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Herpin in the yard.

Here is an explanation of a grass noose: http://www.macnstuff.com/mcfl/1/lizard.html

If you want to take it a step further use fishing line the same way on the end of a fishing pole, then you don't have to get so close to the lizard.

I know this will bring all the PETA folks down on me, but my boy used to carry a pocket full of rubber bands. He would flip them at lizards, it would stun them long enough for him to run over and grab them.
 
Any particular reason to rototill the yard Tomme other than astetics???


Regards.. Tim of T and J
 
We were doing a garden Tim. Actually that's already been done without problems. I actually used the shovel since I had to dig deep and put in a 'gopher stop' (buried a pallet with hardware cloth or chicken wire stapled to it on all sides) everywhere I'm growing veggies.
No snakes were harmed in the process but I did kill a gopher who stuck his head out of the side of the hole while I was digging..
We were also thinking to do much of the yard because it's so uneven from the gophers digging, but realized that that's a LOT of work- and they can undo it pretty fast as well.
 
Gophers hate to have the end of their tunnels uncovered. A friend of mine goes out early in the morning, before light. He dig up and exposes the end of the tunnel. Then he sits down in a lawn chair with a thermos of coffee and a 12 ga shotgun laid in his lap. When the sun comes up and lights the end of the tunnel, the gopher will come and bury it.

It seems like a peaceful way to spend the morning.
 
I know this will probably sound bad. but I used to catch gophers and moles, by filling their holes with water....
I was about 6 when I caught my first gopher... It is a wonder the little guy didn't bite me, I did not use gloves or anything... Just reached down and grabbed him...

speaking of moles, I like those little creatures, I wish I had one as a pet....lol
 
I think the 12 ga is too loud for out here Wade, but I'm going to get some bb caps for the 22 and try that out.
Actually though since the gopher snake sightings, I'm a little less angry at the buggers. As long as my 'gopher proofing' holds out for the vegetable garden and as long as I still have big snakes in my own yard, I don't really want to extinguish them anymore.. (I'm sure I'd just be kidding myself that that's even possible anyway!)
 
wade said:
Gophers hate to have the end of their tunnels uncovered. A friend of mine goes out early in the morning, before light. He dig up and exposes the end of the tunnel. Then he sits down in a lawn chair with a thermos of coffee and a 12 ga shotgun laid in his lap. When the sun comes up and lights the end of the tunnel, the gopher will come and bury it.

It seems like a peaceful way to spend the morning.
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Actually that sounds exactly like how I want to spend my retirement years.
 
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