The other day I removed my pocket gopher traps from my hayfield and pasture. I had covered all of the hayfield and pastures, and Winter is coming. Theoretically this would mean I have gotten rid of all the pocket gophers. Based on past history I seriously doubt this has happened.
I trapped 126 pocket gophers this year. My lifetime total is 1598 pocket gophers killed. I so wanted to get two more gophers this year. If the ground wasn't usually more frozen than thawed, the temperature colder than normal, and snow in the forecast, I would have trapped some gophers on Wyatt's land just across the fence. He looks to have some fresh pocket gopher dirt mounds.
There is always next year.
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