Pocket Gopher Trapping (the easiest and most effective way)

[@oknave327]

Thanks for taking the time to post. First time seeing that type of golpher trapped!

[@go2know221]

No problem and there’s a lot of them around. They like the prairie country.

[@patrickhogan9411]

I've caught a lot a gophers out here in Nevada and Arizona but I have never seen a gopher THAT BIG. The ones out here in the southwest are maybe 3/4 the size of that one. Good work. Great vid. Thanks.

[@go2know221]

Thank you

[@jtn-minn8105]

So I've been trapping pocket gopher's sense the late 1960's, couple of things I do different instead of digging for the entrance hole we use a 5/16 to 3/8 rod with a 90 degree bend for a handle, and just poke around the mount quickly to find the tunnel, and dig it out quickly with a small hand garden shovel. The best traps I've found for the highest success rate are Lansboro GT 100s.....I catch 100-150 ever year and I've pretty much tried every type of leg hold death trap ever made the last 50 years, the GTs 100s flat out catch every other type trap I've ever used.

[@go2know221]

Thank you, never heard of it. I’ll look it up

[@58wmelon]

I've trapped and killed 46 gophers in the past year . . . I've never seen one as big as the gopherzilla you caught. I used to use a trap similar to the one you are using but now that we have a lawn and I don't want to make a mess bigger than the gophers, I switched to the GopherHawk trap and it works well.

[@go2know221]

Thank you lol. Gopher Hawk nice, never heard of it. Thanks for the comment

[@2nozella]

I enjoyed your video very much. Do you think the trap you are using would also work on prairie dogs? I have a lot of prairie dogs, and pocket gophers. Also where would I find the type of trap you are using? Thanks

[@go2know221]

Not too sure about prairie dogs? We don’t have them in MN. You can order them from any trapping store. A good one is NW trappers supply from Minnesota. Glad you enjoyed the video 👍👍

[@johnsonwildlife1777]

​@@go2know221se MN gopher trapper here. I run about 150+ traps when I'm trapping gopher my best trap is the lanesboro box trap also bought from nw trappers supply store 90% catch rate with that trap prairie dogs no they will not work

[@curlyyoder]

@@go2know221 NW trapper supply still in business? Have to look em up! Ordered a lot a #3, #4 double springs and trap wax, dye, gloves, grapples, Connibears etc from them back in the day! They had a very good complete inventory and great service!

[@330Maniac]

Nice catch man!

[@go2know221]

Thank you

[@BushwhackerMountainCoTV]

Never knew about this kind of trapping! Appreciate the info!

[@go2know221]

No problem, hope it helps

[@BushwhackerMountainCoTV]

@@go2know221 absolutely!

[@JR-3030]

Never gone after in the snow before, noticed they're starting to dig though. Kids are ready now!

[@go2know221]

Heck yeah 👍

[@MarkJLarsonOutdoors]

Thanks for sharing buddy! I helped my buddy trap some a couple years ago they are ugly lol!!

[@go2know221]

No problem and yes they are

[@michaelenglish8004]

Save that dirt for sure !

[@rangepro]

👍

[@mjkipps]

be great if you showed how to remove the damned thing once you catch one. I cannot seem to get it off my victim

[@go2know221]

Just have to undo the spring and the jaws open up

[@kevincrosby8998]

Looks to me like you really aren't too sure of what you are doing. Not helpfull

[@go2know221]

Oh. Thanks for the heads up. What can I do to make it helpful? Also helpful is spelled with two Ls.

[@330Maniac]

He showed how to set the trap and then had a perfect catch in a trap. You sound like an Anti trapper. That or you have no idea what trapping is. That or maybe you're blind and can't see 🤷‍♂️

[@kevincrosby8998]

@@go2know221 It looks like you were in a hurry to get something out and not taking into consideration what the content looked like. Perhaps if you would have waited a day or two, there would have been less wind and that would have made for a much better offering. I have never seen a trap like the one you were using and I couldn't see how you were setting it, so it was a little frustrating. Do you cover the trap up after setting, or leave it open? Do you ever use bait? Sorry for the misspelling, I'll make sure that doesn't happen again.

[@kevincrosby8998]

@@330Maniac The level of intellect in your reply was entertaining.

[@go2know221]

@@kevincrosby8998 I didn’t show covering up the trap because you don’t have to but you can. I didn’t show bait because you don’t use bait. I explained the wind and that’s why I did what l did in the video. Also I showed twice setting the trap (close up). Not much else I can really do 🤷🏻‍♂️