On Jul 30, 1:37 pm, Mitch Mitch@... wrote:
Moles are prolific. I was at a friend's just yesterday. She showed
me the damage a single mole cause before the dog finally got it.

It tunneled completely around the perimeter of their house. The grass
died over its tunnel, so it was real easy to follow its insane,
winding trail. Probably 200 ft. all together.

Thanks for your replies. I think it "was" a gopher and I think we got
it. My brother in law is a landscaper and showed me how to get rid of
them. I needed to understand how gophers work though.

Basically, the holes in the lawn were below a small hill on my yard.
Those holes were just drainage so I was wasting my time by flooding
those holes--basically, I was testing the effectiveness of the
gopher's work.

We looked for the highest hole possible and began flooding there.
After we opened up all holes we waited a bit because the he told me
that the gopher would want to start covering the holes again--they
hate sunlight. So we dropped smoke bombs in the main hole and some of
the lower holes--five bombs total, there was no apparent escape. I
can't imagine that the gopher would have survived the onslaught.

I monitor the holes that are still open to make sure that a gopher is
not covering them back up. So far, they're still open and I don't see
any more holes--I think we got it.

I feel bad, I like animals and I wish that we did not have to resort
to these methods. I'm going to look for a less violent way eradicate
gophers in the future. Your suggestions are welcome.