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just use the traps from the hardware store. all the voodoo stuff works for awhile but when you trap them, you know they are dead. Unfortunatley I have got very good at this.
Pocket gophers are a hot topic right now in Thurston County. The county is protecting them and won't let landowners with pocket gopher habitat do anything with their property. I'd kill them ASAP and get rid of any evidence of mounds before the State gets into protecting the little *censored*s.
Quote from: Curly on June 21, 2011, 04:08:28 PMPocket gophers are a hot topic right now in Thurston County. The county is protecting them and won't let landowners with pocket gopher habitat do anything with their property. I'd kill them ASAP and get rid of any evidence of mounds before the State gets into protecting the little *censored*s. The Mazama Pocket Gopher (which are the ones in Thurston County) have been protected by WDFW for many years now and are classified as a threatened species.http://apps.leg.wa.gov/wac/default.aspx?cite=232-12-011
Quote from: bigtex on August 05, 2011, 09:36:46 AMQuote from: Curly on June 21, 2011, 04:08:28 PMPocket gophers are a hot topic right now in Thurston County. The county is protecting them and won't let landowners with pocket gopher habitat do anything with their property. I'd kill them ASAP and get rid of any evidence of mounds before the State gets into protecting the little *censored*s. The Mazama Pocket Gopher (which are the ones in Thurston County) have been protected by WDFW for many years now and are classified as a threatened species.http://apps.leg.wa.gov/wac/default.aspx?cite=232-12-011Interesting that the Mazama pocket gopher and Steller Sea Lion are on the same list........both of them are a nuisance and most people just lump them in with their cousins (moles, and California Sea Lion). http://www.myfreedomfoundation.com/index.php/stop_thurston_county/view/komo_reports_on_the_pocket_gopher
Well the stellar Sea Lion is also protected at the federal level under the Marine Mammal Protection Act.
I hope you kill and get rid of the vermin before the geniuses at the county decide to protect them like they are doing in Thurston County.I googled some info on the pocket gopher. Apparently there is a difference between the western WA variety and the E. WA variety:QuoteI was curious, what is so special about the Mazama Pocket Gopher? Certainly this species must be highly important. I found an explanation by Kelly McAllister. He’s a District Wildlife Biologist with the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife. He writes, “The main difference between the gopher of eastern Washington and the gopher of western Washington is quite simple. The western Washington species, Thomomys Mazama, has a bigger penis. Its penis averages twice the size of its eastern Washington counterpart. In fact, the Mazama Pocket Gopher has the largest penis of any member of its family.” http://www.libertylive.org/blog_main/post.php?post_id=2393
I was curious, what is so special about the Mazama Pocket Gopher? Certainly this species must be highly important. I found an explanation by Kelly McAllister. He’s a District Wildlife Biologist with the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife. He writes, “The main difference between the gopher of eastern Washington and the gopher of western Washington is quite simple. The western Washington species, Thomomys Mazama, has a bigger penis. Its penis averages twice the size of its eastern Washington counterpart. In fact, the Mazama Pocket Gopher has the largest penis of any member of its family.”
Quote from: Curly on June 22, 2011, 04:57:58 PMI hope you kill and get rid of the vermin before the geniuses at the county decide to protect them like they are doing in Thurston County.I googled some info on the pocket gopher. Apparently there is a difference between the western WA variety and the E. WA variety:QuoteI was curious, what is so special about the Mazama Pocket Gopher? Certainly this species must be highly important. I found an explanation by Kelly McAllister. He’s a District Wildlife Biologist with the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife. He writes, “The main difference between the gopher of eastern Washington and the gopher of western Washington is quite simple. The western Washington species, Thomomys Mazama, has a bigger penis. Its penis averages twice the size of its eastern Washington counterpart. In fact, the Mazama Pocket Gopher has the largest penis of any member of its family.” http://www.libertylive.org/blog_main/post.php?post_id=2393That explains things, apparently it's contagious - I grew up in Thurston County and was bit by one of those buggers when I was younger ......