I have 13 acres and I have tons of gopher activity as do my neighbors. I have mastered the art of killing them one at a time with the cinch trap and I've killed about 11 now in a week.

I worry there could be hundreds of them.

Any ideas on how to accelerate the extermination?

Foxes?

Anyone have experience with owning a barn owl?

gopher bait and a bait applicator

gopher bait machine

Snakes. Lots of snakes.

I had t he same problem and found a machine that kills them with pressurized carbon monoxide. Not cheap, but very effective. I have about a 90% kill rate meaning 9 times out of 10 a mound, or group of mounds,I have treated does not come back. Easy to use, it takes about 2 minutes per application. Name of the company is H&M Gopher Control, you can find them on the web. I have used it around the house/barns and out in pastures, the model I have pulls behind a Gator. Again, not cheap but if you and your neighbors are serious about getting rid of them this is an effective answer.

Attack dachshund, a blood thirsty lil'*******.

BCStalk said:

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The only correct answer

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There is a rancher in Shasta who had enough and now hosts a gopher shoot. He grills burgers and provides a keg and has about 40 rednecks over for good ole shoot out.

sw@n said:

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Attack dachshund, a blood thirsty lil'*******.

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Dachshund's and Corgi's are outstanding for gopher control, my parents have a Corgi that is fat from eating all the gophers he kills. Other than that, they are surprisingly easy to kill by creeping up on them and using a 20 gauge. Knock all the mounds flat, check the yard every 10 minutes, and let the fun begin once you see a little dirt getting kicked up. They'll poke their head up every 30 seconds or so, ease up and wait for your opportunity, and blast away.

There's a hand applicator that's a probe. Probe down, find their tunnels, and pull the trigger to apply bait. Make sure the bait you use contains strychnine, it worked much better for me. I had luck using this method, plus traps for mounds that the poison missed.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B009YZKHSC/ref=psdcmw_3737941_t3_B00EOMCJE0

Something like this.

https://www.solutionsstores.com/gopher-bait-50-strychnine

With something like this.