Gophers and Gopher Control

Please see our Resource Directory for links to retailers who sell many of the Gopher Control products mentioned below.

Repellants
• Predator Odors (Coyote urine, Fox urine, etc.)
• Sonic "mole chaser"
• The plants caper spurge, gopher purge, mole plant, and the castor oil plant
• Windmills (whirly-birds) – sound emitting

Toxicants
• Strychnine alkaloid on grain baits – manually placed inside burrow

Fumigants
• Aluminum phosphide
• Carbon monoxide from engine exhaust

Trapping
• Many different types of both live and kill traps are currently available

Miscellaneous
• Shooting
• Professional abatement
• Owl box installation