{"id":2193,"date":"2017-07-27T14:20:00","date_gmt":"2017-07-27T14:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gregalder.com\/yardposts\/?p=2193"},"modified":"2023-04-21T09:10:57","modified_gmt":"2023-04-21T16:10:57","slug":"the-best-gopher-trap-its-a-cinch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gregalder.com\/yardposts\/the-best-gopher-trap-its-a-cinch\/","title":{"rendered":"The best gopher trap: it’s a Cinch"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

In my yard, the most damaging, relentless, and challenging pest to control has been gophers. Birds peck plums and squirrels may steal plums, but a gopher will kill a plum tree. While I haven\u2019t lost any plum trees to gophers, I\u2019ve lost other fruit trees and innumerable vegetables. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The cruelest attack by gophers has been to the Sharwil avocado tree that I planted when my son was born.<\/a> I\u2019ve now killed three gophers attacking that special tree over the past couple years. Most recently, I trapped and killed one with a Cinch trap. (See photo above.)<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019ve tried almost every method I\u2019ve heard of to control gophers over the years. I\u2019ve found trapping to be the best general method, and about a year ago I discovered the Cinch trap in particular and haven\u2019t used any other method or trap since.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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How the Cinch trap works<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here’s how I recently set a Cinch trap after I noticed this gopher mound in my strawberry patch. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I poked my hori-hori knife into the mound and located the attached gopher tunnel, and then I cleared the dirt out of the tunnel. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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After setting the Cinch trap, I slid it into the tunnel. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Here\u2019s what the gopher might see from its angle inside the tunnel: <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Those arms on either side are spring-loaded and will pinch tight to instantly kill the gopher when its nose pushes the center piece to release the spring action.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

It so happens that I didn’t end up catching a gopher with this particular Cinch trap setting because my cat caught it first. She presented the head on our front porch that evening. If only she did that consistently.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Other methods unsatisfactory<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cats and other methods of gopher control that I\u2019ve used have been less than satisfactory compared to traps in general, let alone the Cinch in particular. Here’s why:<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

1. Collapsing tunnels: gophers are digging machines, they don\u2019t mind at all, they dig new ones immediately<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

2. Filling tunnels with water: nothing ever happened, it might be because my soil is so sandy and well draining<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

3. Strychnine poison bait: don\u2019t get to see the baits effectiveness, can poison pets and wildlife unwittingly<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

4. <\/span>Snakes: we\u2019ve got them in our yard, but the evidence shows that they don\u2019t eat enough gophers<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

5. Owls and hawks: we\u2019ve got plenty of them in our neighborhood, but they don\u2019t catch enough<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

6. Pellet gun: it\u2019s very satisfying to shoot a gopher, but it isn\u2019t a reliable method to control them in large numbers<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

7. Shovels: it\u2019s also very satisfying to smash a gopher with a shovel, but they rarely show themselves above ground<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Trapping is the best method<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Traps have worked better than any of the above methods for me. Before using the Cinch trap, I used other pincher-style traps made by Victor and Macabee. I also used Victor\u2019s Black Box trap.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Victor Black Box and Victor pinch traps<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

In general, I\u2019ve preferred trapping as a method because you know without a doubt when you\u2019ve caught the gopher, it\u2019s not as time-consuming as some other methods (you set the trap and walk away while it does its work), there are no risks of collateral damage like with using poisons, and most importantly, trapping works. It gets the gophers.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Cinch trap advantages<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Victor and Macabee pincher traps work, no doubt. I\u2019ve killed many gophers with them. Nevertheless, I\u2019ve found the Cinch trap to be superior in a number of ways, which is why I no longer use those other traps. (Some friends get good results with the Gophinator<\/a> trap, but I’ve yet to try that one.) Here are the reasons I prefer the Cinch trap:<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

1. Less digging: all you do is open up the gopher\u2019s tunnel instead of excavating a giant hole in order to find the gopher\u2019s horizontal runway<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

2. Fewer tools and other materials needed: with the Cinch you don\u2019t need a shovel, a hole cover, or wire attached to the trap <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

3. Highest catch rate: in my experience, the Cinch simply catches gophers more often<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

4. Cleaner: rarely is there any blood with a Cinch catch, and releasing the gopher from the grip of the trap is easier too<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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My personal keys to effectively using Cinch traps<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Cinch trap is, in the end, only a tool. And any tool is no more effective than the tool\u2019s handler. While I was catching gophers with the Cinch trap right off the bat, I\u2019ve increased my effectiveness through doing or learning a few key things. Many of the most useful things I\u2019ve learned have come through watching the videos of Thomas Wittman on YouTube<\/a> and following his advice. Wittman owns a company called Gophers Limited<\/a> based in Santa Cruz, California, and the guy knows what he\u2019s doing.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

From Wittman, I’ve learned how to hold the trap optimally while setting it (which requires some strength), how to position it in the tunnel, and where to poke into a gopher mound to find the tunnel in the first place. To do that poking, I\u2019ve bought a hori-hori knife as Wittman suggests, which helps open the gopher\u2019s tunnel to the right diameter so that the Cinch trap fits snugly in it. Prior to buying the hori-hori, I used a trowel or stick or my hands, all of which didn\u2019t work as well.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019ve also learned from Wittman not to quit on a mound if the trap doesn\u2019t work the first time. If the gopher plugs the tunnel, just open it up again and reset the trap. I\u2019ve now caught many gophers by resetting failed first\u00a0attempts.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lastly, I keep a can of lubricant (such as WD-40) in my bucket of Cinch traps and tools because over the years the traps rust. A little spray of lubricant every now and then keeps them sliding smoothly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Where to buy Cinch traps<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

So maybe you’d like to try out a Cinch trap in your yard? You can buy one directly from the manufacturer through their website, Cinchtraps.com<\/a>. This is where I bought my last couple traps. You can also get them at the\u00a0Gophers Limited website<\/a>. Be sure to buy the small size, which is suitable for trapping pocket gophers in California.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

(Just to be clear, I have no relationship with Thomas Wittman, Gophers Limited, or Cinch. I’m sharing my experiences here only to help others who are struggling with gophers damaging their vegetables and fruit trees like me.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Also, if you’d like to get a hori-hori knife, don’t bother paying a lot if you’re just using it for gopher trapping.\u00a0I bought the Fiskars hori-hori knife in the photo above at Home Depot for about $15. There are lots of prettier and more expensive ones around, but you don\u2019t need such a thing for setting Cinch traps.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lastly, if you’d like to do some deeper reading on how gophers dig, breed, and feed, this University of California page<\/a> can’t be beat. Good luck getting those gophers!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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You might also like to read my post: “Managing rabbits in the garden.”<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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