how do you get rid of a gopher in the front yard?

Answer 1

Trapping and baiting or natural predators like cats & dogs are the most common controls. Sometimes underground fencing might be justified for valuable ornamental shrubs or landscape trees but gophers may burrow below the wire & the wire may restrict and damage root growth of trees.

Locate the main burrow found by probing about 8 to 12 inches from the plug side of the mound; it is usually located 6 to 12 inches deep. When the probe penetrates the gopher's burrow, there will be a sudden, noticeable drop of about 2 inches. Because lateral tunnels may not be revisited by the gopher, trapping and baiting in them is not as successful as in the main burrow.
Several types of gopher traps are available. The most commonly used is a two-pronged pincher trap, such as the Macabee trap, which is triggered when the gopher pushes against a flat vertical pan. Another popular trap is the choker-style box trap.

Barn owls prey on gophers but their habit of hunting over large areas, often far from their nest boxes, & their tendency to hunt areas with abundant prey, make them unreliable for gopher control. When a single gopher, which is capable of causing damage rapidly, invades a yard or garden, a gardener cannot afford to wait for an owl to arrive. Effective action, usually trapping or baiting, must be taken immediately.

Because no population will increase indefinitely, one alternative to a gopher problem is to do nothing, letting the population limit itself. Experience has shown, however, that by the time gopher populations level off naturally, much damage has already been done around homes and gardens.
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Good luck! Hope this is helpful.

Answer 2

i had gophers/moles in my backyard last summer....
i flooded them out...
just stuck a garden hose down a few holes for about 30 minutes per hole... it took about a week but they haven't been back.

Answer 3

Cement your entire front yard.

Answer 4

you could pay the neighbourhood kids to play wak-a-mole or get in a profesional with traps for them