaho and we have the pocket gophers and they work great. Just be sure that the hole is completely open even if you have to dig a bit.
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I don't know how big you mean but keep leaving the stuff out. I guarantee it will not be around for long. You may have more than one. They aren't usually solitary critters.
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I think I put about 9-12 bags (1 cubic foot per bag) of soil in each 4x4 square. I will definitely have to add soil again this year. I bought 2 of these of beds - they worked out great.
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I bought this for my grandson at my daughters request. They live in another state so I am not able to count the animals. Sorry :(