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Discussion on GOPHERS in the pasture
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New Member:
Jp55
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Posted on Tuesday, Oct 29, 2002 - 8:25 pm:
Hi Ann - When we bought our 5 acres (a year and 7 mo. ago) it had approx. 100 gopher mounds. I checked around (in Texas) and consulted with several varmit catching businesses. The concensus was, that was too much property to permanently get rid of them but it is a managable problem IF you're willing to stay on top of it. I tried everything and found success with trapping the gophers. I now have an occassional mound, and I promptly set a trap and then it's gone. I became very aggressive with my program when my Paint stumbled in a hole and was laid up for 8 months. Good luck! Jan
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Dres
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Posted on Wednesday, Oct 30, 2002 - 9:47 am:
Jp lisle... thanks for your success story.... i still have the holes, but they don't seem to pose much threat... as of yet... what has been threatening is the holes left from the horses grazing after the rains, then they dry and crack open even bigger.... them are big holes.!
i have been getting yards of dirt delievered early summer and filling them in,.. i found this is the only way to make the pastures safe.. i figure it will be a maintainace problem yearly, and hope that i can continue to get free dirt..
Ann..
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