Cinch Gopher Trap Kit – Professional-Grade, Heavy-Duty Reusable Trap System for Mole and Small Rodents | Easy Set, No Chemicals, Ideal for Lawns, Gardens, and Farms | Made in USA (3 Medium)

We bought these traps (medium) about three weeks ago, but I wasn't going to write a review until we had the proof they worked. Well, as of this morning, we finally trapped (and killed) our first gopher, an extremely active one at the edge of our garden and creating all kinds of havoc right in front of our garden storage shed. Part of the delay had been because it'd been rather rainy in these parts and so there wasn't a whole lot of fresh digging until this past weekend. I dug out two of the more accessible fresh dirt mounds, clearing the tunnel entrances with a stick and crowbar. The first trap never went off (probably because the gopher was more active further along in his tunnels) and the other trap didn't go off because it had been clogged with mud, plus I don't think I set the trip-wires quite right. Yesterday, we cleared out this second hole again and I carefully reset the trap into the tunnel entrance. Like I said, this morning the trap was tripped and not only had it grabbed the rather large and fat pocket gopher securely, it had actually killed the garden-destroying blighter. (Ours here are most likely the Bottas variety, btw.) As other reviewers have noted, it's important to have the right size trap and to carefully prep the location where the trap is to be set. I'd also add that it's essential to be sure the trip wires that keep the trap from springing shut need to be set just so and oriented so it is obvious they'll be able to pivot up when the gopher trips the round trigger. Basically, vertically oriented on the loops with the wires up and as far from the base as possible, rather than twisted down and flat against the plate. (I'm fairly sure our first attempt over the weekend failed because the wires jammed.) It does take a bit of hand strength to set the trap too -- I found it helped to wear gloves while doing it. Finally, you have to have access to one of their tunnels, and from that it should be clear whether or not you have the right size trap -- the clamping prongs should slide right inside, but be fairly snug against the walls. Too small a trap and the critter could conceivably just shove it out of the hole entirely; too large and you won't be able to get the cinch prongs into the tunnel. It'll likely take some shovel work to create a large enough flat space in front of the tunnel, too. I know some folks would look for a tunnel between the mounds, but honestly i just dug at one of their fresh loose-soil mounds until I had my placement hole about 6-8 inches deep and wide & long enough to maneuver and place the trap so that the flat metal base was level with the tunnel floor. The round wire trigger was right at the entrance, maybe an inch inside. To avoid springing the trap, I'd hold down the trigger wires and/or the loop trigger with my thumb, and then finish adjusting everything once the trap was placed. I've not yet had the trap go off accidentally (knock on wood). One caution I'd offer is it's almost certainly a good idea to wear sturdy leather gloves and have sleeves when handling the sprung gopher-clutching trap, because they can have disease-carrying fleas. (Fortunately pocket gophers don't get the plague-carrying type of fleas, unlike rats.) Anyway, this trap is certainly way better than my old method, which was to try to flood them out or drown them -- wasteful of water, plus there were several mounds out where the hose just won't reach. I managed to drive out two gophers with the flooding, but it took a LOT of tries and a lot of time. These traps are way better. I would definitely buy them again. On edit: 1 November '15 -- Caught (and killed) a second gopher today. After seeing some fresh digging in some spots further away from our previous trouble zone, I dug them out and put two more traps in. Within 90 minutes, one of them had sprung, catching a rather smaller pocket gopher than the first one, but still the same general type. 2nd edit: 4 November '15 -- Caught gopher #3 overnight. (Yes, we had a lot of 'em out on the east end of the property...) 3rd edit: 9 November '15 -- #4 over the weekend. These traps really do work, but definitely it's important to get the right size and to set them properly in the tunnel holes. We've come up with a system where we use a spade to dig out the tunnel entrance and create a flat space in front of it, then a crowbar to widen the tunnel opening so the prongs fit well inside.

Excellent product. Was able to get rid of the gopher infestation

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We have used these successfully for years. Medium size works best for our gophers. We use old heavy soup spoons to dig out and enlarge the hole. Set trap as deep as you can. Then the trick is after trap is placed well, grab some local grass or plant they like to eat and place it on top of trap/hole. They come up through the trap to try to reach the greens setting the trap off. They are most susceptible to this in early spring when becoming active and very hungry. On our horse property we just got 6 in 4 days. We usually keep about 5 traps set all the time.

I tried poisons, other traps, flooding them out with 2" irrigation lines, carbon monoxide from the tailpipe of my 1973 station wagon,, and even those solar deterrent devices and nothing seemed to work on my golpher infestation. I also did not want to dig bigger holes in my grass as these pesky rodents were doing a fine job digging numerous holes as it was. I watched numerous videos and decided, despite the price, I would buy these traps. I didn't know what size to get so purchased the medium sized ones in a three pack. They look intimidating and hard to set but they are super simple and easy. Package arrived, I followed the instructions on how to set it up and just as a tester dug out one of their holes to see how they would work. Half hour later I had a golpher and the feel of sweet sweet victory. I set the remaining traps and have been catching these critters that had been driving me crazy and hope to have there metropolis under my lawn eradicated completely within the week at the pace these things work. I have yet to have a trap that set off and didn't catch a golpher. I am not a country boy either so this whole golpher ordeal was new to me and I'm here to tell you that buying this product will fix your golpher issues and it is simple to use. Some videos talk about digging down to their main tunnel and setting traps back to back and I did not do this as I don't want bigger holes to fix in my grass but instead have been just opening up their holes that they buried enough to shove the traps in and it works great. I wouldn't worry too much about it hurting your dogs either as the trap mechanism that springs closed is underground and if that worries you, you could always put like an irrigation box or something over it and it would still function fine but keep fido safe. If you are still reading this just click add to cart and be done with your golphers.

For years I have used the Macabee style gopher traps and have liked them very much. The only thing I didn't like was having to conceal the trap once it was placed. The cinch traps, however, reach far enough down the gopher run that they don't have to be concealed after being set. That means that you can easily see if the trap has been triggered without uncovering it. I have had great success with these traps and have caught dozens (seriously) of gophers on my property. I have found that the medium size traps seem to work the best but I have also purchased the large and small sizes. The large size can be too big to fit in some gopher runs while the small size will not properly trigger with larger gophers. Overall these are great traps. It takes a little practice mastering the setup procedure but once you do, they set up very quickly.

Fue una buena elección y funcionó de maravilla, la tuza cayó al segundo día.