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This was a simple solution for me, anyway. I tried everything for 5 months to eradicate gophers in the yard. They were dining on all my newly planted trees, plants, shrubs, etc.
Get some Wrigleys Juicy Fruit gum. You chew it just until it is soft and the flavor is starting to come out. Then you poke a hole in the hill or run and drop the gum down into it and cover it up.
Have your hubby save his urine and pour dashes of the urine on the mounds. The gophers move.
Here is an eco-friendly and humane way to reduce the ground rodents like gophers from your sensitive gardening areas. This does not kill the rodents but they will move away from that section of your yard.
