Pocket Gopher Control Methods
Please see our Resource Directory for links to retailers who sell many of the Pocket 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
Acknowledgment:
- Case, R. M., 1994. Pocket gophers: Prevention and control of wildlife damage. Department of Forestry, Fisheries
and Wildlife. University of Nebraska
- University of Michigan Museum of Zoology - Animal Diversity Web
